The UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned that there are indications of a second wave of COVID-19 in Europe.
The Prime Minister was responding to the country’s decision to remove Spain from the UK’s list of safe countries.
The government had reintroduced quarantine measures for anyone returning from Spain.
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In reaction, the decision has not sat well with the Spanish government whose Prime Minister labelled Johnson’s sudden u-turn as ‘unjust’ and ‘error’.
PM Pedro Sanchez of Spain described the decision as unfair, noting that travellers were more likely safer in Spain than in the UK.
He said ‘In most of Spain, the incidence is very much inferior to even the numbers registered in the United Kingdom,’ he said.
But Mr Johnson said Brits needed to be careful or the country might risk a second surge of the COVID-19
‘The most important thing is for everybody in all communities to heed the advice, to follow the advice, not to be spreading it accidentally and get it right down and we’ll be able to ease the restrictions across the country,’ he said.
Mr Johnson had said during a visit to Nottingham that ‘I’m afraid you are starting to see in some places the signs of a second wave of the pandemic.
‘It is really our job, our duty, to act swiftly and decisively to stop travellers coming back from those places seeding the disease here in the UK.’
Spain isn’t the only one grumbling about the sudden decision, travel agents have berated Mr Johnson, describing his decision as an air bridge.
The decision also affects millions of Brits who have already made their travel plans. Others in the category are firms TUI and Jet 2 who are now planning to cancel all flights and holiday to Spain, the Balearic Island and the Canary Island until August.
Other countries are likely to be added to the list in due course, the PM had hinted.
Meanwhile, The Telegraph reported that the UK government was considering to reduce the 14 days quarantine to 10.
This means that returnees will be quarantined for eight days during which they will be tested and will only stay for another two days if the test returns negative.
The medium also reports that the government is considering asking those who returned from Spain since July 23 to get tested earlier.
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