Spain to restrict S.Africa, Brazil flights over COVID variants

Inbound flights will only be able to carry Spanish nationals and residents returning to Spain

			2021-02-02
			Madrid						By Reuters
								

Restriction of flights from Brazil and South Africa.
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The Spanish government has decided to restrict air travel with Brazil and South Africa, where new highly contagious variants of the coronavirus have been detected, from Wednesday for two weeks, Cadena Ser news website said on Tuesday.

Inbound flights will only be able to carry Spanish nationals and residents returning to Spain or transit passengers traveling to countries outside of the Schengen area with stopovers shorter than 24 hours, it said.