Only legal residents or nationals of Spain
and the neighbouring micro-state of Andorra are currently allowed in on flights
from these countries.
The restriction on arrivals from Britain
was imposed at the end of December to halt the spread of the highly contagious
Covid-19 variant discovered there in November.
The ban on arrivals from Brazil and South
Africa came into effect on February 3.
The only exception are passengers in
transit who cannot leave the airport nor remain there longer than 24 hours.
It is the fifth time the ban on British
arrivals has been extended.
Last week, Spain also imposed an obligatory
10-day quarantine period on those arriving from South Africa or Brazil -- or
seven days in the case of those able to show a negative test.
Other European nations have also imposed
curbs on arrivals from the three nations due to fears that the new variants may
spread more easily or contain mutations that allow the virus to evade the
effects of vaccines.
So far, Spain has confirmed around 900 cases
of the so-called British variant, health ministry figures show.
But the true figure could well be far
higher. Health officials have previously warned the British variant could
become the dominant strain in Spain by early March.
They have also confirmed six cases of the
South African variant and one of the Brazilian strain.
Spain has been hard-hit by the pandemic,
recording around 68,000 deaths from more than 3.1 million cases.
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