Coronavirus live news: Spain will not quarantine visitors from UK
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Spain’s foreign minister Arancha Gonzalez has said that British tourists can visit the country from Sunday without facing quarantine.
Spain will reopen its borders to visitors from other EU countries and the Schengen area on Sunday, with the exception of Portugal, which has asked Madrid to delay the opening of the land border until 1 July, when Spain will begin welcoming travellers from the rest of the world.
A partir del 21 de junio abrimos las fronteras y levantamos la cuarentena para los países y espacio Schengen tb para el Reino Unido
( 1 julio)
con control sanitario en frontera
recordamos respetar estrictamente las recomendaciones sanitarias#SpainForSure @MAECgob
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