Till half May only essencial travel in a lot off European countrys.This will be a huge inconvenience for Pilgrims starting further away than SJPP.
Thanks, Margaret, for sharing this comprehensive article on what's going on at the moment.Thinking of traveling from the US this year? See this New York Times article published 26/03/2021 for Various Options in European countries
As this stands, this is until the end of the state of sanitary emergency, which I believe is currently scheduled for May 9th.Orden SND/292/2021 (obligation for PCR and others tests for arrivals from EU countries by air and sea as before but now also for land border crossings from France)
The text in question says: Una vez finalizada la prórroga del estado de alarma establecida por el Real Decreto 555/2020, de 5 de junio, las medidas contenidas en los capítulos II, III, IV, V, VI y VII y en la disposición adicional sexta serán de aplicación en todo el territorio nacional hasta que el Gobierno declare de manera motivada y de acuerdo con la evidencia científica disponible, previo informe del Centro de Coordinación de Alertas y Emergencias Sanitarias, la finalización de la situación de crisis sanitaria ocasionada por el COVID-19.As this stands, this is until the end of the state of sanitary emergency, which I believe is currently scheduled for May 9th.
Sure, which is why I used "I believe", not something stronger.i.e. this obligation may well continue beyond the possible end of the national state of alarm on 9 May 2021.
This is a good article. The legal wrangling that goes on between courts, regional governments, "concerned citizens", affected businesses, and other actors that it describes for Spain is also typical for other countries with decentralised forms of government, with written constitutions protecting freedoms, and with insufficiently drafted general laws for the protection of public health that turned out to be inadequate for dealing with the current Covid-19 public health threat.![]()
What happens when the state of alarm in Spain expires on May 9?
According to the central government and several experts, the regions will need legal backing to introduce coronavirus restrictions on movement, such as the curfewenglish.elpais.com
Fwiw, Spanish news use the expression incidencia acumulada.case notification rate, usually called incidence rate
These maps are very useful, as for example (current situation) :There are colour coded maps with a breakdown of the rates by larger or smaller regions, like provinces or the region of/around a town, and I use them to get an idea of the current public health situation in a place.
Internal travel will be possible again in the UK from April 12th,
Well, yes and no -- it's correct insofar that central Government decisions regarding the lifting of national restrictions apply to the UK as a whole, though particular decisions in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland by their own Authorities can persist regardless including various regional restrictions.As in many health matters, this is not correct ; the date refers to England, not the UK.
Well, yes and no -- it's correct insofar that central Government decisions regarding the lifting of national restrictions apply to the UK as a whole, though particular decisions in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland by their own Authorities can persist regardless including various regional restrictions.
But your point is a good and important one.
@mjal for future reference a URL will not show as active until you click "Post Reply".Edited twice to try to persuade the system to show the URL of the link but to no avail. At least the link seems to work...
@mjal, this is very frustrating and I have struggled with it in the past. Here's the trick to solve it ... for anyone who has the patience and tenacityEdited twice to try to persuade the system to show the URL of the link but to no avail. At least the link seems to work...
Tinca,@mjal for future reference a URL will not show as active until you click "Post Reply".
I'll post a couple to further your research: https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/about-us/our-funding-and-collaborations; https://www.gatsby.org.uk/
Thanks for this.@mjal, this is very frustrating and I have struggled with it in the past. Here's the trick to solve it ... for anyone who has the patience and tenacity: Click on the three dots in the top right corner; click on the square brackets; you are now in BB code; you see that your link is preceded by URL unfurl="true"; change true to false; click yourself back to where you started. Done.
Instead of:
you see:
I assume that this is addressed to me.No polemic please, I'm English.
Yes, I think that this unfurling of links is a fairly recent addition to the forum software. It's quite useful in most cases but not this time as it turned into the word StackPath which is quite meaningless for the reader.this seemed not to happen in the past
Everything changes on an hourly basis...difficult to keep track of it.The lockdown in France is going to be extended. No details yet as to how long for.
It's been extended to 11th May.The lockdown in France is going to be extended. No details yet as to how long for.
It's particularly difficult to work out what's going on in Portugal, as their announcements are very confusing.Everything changes on an hourly basis...difficult to keep track of it.
hmmmmm, but OTOH there was a message on the public notice board in town this morning that it's extended to May 3rd ?It's been extended to 11th May.
Yes, it changes hourly...Jabba tries to keep us abreast of things as is humanly possible.Everything changes on an hourly basis...difficult to keep track of it.
President Macron has just announced that bars and restaurants will be able to reopen for outdoor service on May 3rd ; and for indoor service probably two weeks later.The lockdown in France has been extended to 3rd May.
Crikey.... it changes so quickly that it makes it tough to know whether or not to try and organise a flight to Spain from the other side of the world.... oh well, I’ll get there one day!Yes, it changes hourly...Jabba tries to keep us abreast of things as is humanly possible.