Spain Extends Internal Land Border Controls With Portugal Until April 6

Internal land border controls between Spain and Portugal will be further extended until April 6 due to the current Coronavirus pandemic situation in both territories.

Spain’s government recent decision has been taken in accordance with the country’s Ministry of the Interior while the same also stressed that at present, only Spanish citizens, as well as their partner or spouse who remain in the public registry as well as those ascendants and descendants who live in their care, will be permitted to enter Spain, AtoZSerwisPlus.com reports.

Earlier in February, Spain’s Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande- Marlaska, announced that the country plans to reimpose land border controls in a bid to halt the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic as well as its new strains, which up to this point have widely attacked many countries.

Back then, the minister stressed that the decision would be effective until February 10; however, after taking into account the upsurge in the number of COVID-19 cases, Spain authorities decided to extend the current preventive measures further.

In addition to that, the Interior Ministry of Spain clarified which entry and exit points would be opened between Spain and Portugal, through which authorized passengers could pass.

Based on the figures by Worldometers, Spain has registered a total of 3,195,062 COVID-19 cases of infections, remaining the eighth most affected country worldwide by the spread of the deadly virus.

The same emphasizes that from the COVID-19 pandemic, over 72,424 persons have died in Spain, while there are reported over 264,924 active cases.

As for Portugal, more than 814,510 persons have contracted the Coronavirus pandemic in this country, and 16,694 persons have died as yet.

Over 761,780 persons have recovered from the virus in Portugal, while there are a total of 36,031 active cases registered.

The United Kingdom’s Secretary of State for Transport announced that on March 15, it removed Portugal from the government’s “red list” in which the travel is banned, stressing that holidaymakers from the UK will be eligible to return from Portugal without being obliged to undergo quarantine hotels.

Even though Britain is no longer an EU Member State, it continues to bring many tourists, especially to some European countries like Spain, Cyprus, and Greece.

All these countries mentioned above have expressed their desire to reopen to British holidaymakers from the middle of May. However, travelers should prove that they have taken the vaccine against the Coronavirus pandemic or present a negative result of the PCR test.