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UK travellers from Spain must quarantine – but Foreign Office won’t advise against islands

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The UK ‘travel corridors’ scheme descended into chaos yesterday as new rules were imposed on people returning from Spain.

From today, anyone returning to the UK from Spain will be forced to undertake a 14 day quarantine.  This has been imposed after a surge in coronavirus cases in parts of the mainland.

The current ‘travel corridors’ list is here on gov.uk.

Because the restrictions will be imposed with just 24 hours notice, it will catch out many people who travelled to Spain in the belief that they could return to work immediately upon their return.  Many, unable to work from home, will now face having to take two weeks of unpaid leave.

The only ‘positive’ side is that it is still early in the English school holidays and very few will be forced to miss lessons next term due to this.  (Scottish children will be hit, with school resuming on 11th August.)  It will, however, wreck the holiday plans of many people who have just booked flights and potentially non-refundable hotels for August.

This move puts the future of the entire ‘travel corridors’ scheme into question.  You can no longer book a trip to a country in the travel corridor scheme safe in the knowledge that you will be able to return and head straight back to work or school.

Here’s is the bigger problem though.

The only way to cancel your trip and make a claim on your travel insurance would be if the Foreign Office advised against travel to Spain.

However, whilst the Foreign Office has advised against travel to MAINLAND Spain, it has NOT recommended against travel to the Canary Islands or Balearic Islands as infection levels remain low.

This means that you cannot make a claim on your travel insurance on the grounds of Foreign Office advice if you are travelling to Tenerife, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, La Palma, La Gomera, El Hierro, La Graciosa, Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza or Formentera.  If you cannot get a refund from your airline or hotel, your insurance won’t help.

If this sounds illogical, here is the reason.  The quarantine list is set out by entire countries or territories – the legislation does not allow for only specific parts of a country to be quarantined.  This is why you must quarantine on your return from the Canary Islands, even though they are 660 miles from mainland Spain.  The Foreign Office advice is more granular which is why the Canaries and Balearics are deemed safe.

Here is the official text from the Foreign Office website:

From 26 July, the FCO advises against all non-essential travel to mainland Spain based on the current assessment of COVID-19 risks. Only the Canary Islands (Tenerife, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, La Palma, La Gomera, El Hierro and La Graciosa) and Balearic Islands (Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza, and Formentera) are exempt from the FCO advice against all non-essential international travel.

This advice is based on evidence of increases in cases of COVID-19 in several regions, but particularly in Aragon, Navarra and Catalonia (which include the cities of Zaragoza, Pamplona and Barcelona).

The FCO is not advising those already travelling in Spain to leave at this time. Travellers should follow the advice of the local authorities on how best to protect themselves and others, including any measures that they bring in to control the virus. If you are returning from Spain (including from the Balearics and Canaries) on or after 26 July you will be required to quarantine on your return to the UK, but the FCO is not advising you to cut short your visit. You should contact your tour operator or airline if you have any questions about your return journey.

PHE are continuing to monitor the situation in the Balearic and Canary Islands closely. Travellers there should continue to check this advice regularly.

PS.  It is, of course, worth remembering that – in practice – the UK Government is not actively enforcing the quarantine rules in England.  Not a single person was fined for breaking them in the two weeks for which data is available, and the only testing done is to call you on your mobile phone and ask if you are at home.

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  • Waribai says:
    26 Jul26 July 08:04

    Interestingly BBC is still saying the following:

    “ The Foreign Office is advising against all but essential travel to mainland Spain. Quarantine measures apply to those returning from mainland Spain, the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands, such as Majorca and Ibiza”

    On this basis I had decided not to go to Ibiza!

  • Cheshire Pete says:
    26 Jul26 July 08:07

    We booked a weeks break to Corfu in 2 weeks, and I was reluctant to tie in now for accommodation as most places seem to want a 14 day payment window when you can’t cancel. Makes me certain now to leave the apartment to the last moment really in case the situation changes.

    • Eugene says:
      26 Jul26 July 08:12

      Have you got BA flights? Have you considered looking at getting a hotel with them? That turns it into a BA Holidays booking that you can summarily bin for a voucher good till April 22. I did it last night for a Spanish trip today, they were fine with it. Could have refund too if you wanted I think.

