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Spain will request covid test from travelers from these countries

2020-11-12T11:44:50.511Z


Spain reported on Wednesday that as of November 23, it will request a negative PCR test in the 72 hours prior to arrival for passengers who come from areas at risk of contagion of covid-19. Which countries are affected?


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Spain reported on Wednesday that as of November 23 it will request a negative PCR test in the 72 hours prior to its arrival to passengers who come from areas at risk of contagion of covid-19.

Which countries are affected?

  • Spain will request a negative PCR test to allow entry of some travelers

This Thursday, the resolution was published in the Official State Gazette (BOE), where it was detailed which countries are considered risk areas.

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In the list, in the category of third countries, there are seven nations of the American continent: Argentina, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, the United States, Panama and Puerto Rico.

In total, in this category, there are so far about 37 countries from Asia, Africa and America, in addition to countries outside the European environment.

The resolution also includes 28 countries of the European Union or the European Economic Area.

In some cases, however, exceptions are made in some regions.

Spain criteria

In the case of European countries, the categorization by risk areas carried out by the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control will be taken into account, which is updated weekly on its website, in accordance with the Ministry of Health from Spain.

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While for third countries "the cumulative incidence of positive cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days will be taken into account."

The list of countries or risk areas, as well as the criteria used to define them, will be reviewed every fifteen days, as published in the BOE.

However, the update will be effective seven days after its publication, to allow transport companies and tour operators to inform passengers.

The measure is in addition to the thermal, visual and documentary controls that Spain carries out on international passengers.

Third countries

  • Albania

  • Andorra

  • Argentina

  • Armenia

  • Aruba

  • Bahrain

  • Belize

  • Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Cape Verde

  • Colombia

  • Costa Rica

  • United Arab Emirates

  • United States

  • Russian Federation

  • Georgia

  • Gibraltar (UK)

  • Guam

  • Jordan

  • Kuwait

  • Lebanon

  • Libya

  • North macedonia

  • Morocco

  • Moldova

  • Monaco

  • Montenegro

  • Palestine

  • Panama

  • French Polynesia (France)

  • Puerto Rico

  • United Kingdom

  • San Marino

  • San Martin

  • Serbia

  • Switzerland

  • Tunisia

  • Ukraine

Countries of the European Union / European Economic Area

  • Germany

  • Austria

  • Belgium

  • Bulgaria

  • Czechia

  • Cyprus

  • Croatia

  • Denmark (except the Faroe Islands and Greenland)

  • Slovenia

  • Estonia

  • France

  • Greece (except Kitri, Ionia Nisia, Dytiki Ellada and Sterea Ellada regions)

  • Hungary

  • Ireland

  • Iceland

  • Italy

  • Latvia

  • Lithuania

  • Luxembourg

  • malt

  • Norway (except Rogaland, Møre og Romsdal, Nordland, Viken, Innlandet, Vestfold og Telemark, Agder, Vestland, Trøndelag and Troms og Finnmark regions)

  • Netherlands

  • Poland

  • Portugal (except the autonomous region of the Azores Island)

  • Romania

  • Sweden

  • Liechtenstein

  • Slovakia

With information from Pau Mosquera

Spain

Source: cnnespanol

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