Spain’s COVID-19 ‘Risk List’ To Remain Unchanged Until March 13
Spain News
Published: 08 March 2022 17:06 CET
Spain’s Ministry of Health has announced that the ‘risk list’ of countries within the European Union/European Economic Area will stay unchanged for another week.
The countries that will remain on the list until at least 23:59 on March 13 are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France (with the exception of Mayotte), Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Sweden.
SchengenVisaInfo.com has reported that anyone travelling to Spain from one of these EU/EEA ‘risk’ countries, will still be granted entry, as long as they meet all of Spain’s entry requirements.
Travel Safe, Spain’s official tourism website, states that “All passengers arriving in Spain by air or sea must fill in a health control form before travelling.”
This means that anyone wishing to enter Spain from one of the above countries, including those under the age of 12 years, will be required to fill out the Health Control Form within 48 hours prior to arrival.
As well as the Health Form, on arrival travellers to Spain must also produce one of the certificates that are part of the EU Digital COVID Pass.
“If you come from a country at risk in relation to COVID-19, you must present a certificate or document proving vaccination, diagnostic test for active infection or recovery from COVID-19,” confirms the Spanish authorities.
By following these rules and being in possession of the previously mentioned documentation, visitors from the above EU/EEA risk areas will not need to follow any additional entry rules.
As well as the EU/EEA countries that we have listed above, Spain’s ‘risk list’ also includes all third countries that are currently not part of the exemption list.
Visitors wishing to travel to Spain from third countries for non-essential reasons can do so as long as they are in possession of a valid vaccination certificate that proves that the holder has received their first vaccination within the last 270 days, or has received any additional vaccination doses.
The Spanish authorities have said that a recovery certificate can also be presented and will be accepted as long as it shows evidence that the person holding it has tested positive with the Covid virus within the last 180 days.
At the other end of the scale is Spain’s ‘safe list’. This is a list of third-countries whose travellers do not need to provide a vaccination certificate or a negative Covid-19 test to enter Spain.
The safe list includes China (including Hong Kong and Macau), Columbia, Indonesia, Peru, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan and the United Arab Emirates.
You can view the current official list of risk, high-risk and safe countries here.
Source
https://www.sanidad.gob.es/en/profesionales/saludPublica/ccayes/alertasActual/nCov/spth.htm
https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/news/spain-travel-covid-19-risk-list-to-remain-unchanged-for-another-week/
