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The relaxation planned for December 7th has been cancelled.Catalonia's regional borders remain closed -- but some easing of restrictions to travel within the region is planned for December 7th. From the 21st weekend travel throughout the region will be allowed, which will presumably include Christmas and New Year.
A further relaxation of lockdown is planned for January 4th.
Hi Jabs,Belgium, the Netherlands, and Italy have stopped flights to the UK.
At last!....I can hear the sound of pennies hitting floor.UK travel ban: Spain strengthens controls on UK arrivals amid fears of mutant coronavirus strain | Society | EL PAÍS in English (elpais.com)
The Spanish government has ruled out for now cancelling flights from the United Kingdom ... and instead called for a joint response from the European Union. While it awaits this response, the government announced that controls at airports and ports will be strengthened to ensure that all arrivals from the UK have a negative coronavirus test result.
It's not that simple (I'll avoid discussing the virus or the politics) :At last!....I can hear the sound of pennies hitting floor.
No it isnt....far from it!It's not that simple (I'll avoid discussing the virus or the politics) :
BREAKING : https://www.express.co.uk/news/poli...nuel-macron-covid-new-strain-uk-travel-update
France will aim to establish Europe-wide sanitary protocol measures "in the coming hours" to allow the resumption of traffic flows with the United Kingdom, transport minister Jean-Baptiste Djebbari has said.
It has actually become somewhat unusual for these restrictions to be redefined on a daily basis.Why are we trying to keep track of all the shutdowns, which change day-to-day?
The measures adopted by Spain and Portugal are those that the EU seems to want generalised, rather than the total travel bans that some countries instituted.Spain has now followed suit by banning travellers from the UK except Spanish nationals and residents.
It does seem to be a bit confusing for meIn practical terms, did anyone in the UK get a COVID-19 test in recent days to be able to travel to a country on the Continent?
Apparently, you cannot get a PCR test for free from the NHS unless you have already COVID-19 symptoms (which means you mustn’t travel anyway) and you have to go to a private provider with prices starting from £120 upwards for Covid-19 PCR tests. Did you manage to even get an appointment at short notice now, a few days before Christmas? What a mess it is for people who are actually caught up in these very sudden changes ...
Thanks, Annette, it’s interesting to hear how things actually play out! I agree with you that such a system could be open to misuse. Not terrible misuse but misuse nevertheless. It simply didn’t occur to me that one could do this ...It does seem to be a bit confusing for me
A neighbour went for a test last night without any appointment. When she tried online there weren't any available appointments so she just went to the centre and queued up for about 10 minutes and got tested .she just had to fill in a form online saying she HAD symptoms....a runny nose!!!
She told me that a number of people are doing this and that there are a few testing sites like this
I don't know about the rest of the country
So it seems to me that even if one just SAYS they have symptoms on line perhaps just to "check" ...then a test is available and the results given within 48 hours
Personally I could see that such a system could be open to abuse/fraud!!
It's really happening (provided I understand it correctly):
It will take effect on 00:00 hours on 1 January 2021 and, for the time being, it will be in effect hasta las 24:00 horas del 31 de enero de 2021.
Goodbye my friends, you who will become third-country nationals within less than 24 hours.
Well, those are the Spanish measures, though it's worth remembering that they do vary from one Member State to the next.It's really happening (provided I understand it correctly):
It will take effect on 00:00 hours on 1 January 2021 and, for the time being, it will be in effect hasta las 24:00 horas del 31 de enero de 2021.
Goodbye my friends, you who will become third-country nationals within less than 24 hours.
The reality of it all just hit me (again) when I saw this in black and white and in Spanish legalese. If I had known several decades ago that this would happen one day I would have made a few different life choices for myself and one or two others. But I belong to a tiny unimportant minority, of course.It is just a [temporary] rewriting of the rules and we now have a different label
Nobody has seen the draft mini-treaty concerning Gibraltar yet, at least not the humble citizens. Politico writes:O/T : Gibraltar shall be one of the non-EU micro-territories belonging to the Schengen Area, with a status similar to those of the Principality of Monaco and Vatican City.
Full freedom of movement is maintained between Gibraltar and the EU, so that its status as a good starting point for the Via de la Plata shall not change in the slightest (which there was a risk of).
One thing I've learnt in 2020: it's always best to check the official journals, ie the official publication where laws, (royal) decrees, ordinances, and official notices or whatever they are called in the various countries are published, when you want to know exactly who is allowed in (or out) from when and for how long.is seems not to be an EU-wide thing, nevertheless :
And if you follow my advice and actually check current Portuguese legislation then you can tell your readers not only from when this travel ban applies to UK nationals and Canadian nationals and US nationals and a huge number of other nationals, including all exceptions for said nationals, but also until when this piece of legislation is in force:"The Portuguese government has announced that from January 1 2021, travel by UK nationals to Portugal, including Madeira, Porto Santo and the Azores, will not be permitted,
@JabbaPapa, I appreciate your updates as you find them and report info even though for now I can only remain in the US. You were a great help to me in 2018 when the train strikes messed with my plans to get to Le Puy and then return back to Paris from Moissac on the train...you helped my peace of mind and offered alternative ideas to consider in a pinch.Catalonia is going into another lockdown, January 7th to 17th for the time being, with non-essential travel between municipalities closed down.