  • Anna says:
    26 Jul26 July 08:22

    What a coincidence that Grant “I’m not going to book a foreign summer holiday” Shapps flew out to Spain yesterday just hours before the travel corridor was shut down, and the FCO is confirming that anyone already in Spain should enjoy their holiday as normal and not rush back!

    • AJA says:
      26 Jul26 July 08:31

      Yes although the advice is reasonable. The trouble is that the majority of us cannot afford to still travel and then spend 14 days in quarantine on the return. That option is available to GS. I doubt his ministerial and MP salaries get stopped as he is able to “work” remotely in isolation on his return.

      • Sandgrounder says:
        26 Jul26 July 08:59

        I think most HfP readers who are not yet retired will be able to work from home, will be paid for sick leave, or sufficient means for this to be little more than an inconvenience. It’s the low paid service industry employees already on a knife edge who have spent up to take the kids away and now face two weeks of SSP at best I feel sorry for.

        • Heathrow Flyer says:
          26 Jul26 July 10:28

          +1. Completely agree.

        • AJA says:
          26 Jul26 July 11:45

          I agree. My use of the words “The majority of us” was not aimed at fellow HfPers – we are in the minority, I was referring to the majority of the population who are not already working from home or retired.

        • Harry T says:
          26 Jul26 July 12:20

          Agree!

        • Leo says:
          26 Jul26 July 16:38

          Hear hear.

  • Erico1875 says:
    26 Jul26 July 08:23

    Heres my quick summary from my Scottish perspective.
    UK government lift quarantine restrictions for travel from Spain. Scottish government err on side of caution and keep them in place as the numbers are still a wee bit to high for our experts liking.
    ( IMO they just want to be a bit different)
    A week later, as according to Jason Leech, the numbers have fallen to a similar level to ours the quarantine requirement is lifted.
    Over that same period, the number of cases in Spain according to all the news outlets had DOUBLED!!
    ie Scotland lifted the restriction as Catalonia was going back in to lockdown.
    Neither have a clue.

  • AJA says:
    26 Jul26 July 08:24

    I think the government advice is reasonable. The islands have had fewer cases since the start so travel to them is still ok and less risky. Mainland Spain, particularly Catalonia, is where the spikes have been occurring so travel there is not.

    It is not the job of governments to think about the effects of their actions on travel insurance, that is the responsibility of individuals and their travel insurers. It is clear that finding insurance cover for Covid-19 is difficult if not impossible. There are a couple of insurers who will still sell cover but many existing policies will not. The choice to book is up to consumers.

    We all have a responsibility to follow the guidance and rules and if that means quarantine/ self-isolation for 14 days on returning that is what we should all do, regardless of whether the government is actually enforcing it.

    If you don’t want to do this then don’t travel outside the UK nor to areas where spikes are occurring in the UK. We are adults and should be taking responsibility for own actions not delegating it to anyone else and moaning about it because we got caught out by the latest guidance.

    • Anna says:
      26 Jul26 July 08:26

      It does make sense for the Canaries especially – after all they are further from the Spanish mainland than France, Morocco and other territories.

      • AJA says:
        26 Jul26 July 08:40

        And yet I still cancelled my trip to Tenerife because I do not want to expose myself to the increased risks of spending 4.5 hours sitting in a confined space in a pressurised metal tube where air is recirculated through bacterial filters that don’t stop viruses. Apparently air is “refreshed” every 3 -4 minutes. That’s still 90 times of 3 minutes of potential exposure to a virus that I don’t get staying at home. Tenerife may be safe, getting there is the problem. I don’t want to risk it. YMMV.

        • The Savage Squirrel says:
          26 Jul26 July 09:10

          AJA acknowledged this filtration with the 3-minutes of exposure cabin figure he quoted

          The issue of course is the exposure directly from others before the air is filtered and just how widely this travels within those 3 minutes in enough quantity to create an infectious exposure; especially when you are constantly adding new exposures throughout the flight. As this famous paper shows, the answer (at least without a mask and scrupuouls hygiene – and that’s by everyone else, not just yourself) is … it travels all over the plane.

          https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMoa031349

        • Anna says:
          26 Jul26 July 09:23

          That’s an issue with the mode of transport though, not with the destination.

