During the final trips to Mallorca, around 1000 young people were infected with Corona.
The regional government has now tightened the entry rules for groups.
Palma - Around 1000 infections with the corona virus during final trips in Mallorca.
This is the balance sheet that has now led to the regional government of the Balearic Islands having decided to tighten the entry rules for large groups.
The new regulation will in future apply to groups of 20 people or more traveling to Mallorca, Ibiza, Menorca or Formentera.
Mallorca tightens corona entry rules - around 1000 infections after final trips
In future, participants in organized group trips will have to present a negative PCR test or provide evidence of complete vaccination protection.
This was announced by the government of the Spanish Mediterranean region, which is also very popular with German holidaymakers, on Monday (June 28) in Palma.
In Madrid alone, 493 corona infections have been registered by young people who were on a school trip to Mallorca in mid-June, the regional government of the Balearic Islands continued.
A particularly high number of cases were recorded in the Basque Country, Valencia, Galicia and Catalonia, among others.
The numbers are increasing every day.
Corona in Spain: Young people may be infected on the ferry
One assumption: Many of the young people affected took the same ferry from the mainland to the party island.
The virus could have spread in the process.
Other students probably only came into contact with each other on Mallorca and became infected on site.
All around 1000 students who were infected with the corona virus were infected with the alpha variant B.1.1.7, it said.
The consequence is now the tightening of the entry rules for groups to the Balearic Islands.
Little changes, however, for tourists from Germany who do not travel in larger groups.
When entering Spain, there is generally no obligation to test, even if you have not received a corona vaccination.
Because: Germany is not on the list of risk areas of the Spanish Ministry of Health
Corona in Spain: the seven-day incidence has recently increased again
In Spain, the Corona numbers recently showed a positive trend, similar to Germany.
The number of infections has fallen almost continuously over the months.
However, the seven-day incidence has been rising again for a few days.
On Monday it was over 50 for the first time in a long time. In Spain, too, the spread of the delta variant worries the experts.
In neighboring Portugal, the delta variant already accounts for a large proportion of new infections. The country has therefore been classified as a virus variant area since Tuesday (June 29). A far-reaching ban on transport applies to airlines, bus and train companies. You are only allowed to bring German citizens and foreigners residing in Germany across the border. A strict 14-day quarantine obligation applies to those entering the country, which cannot be shortened by a corona test and also applies to those who have been completely vaccinated and recovered.
(ph / dpa)
