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Thanks for posting and thanks for the responses! I've been thinking a lot about this myself. I'm not so much concerned about hospitalization and/or medical coverage (though the thought did cross my mind), but How and where do you isolate? I'll check out the links in the previous comments and hopefully get an answer. Assuming the answer is there, I'll copy them into my ONENOTE folder on the Camion so I have access to the information from my phone anywhere in the world.Hello everyone,
I'm doing the Camino Frances this May and I have been reading a lot about Covid and the Camino on this forum. So far I haven't found anything about where to go if you do catch Covid somewhere along the way. Since I am definitely going, I would just like to know what to do in that circumstance. You cannot sleep in albergues with Covid and it wouldn't be responsible to take a taxi somewhere away from the Camino with Covid. So, where can you go?
Why would you expect that? We are dealing with an active pandemic, with many unknowns, various jurisdictions, and a time that is months in the future. Two months ago we had not heard of Omicron. Now it has drastically changed the situation - hopefully in a positive way. There IS no simple answer.You would think there would be a simple answer.
I can understand your frustration. I can even share it. But that's the way it is in the country you are going to visit as a tourist/pilgrim.OK, now I'm frustrated. You would think there would be a simple answer. I clicked on all the links and I'm still as perplexed as when I started.
I checked. This is the Affidavit that you sign when you apply for permission to enter Spain at a Spanish airport:I can't remember the wording on the SpTH form. It may be even what you signed up to when you applied for the SpTH QR entry code to Spain.
I think this is the most important thing to know. Probably a good idea to program the phone numbers of the health departments of the regions that you will pass through into your phone.There are no official lists of hotels and albergues for infected foreign tourists. You phone the health department of the region where you are and follow their advice.
I checked. This is the Affidavit that you sign when you apply for permission to enter Spain at a Spanish airport:
I promise that if during the 14 days after entering Spain I present symptoms of acute respiratory infection (fever, cough or breathing difficulties), I will isolate myself at home or place of residence, conducting self-monitoring of the symptoms of the coronavirus and I will contact the competent health authorities by telephone. I agree to carry out those indications and measures that the health authorities indicate.Admittedly, a bit odd: It doesn't say anything about what you must do after your first two weeks in Spain ... Did any of you who have signed this affidavit in the past noticed this?
I'm also starting on May 10th!Thanks for posting and thanks for the responses! I've been thinking a lot about this myself. I'm not so much concerned about hospitalization and/or medical coverage (though the thought did cross my mind), but How and where do you isolate? I'll check out the links in the previous comments and hopefully get an answer. Assuming the answer is there, I'll copy them into my ONENOTE folder on the Camion so I have access to the information from my phone anywhere in the world.
Oh, BTW, I'm starting out on May 10 from SJPP. perhaps we'll bump into each other on the Camino!
It's a word for word copy from step 5 of the application form that every traveller, whether Spanish, EU, USA or any other, has to fill in to obtain the QR code that you need to present before boarding a plane to Spain and at arrival at the destination airport in Spain.That sounds like it's for returning residents of Spain.
I had a quick look through this thelocal.es article. Concerning the question of this thread - "Getting Covid somewhere along the way - where to go? - does the article shed any new light on this question other than what has already been said? I am none the wiser because all I could find in the article is this:If you are a tourist or non-resident in Spain who has tested positive for Covid-19, this article explains what you should do.
I can’t read the linked article due to a firewall so thank you for quoting the pertinent sections.I had a quick look through this thelocal.es article. Concerning the question of this thread - "Getting Covid somewhere along the way - where to go? - does the article shed any new light on this question other than what has already been said? I am none the wiser because all I could find in the article is this:
If tourists or visitors develop Covid-19 symptoms while in Spain, they are required to self-isolate in their accommodation and avoid physical contact with other people. Then they must contact the health authorities of the region they’re staying in, and based on their evaluation of the symptoms, they will ascertain whether the person in question has to take a Covid test.[List of phone numbers to call in 20 regions]If the test comes back positive, they’ll have to quarantine either at their hotel accommodation or wherever they are told to. In the Valencia region’s case, hotels have set up self-isolation rooms for tourists who develop Covid-19 to stay in, so there is always accommodation available for them to lengthen their stay for the remainder of their quarantine.I did not see any further info for all the other regions in Spain.
Some of the regional phone numbers in the article are out of date.If someone could cut and paste the phone numbers from the article, I’d appreciate it.
Thank you. Relax? What’s that? I am trying to determine if I can figure out all the new rules and be ready to leave in about 6 weeks…if so I’ll purchase a ticket by the end of the weekend.Some of the regional phone numbers in the article are out of date.
When you have finished your application for the SpTH airport code, you will get a confirmation email with a list, for all the Spanish regions, of the contact phone number that you should call when you show symptoms of acute respiratory illness, as they phrase it. These phone numbers should also be known or on display in your accommodation. Relax. It is one more thing not to worry about before departure date.
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