Post by jinathjemi22222 on Feb 25, 2024 2:26:57 GMT -6
The Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, has just confirmed that controls are being reestablished at Spanish land borders to stop the coronavirus outbreak . The measure will take effect at midnight. The minister's announcement came this Monday afternoon, in a telematic appearance with the media. The head of the Interior has warned that the Government has agreed to "reestablish border controls." Read more: A hospital in Italy is saving the lives of the most seriously ill coronavirus patients by manufacturing valves for respirators in less than 6 hours using 3D printing The minister has warned that this border closure "will have no effect" on the transport of goods, in order to "preserve the supply chain.
Nor "to foreign personnel accredited as members of diplomatic missions", as long as their trips are trips "linked to the performance of their duties." "I want to highlight that this is a measure adopted in coordination with our partners in the European Union. We had already made this circumstance known and the high probability that it would be adopted," he warned. The measure comes C Level Contact List minutes after the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced the "temporary restriction" of "non-essential travel" to the European Union. A restriction that would last at least 30 days. "If we travel less, we will contain the virus better. Therefore, I propose to the heads of states and governments that they apply temporary restrictions on non-essential travel to the European Union.
These travel restrictions may take place for an initial period of 30 days , but it may be extended as deemed necessary," Von der Leyen detailed. Furthermore, this Sunday Portuguese media reported that Portugal and Spain would limit their borders to avoid tourist trips. Transnational workers or transporters would be exempt from the restrictions. The closure of borders in Europe has been a constant in recent days, as the spread of the coronavirus advanced. Germany also proposed this Sunday to close its land borders with France, Switzerland or Italy. French Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron also announced the same thing : they would close their border crossings "with the countries most affected" by the outbreak.