translated from Spanish: Spain lifts mandatory quarantine for Argentines

As of this Tuesday, Argentines traveling to Spain will no longer have to comply with the ten-day isolation due to coronavirus that the Government of that country had imposed on people traveling from Africa and some Latin American countries, such as the Argentina.La measure also included other countries such as Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Namibia and South Africa, considered to be at high risk of covid-19 infections. As it has not been extended by the Spanish Government, the measure will be null and void from this Tuesday at 0.” The Ministry of Health has not extended Order SND/791/2021 on quarantine conditions. Therefore, as of 00 a.m. tomorrow, Tuesday, August 24, the quarantine requirement for travelers from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Namibia and South Africa lapses,” said the Embassy of that country in Argentina.La consideration of a high-risk country is made through the joint assessment of the main epidemiological indicators used in the European Union. These criteria include the cumulative incidence per 100,000 inhabitants in fourteen days, the positivity rate, the diagnostic test rate or the vaccination population rate. In any case, certain requirements still have to be met in order to enter the European country. Argentines who want to cross the Atlantic Ocean must have completed, at least 14 days before landing in Spain, the vaccination schedule of any of the drugs authorized in the EU – Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca or Johnson &Johnson – or the WHO, which add To this list Sinopharm and Sinovac-Coronavac. Those who have been vaccinated with Sputnik V, not yet recognized in Europe, must have a negative PCR performed 48 hours before arriving. The same for those who have combined vaccines.

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