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UK Covid travel constraints unjustified

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Jul 28, 2020
UK Covid travel constraints unjustified

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He stated talks were ongoing after the UK also encouraged against all however vital travel to the whole of Spain.

However the UK government said it has no plans to alter its choice to reestablish the quarantine measures – with Boris Johnson’s official representative alerting that “no travel is risk-free during this pandemic”.

However some travel representatives say they are struggling to comprehend the logic of the UK government’s advice, because the islands have lower coronavirus infection rates.

He included that “645%of the brand-new cases signed up remain in two territories” and in most of Spain the frequency of Covid-19 was “very much inferior to the numbers signed up in the UK”.

The rate of infection in Spain is 35.1 cases per 100,000 people, while the UK is at 14.7, according to the most recent figures from the European Centre for Illness Avoidance and Control.

While the outbreak remains under control in numerous parts of Spain, certain areas – in particular Catalonia in the north-east and the neighbouring area of Aragón – have actually seen a substantial spike in infections.

Data as much as 19 July recommended there were lower rates of infection in the Balearic and Canary Islands than in mainland Spain.

” Why the Canaries – which are further away from Barcelona than Barcelona is the UK – are on the list along with mainland Spain, I just do not understand,” stated Labour MP Chris Bryant, who chairs the all-party parliamentary group for Spain.

” And there are many, many regions of Spain which have much lower infection rates than lots of locations in the UK. I believe this has actually been terribly severely managed.”

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