        • Yan says:
          26 Jul26 July 12:31

          1. HEPA filters have not been thoroughly tested on SARS-Cov-2 (likewise hand sanitisers)
          2. Effective against the virus in theory =/= effective to prevent airborne infection in practice

    • Rhys says:
      26 Jul26 July 08:33

      …But if the islands are comparatively safer (according to FCO advice) then why enforce a quarantine for them?! The left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing.

      • AJA says:
        26 Jul26 July 08:44

        See my answer to Anna posted just before your comment – there is still a risk of catching the virus, travelling 4.5 hours there and 4.5 hours back are not risk free and the Canaries still have cases of the virus.

        • Rhys says:
          26 Jul26 July 08:59

          Based on that, ALL air travel should be banned because it is not ‘risk free’. But it isn’t, and the government advice seems to contradict itself. Are the islands safe for travel as FCO guidance suggests, or are they dangerous hotspots as the 14 day quarantine says?

          • AJA says:
            26 Jul26 July 10:21

            @Rhys the reality is that the risk is there on all flights but some areas have higher incidences of Covid-19 than others e.g. Barcelona higher risk vs Tenerife lower risk which is why the FCO advises against travel to mainland Spain and does not ban travel to the Canaries. That is consistent with your own viewpoint that not all flights should be banned. I don’t understand why you think that the government advice is confused. It’s not an all or nothing problem, it’s about mitigating the risk of catching Covid-19, informing and protecting the public while allowing people to make their own minds up about whether they still travel to lower risk areas but preventing them from going to high risk areas. For the greater good of all.

        • Anna says:
          26 Jul26 July 09:25

          But that applies to any flight, my comment was about the Canaries as a destination.

      • pauldb says:
        26 Jul26 July 09:10

        Part of the problem is that the Self-isolation legislation only provides for exemptions by state or territories. The government hasn’t given itself the flexibility to exemption part of a state, like the islands.

        • Anna says:
          26 Jul26 July 09:30

          Which was my point; it would make more sense to require quarantine on return from Western France (which borders affected parts of Spain), than the Canaries, which are about 1000 miles from the mainland!

      • Colin says:
        26 Jul26 July 10:17

        Apparently it’s because there isn’t the option on the travel form (or whatever it’s called) to only select a part of a country.

    • Alex Sm says:
      26 Jul26 July 11:49

      If you judge by the number of cases UK is still one of the if not the most dangerous places in Europe in terms of COVID. Wherever you go, you will be safer than in the UK

  • Novice says:
    26 Jul26 July 08:27

    Edit the article. It’s early for me atm but I have seen some mistakes. From Spanish should be from Spain… here’s is should be just here’s or here is…

  • ChrisD says:
    26 Jul26 July 08:39

    “The only ‘positive’ side is that it is still early in the school holidays” – Not for schools in Scotland it’s not, most plan to go back on 11th August.

  • Steve says:
    26 Jul26 July 08:46

    Per BBC “The Foreign Office is advising against all but essential travel to mainland Spain. Quarantine measures apply to those returning from mainland Spain, the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands, such as Majorca and Ibiza.” So Balearic islands are included. Feel free to travel there, just make sure you quarantine.
    I’m still so shocked and horrified by the comments on here (and elsewhere) about people trying to work out how quarantine can be breached. It’s because of quite frankly a-holes like this that we continue to be in this mess. Follow the rules and guidance, it’s short term ‘pain’ for long term gain.
    The UK needs a Guardia Civil type force to enforce rules properly.The current crop of police are frankly not fit for purpose.
    /rant over

    • Alba says:
      26 Jul26 July 09:06

      It’s as if the UK police have had a decade of cuts to deal with.. oh, wait…

    • Julian says:
      26 Jul26 July 09:10

      Steve,

      I think you fail to see firstly that its completely nonsensical that the Foreign Office is not recommending against travel to the Balearics and Canaries yet still imposing quarantine on return, which clearly shows a total and utter illogic in their thinking. They should just have checked where people have actually been in Spain and only recommended quarantine for those who have been travelling in the hotspot zones. The only difference with travel not being advised against to the Balearics and Spain is that most travel insurance policies would then still be valid for COVID treatment and/or repatriation for those travelling there after the change advice announcement date (its mainly repatriation by air ambuance and further accommodation costs as the EHIC system should still cover people who get COVID-19 in Spain for treatment there).

