{"id":287042,"date":"2021-06-30T02:01:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T23:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/heres-how-different-countries-are-handling-arrivals-from-delta-variant-hotspots\/"},"modified":"2021-06-30T02:01:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T23:01:00","slug":"heres-how-different-countries-are-handling-arrivals-from-delta-variant-hotspots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/heres-how-different-countries-are-handling-arrivals-from-delta-variant-hotspots\/","title":{"rendered":"#: Here\u2019s how different countries are handling arrivals from Delta variant hotspots"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2951286f336\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span 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\/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/heres-how-different-countries-are-handling-arrivals-from-delta-variant-hotspots\/#Spain_Portugal_and_Malta_have_added_new_restrictions_on_visitors_from_the_UK_while_Greeces_PM_has_pushed_back_on_the_idea\" >Spain, Portugal, and Malta have added new restrictions on visitors from the U.K., while Greece\u2019s PM has pushed back on the idea.<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/heres-how-different-countries-are-handling-arrivals-from-delta-variant-hotspots\/#Jack_Denton\" >Jack Denton<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#: Here\u2019s how different countries are handling arrivals from Delta variant hotspots<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article__subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Spain_Portugal_and_Malta_have_added_new_restrictions_on_visitors_from_the_UK_while_Greeces_PM_has_pushed_back_on_the_idea\"><\/span>\n  Spain, Portugal, and Malta have added new restrictions on visitors from the U.K., while Greece\u2019s PM has pushed back on the idea.<br \/>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"column column--full article__content\">\n<div class=\"article__side\">\n<div class=\"container--sticky not-active\">\n<div id=\"cx-next\" data-nosnippet>\n              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"js-article__body\" class=\"article__body article-wrap at16-col16 barrons-article-wrap\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0000320853\">\n<div class=\"barrons-article-ad-wrapper\">\n<div data-track=\"barrons-article-ad-wrap\" class=\"barrons-article-ad sticky_item\">\n<div class=\"barrons-main-article-ad-target sticky_target body_ad\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-layout=\"\n                inline\" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n          media-object\n          type-InsetArticleReader\n              \n              inline\n  article__inset\n          article__inset--type-InsetArticleReader\n              article__inset--inline\n  \"><\/p>\n<div class=\"media-object-article-reader\">\n<div class=\"audioplayer\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0000320853\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Listen to Article\" tabindex=\"-1\" id=\"articlereader\" data-show-title=\"false\" data-theme=\"wsj-article-reader\" data-show-header=\"false\" data-show-subscribe=\"false\" data-ads-enabled=\"true\" data-save-publication=\"false\">\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       Countries with tourism-reliant economies are divided on how to handle arrivals from countries where the more infectious \u201cDelta\u201d variant of COVID-19 is prevalent.<\/p>\n<p> Different parts of Europe, popular among British tourists in particular, have taken divided stances on accepting visitors from the U.K., where the Delta variant has become increasingly prevalent.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n       On Monday, Spain, Portugal, and Malta announced tightened rules on U.K. arrivals, with Hong Kong adding to British tourists\u2019 woes by banning direct flights to the U.K. after July 1.<\/p>\n<p>Brits <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>ling to Spain will need to prove they are fully-vaccinated against COVID-19 or show a negative PCR coronavirus test upon arrival in the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Essential reading:<\/strong> The U.K. has vaccinated 80% of adults but Delta variant cases are surging. What it means for the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, to travel to Portugal, British travellers must have had their second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine at least two weeks prior to arrival or quarantine for 14 days.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Maltese authorities also added restrictions amid mounting worries over the Delta variant, with only fully-vaccinated people from the U.K. allowed to visit the Mediterranean island nation.<\/p>\n<p>But the prime minister of Greece\u2014a country heavily reliant on tourism, and popular among Brits\u2014pushed back against the need for new travel restrictions in the face of the Delta variant.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a European Union summit last Friday, Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that \u201cregarding the Delta variant, in my intervention I said that we should not adopt a logic of new restrictions but, on the contrary, accelerate the vaccinations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who have been vaccinated are protected, those who have not been vaccinated are in danger,\u201d Mitsotakis added, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/jun\/25\/balearic-officials-urge-madrid-to-tighten-covid-controls-on-uk-tourists\" class=\"icon none\">as quoted in the Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cx-membership-tile\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Also read:<\/strong> Third dose of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine boosts immune response, Oxford study finds<\/p>\n<p>In the U.K., where nearly 85% of the population has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, there were more than 20,000 new daily cases of coronavirus on Tuesday. More than 125,000 new cases reported in the last week represents a 73% increase compared with the week prior. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/confirmed-cases-of-covid-19-variants-identified-in-uk\" class=\"icon none\">Data from Public Health England<\/a> updated on June 25 showed that the Delta variant made up around 95% of coronavirus cases sequenced in the U.K.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough the success of our vaccination programme, data suggest we have begun to break the link between cases and hospitalisations. This is hugely encouraging <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>, but we cannot become complacent,\u201d said Dr. Jenny Harries, the chief executive of the U.K. Health Security Agency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhilst vaccines provide excellent protection, they do not provide total protection, so it is still as important as ever that we continue to exercise caution,\u201d Harries added.<\/p>\n<p>Officials from the World Health organization have said that the Delta variant is present in 92 countries, with the organization emphasizing its position that even fully vaccinated people should continue to wear face masks.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline article__byline\">\n<p>      <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author  hasMenu\" data-scrim='{\"type\":\"author\",\"header\":\"Jack Denton\",\"subhead\":\"The Wall Street Journal\",\"list\":[]}' itemscope itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<h4 itemprop=\"name\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Jack_Denton\"><\/span>Jack Denton<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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