colind3782
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It's a bloody conspiracy against me and I'm taking it personally!
Spain added to England's quarantine list
Spain added to England's quarantine list
Spain back on the quarantine list
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TernVI
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Can you do your quarantine in France on the way back?
What exactly did people expect?
The idea of a foreign holiday this summer seems far more stressful than going to work.
What exactly did people expect?
The idea of a foreign holiday this summer seems far more stressful than going to work.
Seven Spades
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The government advises against all but essential travel to Spain, but you are free to go to the Canaries. There are 6 cases of Covid 19 in Lanzarote but if you return from Lanzarote you are expected to quarantine for 2 weeks. Please explain this logic.
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Some of us have to travel for other reasons..
ashtead
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Will Brittany be next ? They seem desperate in Normandy with police checking people are wearing masks in restaurants but of course complete lack of social distancing without masks in street markets.
Seven Spades
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I am in Lanzarote at the moment there are 6 known cases on the island and none is Las Palmas. Everyone here is wearing masks in shops and there is gel at every entrance. The social distancing is much higher here than in the UK. It is very strange that the government has lumped the Canaries in with Spain.
Clancy Moped
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capnsensible
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Across the entire Canarian archipelago there is one person in ICU, 12 in hospital and 187 in home isolation . It would be more reasonable for Brits to isolate for two weeks before coming here....
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Nah, it'll be Greece they're trying to get everyone to holiday in the UK. It's part of the whole Brexit program of moving the UK back to the 1950s.
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Just back from Brittany, saw nothing like this. Nobody wore a mask if dining in a restaurant. The street markets we visited had everybody in masks and being very polite to one another.
While Brittany has a few spikes the numbers are tiny. It is not the Zombie Apocalypse
Easticks28
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Just another example of the British Government's understanding of Europe and its geography.
Clancy Moped
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Gossip at the moment but .....
'Britain will drop its policy of requiring people returning from the Spanish Canary Islands or Balearics to quarantine for two weeks'
'Britain will drop its policy of requiring people returning from the Spanish Canary Islands or Balearics to quarantine for two weeks'
colind3782
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dune16
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We just got back from Spain barely 24 hours before the new quarantine was put in place. While we were off the boat we always wore masks and limited contact with anyone else, everyone else seemed to be behaving pretty well too. I did however speak to a Spanish bar manager and he said they're extremely worried about the sudden increase in infections in various areas of Spain and suspected locking down would be coming back, barely 2 days later and the UK imposes this. While it's very frustrating (we are due back out there again end of August, what are the chances of the quarantine being lifted again by then?) I think the government have to react in a very fluid and timely manner, they can't risk waiting to give people "notice", it's too late at that stage.
mjcoon
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Are there masks fitted with a sealed-in straw so you could consume liquefied food?
jordanbasset
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I see The Foreign Office is now advising against all non-essential travel to the Balearic and Canary Islands, as well as mainland Spain, due to the risk of Covid-19.
Surprised as the rate is low in the Islands
Surprised as the rate is low in the Islands
RupertW
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I hope they will exempt the Canaries as they are so much safer than the UK but also selfishly as we will have to fly home two weeks earlier than planned if it s still in place.
Clancy Moped
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Pants.
capnsensible
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It does seem that the Foreign Ofice are geographically challenged. But there is quite a bit of human traffc(!) between the Peninsular and the Canaries. Just seems poorly thought out....with just a few hours notice.
RupertW
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Yup - and I’ve just read that Shapps has decided (from mainland Spain) that Canaries and Balearics must not be exempted because that would set a precedent for other countries to plead region by region. As if Normandy and Brittany have the same connection as Catalonia and Canaries. Ah well, in La Gomera for a few days and no deadlines yet.