      Also your idea of long term gain from the pain is in my view rather misplaced as the disease is highly infectious (but not especially fatal except with the elderly or immuno compromised) and will continue to circulate widely until there is either herd immunity or a vaccine that works. Also the xenophobic can’t possibly our cross national borders thing without quarantine is a bit of a nonsense when you can rattle around all over England from the most infectious spots like Leicester to the most rural areas with no such quarantine restrictions in place.

      A proportionate response with Spain would have been to reintroduce restrictions in say 3 weeks time, thus allowing most normal holiday makers who had not yet gone to cancel and claim on their travel insurance, whilst not grossly inconveniencing those who had already gone away. As we already have COVID-19 in the UK this is merely a numbers game and not one of preventing a completely deadly disease from entering the country in the first place.

      And these moves with Spain like the in my opinion totally disastrous and unnecessary recent face mask imposition (which is going to kill the business of places like department stores) are largely political with the government now wanting to show it taking big drastic actions having not done so early on when such actions might have made a more significant difference.

      • Simon says:
        26 Jul26 July 09:17

        I work for a department store. Lots of things might kill our business in the next few years but face masks will not be it. Our experience so far, including in Scotland, has been very positive with no impact on trade.

        • Julian says:
          26 Jul26 July 09:33

          Clearly I have more of an issue with face masks then as someone who both wears glasses and suffers with significant claustrophobia (such that when i tried go karting I found crash helmets completely unbearable even though who choose to be motorcyclists clearly have to accept them).

          So I won’t be going anywhere shops wise other than supermarkets (that I will now be racing round to get out of as fast as I can) or small little stores (like one I need to go to fit a new watch strap) that I can be in and out of in a few minutes.

          In fact I’m as anti face masks as Peter Hitchens of the Mail On Sunday. See http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-8537489/PETER-HITCHENS-Face-masks-turn-voiceless-submissives.html and https://hitchensblog.mailonsunday.co.uk/2020/07/people-who-call-me-selfish-for-refusing-to-wear-a-state-ordered-muzzle-should-read-this-article-in-t.html

          • Spursdebs says:
            26 Jul26 July 10:12

            I’m also with Peter and yourself on face masks. Steam my glasses up, aggravates my Asthma and last time my claustrophobia was so bad they told me to remove it as hyperventilating. It’s not for want of trying,I’m exempt but not going to go to shops as can’t be bothered with any conflict from mask zealots. I also don’t see why I should have to explain to random strangers my heath problems that make me exempt.

          • Anna says:
            26 Jul26 July 10:15

            I hate wearing a mask so I’m avoiding shops and other public buildings except when absolutely unavoidable (in which case I wear the mask). It’s quite simple and not making me feel in any way aggrieved!

          • Spursdebs says:
            26 Jul26 July 10:16

            I’m currently interviewing people to help me care for Mum. Some ask if they want them to wear masks I’ve said if they are happy not to for the interview I would prefer them not to. How on earth can you get a proper sense of someone if you can’t see their faces?

          • Spursdebs says:
            26 Jul26 July 10:19

            @ Anna I’m just not going to shops which tbh is no hardship as I detested shopping before covid and nothing that has happened changed my mind on that.

          • Harry T says:
            26 Jul26 July 12:00

            Hey Debs, I also have issues with glasses getting steamed up with masks so I just wanted to let you know that I’ve found masks with an adjustable nose bridge have solved that problem for me. Hope that helps.

            Sorry to hear about your asthma.

            Just wanted to say that I am very pro mask but not everyone who advocates masks is draconian about it. I think it’s completely fine to have a civil debate about them, with both sides keeping an open mind. Some folks will find them challenging if they have certain health conditions, as you say.

        • Spursdebs says:
          26 Jul26 July 10:26

          @ Colin and along you come to prove my point.

