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ARCHIVED - Covid testing in Spanish airports described as a joke by Madrid politician
Madrid has been the most vocal region in expressing its concerns as the flow of international tourists resumes
Image:The Ministers for transport and health visiting Barajas on Saturday to see the controls in place
On Sunday the first international flights landed in Spain as the country re-opens for tourist visitors, with 100 flights landing nationwide.
There are mixed emotions here about this situation. There is relief; some passengers were re-united with family members after being trapped in the UK for months by the Covid outbreak, happy to be back on Spanish soil and with their families and able to return to their homes in Spain.
There is excitement; the business community and particularly the hostelry sector is relieved that a trickle of customers will alleviate the severe financial strain caused by the Covid crisis lockdown.
There is anxiety; many residents fear the influx of foreign visitors from areas which have higher cases than their own. Here in the Murcia Region for example, only 1.6% of the population has tested positive for Covid-19 following a two stage mass testing programme, a strict 10 week lockdown successfully protecting the local population which has recorded the lowest number of cases and deaths of mainland Spain. But the opening of internal and external borders removes that control from the hands of the regional authorities and locals must now take responsibility for protecting themselves on their own shoulders and exercise extreme caution as the influx of visitors, some of whom could be potentially carrying the virus, begins.
And anger; The Community of Madrid describes as 'a joke' the 'triple control' of tourists at the Barajas airport
There has been considerable dissatisfaction in some areas of the country about the controls being implemented in airports to check incoming foreign tourists and the decision to allow UK nationals to enter the country without a Covid test when case numbers remain high in the UK.
The Madrid government has been the most vocal, with Barajas Airport handling more than 61 million passengers a year, the lack of controls in the airports becoming the umpteenth point of friction between the Government of the Community of Madrid and that of Spain.
The Spanish Government maintains that the 'triple control' established at Spanish airports is sufficient to detect if a traveller arrives with coronavirus,(temperature test, filling in a contact form and visual examination) but the Madrid regional governmment maintains that further measures are needed.
Hoy abre el Aeropuerto de Barajas con controles sanitarios absolutamente insuficientes:
— Ignacio Aguado 🖤🇪🇸 (@ignacioaguado) June 21, 2020
📍Rellenar un formulario 🤷♂️
📍Toma de temperatura (>40% de las personas con #COVID19 no tienen fiebre ni síntomas)
📍Inspección visual (por si llevas el coronavirus en la frente)
Una broma.
In a Tweet on Sunday the vice-president and spokesman for the regional Executive, Ignacio Aguado, described the controls established to be "a joke" .
"Today Barajas Airport opens with absolutely insufficient sanitary controls: filling out a form, taking a temperature ( 40% of people with Covid-19 do not have fever or symptoms) and visual inspection (in case you have the coronavirus on your forehead) A joke, "Aguado wrote on his Twitter profile.
Throughout Spain, 100 flights from countries in the Schengen area landed, including Italy, Germany and the United Kingdom as Spain resumed business.
During the last week cases of Covid-19 have resumed an upward trajectory in Spain, (see latest figures for Sunday 21st).
On Sunday the WHO recorded the highest increase in cases of Covid-19 worldwide, adding 183,000 new cases in one day. Globally there have been almost 9 million confirmed cases since the outbreak began, with 467,000 deaths.
The UK recorded 43 deaths on Sunday 21st June, bringing the total confirmed fatalities from Covid-19 to 42,632.
In the 24-hour period up to 9am on Sunday, 175,018 tests were carried out, with 1,221 positive results, according to the UK Department of Health.
7,890,145 tests have been carried out in the UK and 304,331 cases confirmed positive.
The numbers of UK travellers to Spain are not expected to be high during the next week due to the lack of flights to Spain and the insistence of the British Government in maintaining their own 14 day quarantine for anyone entering the UK.
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