The UK Government's Foreign Office has announced that Spain has changed its Covid rules for British holiday makers this year.
On Tuesday, the Spanish Government updated information regarding when booster jabs must be administered for entering the country.
As it stands, if you’re fully vaccinated and travelling from the UK, you can enter Spain without needing to test or quarantine regardless of your reason for travel.
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However, your vaccination status must meet the Spanish authorities’ validity period requirements. This includes:
- At least 14 days have passed since being fully vaccinated - which means both doses of a two-dose vaccine or one dose of a single-dose vaccine, before arrival in Spain.
- Your date(s) of vaccination must be specified and your final dose must have been administered within 270 days prior to travel to Spain.
- If you completed your vaccination with both doses of a two-dose vaccine or one dose of a single-dose vaccine more than 270 days prior to travel to Spain, you must be able to show proof of having received a booster jab.
Under the Spanish Government’s current measures, you can only enter Spain from the UK for tourism purposes if you can show valid proof of meeting the vaccination requirements as set out above.
Recent changes mean that there is no requirement for 14 days to have passed between receiving your booster jab and entering Spain. Booster jabs can be administered at any time prior to travel to Spain.
It should be noted also that only vaccines authorised by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) or by the World Health Organisation (WHO) are accepted in Spain. They are BioNTech/ Pfizer, Janssen, Nuvaxovid, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Sinopharm and Covaxin.
Children under the age of 12 years old however, do not need to show proof of being fully vaccinated on entry to Spain.
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