          • Colin says:
            26 Jul26 July 10:34

            I wasn’t mocking you. It was aimed at Julian. You’ve got an actual reason (asthma) whilst Julian’s “medical condition” is entirely in his head/not real.

          • Anna says:
            26 Jul26 July 11:27

            @Debs I’m not keen on shopping either, even in normal times (except online, I’m worryingly good at that 😂). It’s quite a good excuse to stay away if I’m perfectly honest!

      • Anna says:
        26 Jul26 July 09:20

        How on earth would you propose to monitor where exactly people had travelled to in Spain?

        • Julian says:
          26 Jul26 July 09:26

          The people concerned all know where they have been.

          So you just need to tell them to only self quarantine if they have only been to the following areas or cities in Spain that are hot spots in the course of their trip and have a big map up and/or give out leaflets to that effect.

          As the quarantine is effectively voluntary and self imposed it has to be seen to be reasonable and proportionate. If its seen to be excessive, panic based and over the top then people will simply ignore it.

      • Chris Heyes says:
        26 Jul26 July 11:15

        Julian@ you fail to see whether or not what restrictions are placed on the people either going out or returning. If you book or plan a trip at the moment if you don’t “Think” and lets be honest a lot of people are thick and don’t think (ho it can’t happen to me)
        Also what you think or anybody else thinks should happen is totally irrelevant.
        You can also see that most people on here (not all) are potential criminals by the way they encourage everybody to get round the law of the land
        It actually amuses me to read all the views on how to do it lol or how the law should be not how it is lol
        The point is if you book a trip for this year and don’t Think (you are thick) things will change and evolve almost on a daily basis
        The majority would say its ok to travel back and not quarantine, but if i was driving through London going through all the red lights would be condemned even though i hit nobody

    • Zoe says:
      26 Jul26 July 09:13

      Not sure why quarantine is stricter than original UK lockdown. No exercise (unless in garden), no leaving the house for food shopping. I assume the moment England has reached the current daily cases in Spain the whole country will be subject to the restrictions I will be following next week?

      • Julian says:
        26 Jul26 July 09:22

        Zoe,

        Its all clearly nonsense and also highly political and is because the PM and Spin Doctor Cummings now calculate its more advantageous to their popularity to be seen to take a harsh line,. Of course some of the medics will have been recommending it but the medics only look at their little patch and fail to look at the bigger picture in terms of normal life having to go on and there being only so much that can be done to keep this virus in check.

        The suggestion that those who live in flats can’t go out to exercise in the open air (where there is no appreciable risk of transmission) is also ridiculous, discriminatory, unfair and may cause huge psychological damage to some of the individuals involved, especially those suffering with depression who live alone.

        People will only comply with restrictions they consider reasonable. If they seem too unreasonable or disproportionate they will simply ignore them.

        Cue response from the anti civil liberties zealots who will no doubt recommend people being jailed at their expense in state run quarantine hotels with guards on the doors as per the excessive measures now in place in Little Islander Mentality New Zealand.

        • London Steve says:
          26 Jul26 July 10:25

          Masks have been empirically proven to work. It really isn’t a big issue wearing a face covering. A scarf or shawl is sufficient and on its own makes a major impact to the transmissions rates. Countries that have successfully managed the outbreak so far all have one thing in common: they asked people to wear face coverings in all enclosed public spaces early on. Britain has thankfully now fallen into line and realised the huge value of a cheap and simple item of PPE, it’s a pity it’s 4 months (and 70 thousand deaths) too late.

          • ChrisD says:
            26 Jul26 July 11:40

            I agree, and unfortunately the poor PPE planning decisions the government made last year meant they were more scared of the public buying up NHS stocks to make them compulsory early on. A simple request to make our own would have helped as they did in Czech for example, who have successfully managed the virus.

          • Alex Sm says:
            27 Jul27 July 02:22

            not that successfully as it seems – they have the third wave as we speak with almost as many cases per day as in March…

    • Anna says:
      26 Jul26 July 09:19

      When they do enforce the rules they are lambasted for being heavy handed. It doesn’t help that we have a generation of entitled brats who think that their personal perceived grievances are more important than the health and lives of others.

