UK Advises Against All Essential Travel to Parts of Spain
The Foreign Office has warned people not to travel to
regions of Spain unless it is essential they do so. Madrid and La Rioja, the
municipalities of La Bastida and Vitoria (both in the Basque Country) and
Miranda de Ebro (in Castilla y León) are covered by the warning. The virus is
spreading in the community in these areas, the warning says. Spain’s government
has also asked people to avoid unnecessary travel and to consider remote
working where possible.
#Spain The FCO advise against all but essential travel to areas of community transmission of coronavirus: Madrid and La Rioja, and the municipalities of La Bastida and Vitoria (both in the Basque Country) and Miranda de Ebro (in Castilla y León). More: https://t.co/nUoIeXuUuG pic.twitter.com/WcY67mSegF— FCO travel advice (@FCOtravel) March 13, 2020.
The UK Foreign Office said: ‘Authorities in
the most affected regions are putting in place extraordinary measures such as
the temporary closure of schools, public sports centres, theatres and day care
centres for the elderly due to an increase in coronavirus cases. ‘The affected
regions are prohibiting gatherings which involve more than 1000 attendees. ‘All
educational centres, including nurseries, schools and universities will close
for 15 days or until further notice.
‘In other
regions, individual schools are being closed where there are suspected cases of
the virus. ‘National museums in Madrid are closed until further notice. Some
local festivals such as Las Fallas in Valencia and sporting events have been
postponed. You should follow local authority websites for further information.
‘People intending to travel to Spain should consult their airlines and tour
operators.’ Madrid’s top health official warned of a ‘very worrying’ surge in
cases, with a rise of almost 50% in less than 24 hours taking the total to
almost 2,000 today. Enrique Ruiz Escudero urged people to stay at home to
try and contain the virus, saying: ‘This is the only thing that we know we can
do to contain it.’ Spain has Europe’s highest number of coronavirus cases
outside of Italy.
FROM metro.co.uk/2020/03/13/uk-advises-essential-travel-parts-spain
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