The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands has issued an alert this Monday to advise against any travel considered "not necessary" to Spain, including the Canary Islands, due to the increase in coronavirus cases.
After updating its travel recommendations, the Dutch Government has indicated in a statement that "vacation trips" would not be considered "necessary" and has indicated that Spain is now under the category of "orange" due to the risk of contagion.
According to the text, the recommendations have been reinforced due to the "deterioration of the conditions related to the coronavirus in the territories in question". The Government has also detailed that these recommendations will come into effect at midnight.
The Netherlands thus joins a long list of community countries that do not recommend traveling to Spain - or to some Spanish autonomous communities - in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Some of these countries have imposed other types of measures, such as mandatory Covid-19 tests and the imposition of a quarantine.
The Ministry has also indicated that the number of infections in Spain is "high" and "continues to increase in all regions". "There are also more indications that more travelers are returning from Spain infected," he says.
This new alert implies that those travelers who return to the country from Spanish territory will have to immediately take a PCR and remain in quarantine for ten days.
