From this monday tourists that they prove to be vaccinated against covid-19 from third countries to the European Union and countries associated with Schengen can now enter Hego Euskal Herria. However, restrictions on travelers from India, Brazil and South Africa.

People who prove to be immunized with the full regimen of P vaccinesfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Janssen, authorized by the European Medicines Agency (EMA), or the Chinese Sinopharm y Sinovac-Coronavac They will be able to enter the Spanish State from today.

This is included in the order drawn up by the Ministries of Health and the Interior, in charge of sanitary and border control, and which requires that it be accredited as requirements to enter the Spanish State to have received the complete guideline at least 14 days before.

This order was published on Saturday in the Official State Gazette (BOE), which also includes the new restrictions for hospitality and nightlife that were agreed in the Interterritorial Health Council last week.

The order that comes into force today from 00:00 modifies Order INT / 657/2020, of July 17, which in turn changes the criteria for the application of a temporary restriction on non-essential travel from third countries to the European Union and Schengen partner countries for reasons of public order and public health due to the health crisis.

The BOE publication recommends the introduction of a new criteria related to vaccination: the new modification allows entry to Spain of people with a vaccination certificate that the Ministry of Health Recognize for this purpose, after verification by the health authorities, as well as the accompanying minors to whom the Ministry extends the effects. The vaccines accepted by the EMA or WHO are Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Janssen, Sinopharm and Sinovac-Coronavac.

Since last May 24, for their part, people from non-EU countries but considered safe can enter Hegoalde without any sanitary control.

India, Brazil and South Africa

With a mandatory 10-day quarantine, only India is currently available, but there is also a limitation on travel from Brazil or South Africa that, in practice, excludes them from entering Spain despite being vaccinated.

At the end of May, the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, announced that Spain will allow entry to travelers from all countries who can prove that they have received the complete schedule of a vaccine recognized by the World Organization of the Health (WHO) or the European Medicines Agency (EMA).

Health expands diagnostic tests to access the Spanish State

The Ministry of Health has announced that from today the diagnostic tests that will be accepted are expanded in health controls to access the Spanish State for, as he has defended, “expedite the arrival of tourism to our country.”

The department headed by Carolina Darias has explained that the Official State Gazette (BOE) will publish this Saturday a new resolution that updates these controls from next week, in which the Spanish State can be accessed with the Certificate of Vaccination or Recovery and the diagnostic tests that will be accepted are expanded, adding to the PCR, those of antigens.

The Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, in a message posted on her social networks, stressed that “Spain is a safe destination.” “We are in a position to regain our world tourism leadership soon”; something that is endorsed by “the excellent vaccination data” that “places us closer to the return to normality every day,” he said on Twitter.

In this context, the Ministry has indicated that people who want to access Spain will have to fill out, as before, the health control form through the application Spain Travel Health (SpTH). In addition, those who come from a country or risk zone will have to attach the corresponding documentation to any of the certificates or tests mentioned above.

In addition, once the EU Covid Digital CertificateThose who are holders of this document will also have access to this quick control.