      • Ming the Merciless says:
        26 Jul26 July 09:47

        I couldn’t agree more with the generation of entitled brats feeling entitled. I’ve had enough of the Babyboomers and early Gen X not taking responsibility for the disenfranchisement of people aged 30 or below in this country.

        • ChrisBCN says:
          26 Jul26 July 10:16

          Bravo Ming, bravo. The way the older generations have acted around housing, the environment, Brexit etc over the last decade or so has been disgraceful.

          • Anna says:
            26 Jul26 July 10:19

            How is it disgraceful to buy a house or exercise one’s right to vote in a referendum? Incoherent remark!

          • Bazza says:
            26 Jul26 July 14:28

            Because you have to think how they tell you to think! Didn’t you know? This is the new ultra Liberal! Forget freedom of speach these ones quote the human rights act at you while at the same time telling you how to think and act!

        • Anna says:
          26 Jul26 July 10:17

          The last time I looked, nobody had been disenfranchised. Plenty of people too apathetic or just too uninformed to actually use their vote though …

          • Ming the Merciless says:
            26 Jul26 July 11:39

            Let’s be clear here.

            Covid kills:
            The obese
            The old
            Those with underlying health conditions.

            To save these people, Gov has implemented a universal lockdown funded by borrowing that will need to be repaid by generations to follow. Those under 30 will be paying for this act of kindness to protect the older generation. A Thursday night clap does f all for a 25 year old trying to survive on unemployment benefits. They can’t buy a house because they’re too expensive in comparison to average earnings.

            They could vote, but as demonstrated by the lockdown, the Gov acts in the interest of their base voters, the old.

            It would have been simple to implement a limited lockdown on the obese, old and those with underlying health conditions, but imagine how that would go down with the entitled generation.
            I say this as a mid 40s wasp with a final salary penision and plenty of houses. I’m lucky, the under 30s aren’t.

          • Harry T says:
            26 Jul26 July 12:04

            @Ming
            Some good points there. I do think there is an ethical debate to be had about how we approach lockdowns in the future given their disproportional impact on the young relative to their benefit for that part of the population. It’s certainly the old and vulnerable who have benefitted from folks like me (under 30) who have accepted restrictions for the greater good (I would make the sacrifice again, based on my own ethical beliefs). However, someone is going to have to pay for the colossal debt of paying the salaries of furloughed workers, and we need to find a way to share that debt burden fairly. I am actually in favour of a wealth tax on people with large amounts of capital and property, especially as it’s currently likely that people under 30 will be paying for the economic repercussions of lockdown, both in terms of taxes and job losses.

          • Lady London says:
            26 Jul26 July 13:13

            @Ming I think I saw 10% of people we
            who catch covid as die of it are not in ‘vulnerable’ categories. Some amazingly fit, young etc.

            Tired of people falling for the government and/or media’s attempts to stir up resentment between generations. Each generation has its own things to suffer.

          • Bazza says:
            26 Jul26 July 14:34

            That’d clearly wrong. Plenty of housing in this country that is perfectly affordable for average earnings. And you don’t find many 25 years old who are long term unemployed. Unless they are choosing that.

          • Bazza says:
            26 Jul26 July 14:37

            When haven’t the younger generations paid for the older generations? This is the way it works…they will be old one day too and someone will pay for them. This ain’t rocket science!

          • Clive says:
            26 Jul26 July 14:45

            I do hope ming and Harry are not objecting to help protect BAME people. Outrageous is so as it’s proven we on the NHS front line are most at risk. And we can do without your type of clapping as well!

          • Harry T says:
            26 Jul26 July 20:02

            @Clive
            I think I explained above that I was ethically in favour of the lockdown to protect the vulnerable and elderly? I’m not sure it’s very sporting to accuse me of being racist! I was suggesting that the cost of the economic measures will be borne by the younger generations, and it’s worth discussing as a society how we can make sure the increased debt is shared fairly.

    • Kipto says:
      26 Jul26 July 10:08

      Your comments are probably based on viewing demonstrations etc. If you went out on patrol with response officers in a busy area for a shift and see what they have to deal with, with limited resources, your opinion would change. The rank and file officers have no faith in their politically correct management teams.

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