Spain extends ban on arrivals from UK, Brazil, South Africa

Spain extends ban on arrivals from UK, Brazil, South Africa

Spain on Tuesday extended its ban on arrivals from Britain, Brazil and South Africa until March 16 to safeguard against the spread of new coronavirus strains from these countries.Only legal residents or nationals of Spain and the neighbouring micro-state of Andorra are currently allowed in on flights from these countries.The restriction on arrivals from Britain was imposed at the end of December to halt the spread of the highly contagious Covid-19 variant discovered there in November.The ban on arrivals from Brazil and South Africa came into effect on February 3.The only exception are passengers in transit who cannot leave the airport nor remain there longer than 24 hours.Comments Read Next7 hours agoOman bans entry from 10 countries to curb virus spread10 hours agoAbu Dhabi updates green countries; removes Saudi Arabia24 hours agoKuwait closes land and sea borders for one month2 days agoKuwait bans entry for non-Kuwaitis until further notice4 days agoJapan finds new COVID-19 strain5 days agoKuwait lifts ban on 35 countries1 week agoWHO: 13 Middle East nations report new variants2 weeks agoOman extends closure of land borders2 weeks agoAbu Dhabi updates ‘green list' of countries, removes Bahrain3 weeks agoSaudi suspends entry from 20 countries from Wednesday