Spain will allow travellers from Britain to visit the country without a negative PCR test for COVID-19 from Monday. This is great news and should kick-start the industry. But a word of caution; Spain is still on Britain’s “Amber List” so British tourists will have to quarantine on their return. However, it is certainly a step in the right direction.
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With the cost of PCR testing and Isolating on return I doubt that many people will flood to Majorca whilst Portugal is on the green list, Heathrow advertise a cheap PCR test at £59 so this an additional cost when flying out. Until Majorca is on the green list and a Covid passport for fully vaccinated people is recognised there wont be a major stampede. Uncertainty over the Indian variant is of concern and do the islands want to take the risk of bringing a more transmissible variant to the islands. The bottom line is we have seen lockdown after lockdown and until a higher proportion of islanders are vaccinated would it not make sense to hold onto the gains you have made for a few weeks longer as oppose to having to shutting down again. Regards B.Rowe.
This is a very scary and dangerous headline. It shows that Boris, wirh 80% of his population vaccinated, still wants tests for those returning to the UK ti avoid a further lockdown, while Spain, with just 15% vaccination levels, plans to allow anybody in, tested or not. It's completely irresponsuble to favour money over the health risks to the island, - sick people cannot work. With just 15% of us vaccinated fully, it will inevitably lead to another rise in new cases, and in consequence more restrictions for the island's population thus aurumn and winter. If that happens I suspect that many people here will have had enough, and I see major problems with people rejecting any new rules imposed as a result. We are being urged to take precautions here by the government, while they're taking none at all. I hope that this comment will show, as there are many that feel the same as I do....