Wow. I started a separate thread to discuss this further.Castilla y León has announced that its regional lockdown is to continue into May !!
Most of the world.Is it just me, or has the world gone "stir crazy".
Portugal basically escaped the first onslaught in the Spring, and so now they have a combination of that first onslaught with the seasonal respiratory diseases period.Portugal is No.1 by far.
I'll follow this traditionNot about lockdowns exactly but I'm not sure where else to put this.
As expected, the new country list is published in today‘s BOE. So no international tourists from outside the EU allowed into Spain until 24:00 on 28 February 2021.Spain usually follows such an EU recommendation and converts it into national law, often at the end of the month and for a duration of around four weeks. I presume that they will do so within the next few days. Their current entry ban for international tourists expires this Sunday.
Having just been a recipient of one of the "negative storied" vaccines...I am very, very grateful.Restrictions are starting to be eased in some Regions of Spain, as detailed here :
As cases drop, some Spanish regions relax Covid-19 restrictions
Madrid, Navarre and the Canary Islands ease some measures, while Andalusia, Catalonia and Valencia are considering whether to do soenglish.elpais.com
And whilst there have been some clearly negative stories about the vaccines that should perhaps be taken into account in a personal perspective (or not taken into account), the overall effect of them on infection and hospitalisation rates seems to be above the expected level of natural decrease from the end of the current respiratory diseases season. Which is clearly good news Camino-wise and &c.
And Spain has banned incoming travel from the UK except Spaniards and Spanish residents 'til March 16th.Overseas travel from UK will remain banned until at least 12th April, possibly longer.
The majority of us here live in countries where the government either does not allow us to travel abroad or strongly advises against travelling abroad. And even if we were able to cross our own national borders, the majority of us are not allowed to enter Spain. Spain has just prolonged their entry bans for international travellers. They are published in today's Bolétin Official del Estado. The situation remains the same as it has been for many weeks if not months.published in today‘s BOE. So no international tourists from outside the EU allowed into Spain until 24:00 on 28 February 2021
There are some restrictions on air travel from the EU, mainly in the form of a recent negative test ; and EU national or resident travellers from some "risk" countries may also need a second test on arrival, which could lead to a quarantine if it's positive.Spain has just prolonged their entry bans for international travellers.
The Portugal-Spain border is closed (except for goods, trans-border workers etc) and that closure was just extended for two more weeks.There are some restrictions on air travel from the EU, mainly in the form of a recent negative test ; and EU national or resident travellers from some "risk" countries may also need a second test on arrival, which could lead to a quarantine if it's positive.
The major exception to these general requirements is land travel from other EU countries (i.e. France and Portugal) plus Gibraltar. Though some Regions like Catalonia have restricted that to local cross-border crossings for such purposes as a shopping trip, so that travel between the non-EU country Andorra and Catalonia is restricted to the residents of either, and it is geographically limited to Andorra and the Urgell comarca.
Sure, but my own post was from the Spanish perspective.The Portugal-Spain border is closed
Until 31 March 2021, 24:00 hours:
Entry ban for the residents of the USA, Canada, South Africa, Brazil, and the UK and most other countries of the world. Does not apply to residents of Australia, New Zealand and South Korea and a few more countries. Also exempt from this entry ban are Spanish nationals, Spanish residents and nationals of other EU countries and their residents, no matter from which country they depart for Spain.
Until 16 March 2021, 18:00 hours.
On flights from the UK, Brazil and South Africa to Spain, the only passengers allowed on such flights are nationals and residents of Spain and Andorra.
This harder lockdown has been extended to at least April 5th ; bars & restaurants will also close.Italy on the other hand has returned into a harder lockdown 'til 27th March, with no travel between Regions allowed.
There is such a patchwork of rules at the internal borders within the EU - both national and regional borders - that I've mostly stopped following thingsThe closure of the Spain-Portugal border has been extended to the 6th of April (two days after Easter Sunday). Article in Portuguese.
Restaurants and bars will be able to reopen their terraces from 5th April, but limited to 4 customers.The closure of the Spain-Portugal border has been extended to the 6th of April (two days after Easter Sunday). Article in Portuguese.
The French Government has clarified that the 10K radius limit only applies to daily exercise near home -- all other authorised activities are allowed within a 30K radius, though these limits do not apply to those with professional or other such justifications.No entering or exiting these regions without a valid reason -- people will be able to get out of the house when they want, with the official certificate and a valid reason, but only within a 10K radius.
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