Spain extends entry ban on travellers from UK

Madrid, Jan 2 : Spain announced on Friday that entry for passengers travelling from the UK by air and sea will be prohibited till January 19, according to the Official State Gazette.
Spanish nationals and those with legal residency in Spain, however, will be allowed entry.
Due to the “uncertainties… about the scope of the new SARS-CoV-2 variant, more information will be needed on the evolution of the epidemiological situation in the United Kingdom,” the Gazette stated, Xinhua news agency reported.
The new coronavirus variant, first reported by the UK, is said to be up to 70 per cent more transmissible.
Starting from December 22, Spain has suspended entry into its territory of “citizens from the UK, except nationals or residents in our country,” according to a communique published on Twitter.
The entry ban was scheduled to end on January 5.