In the framework of the déconfinement, Spain has re-opened this Sunday its border with France. Travellers have to pass through this night.
The border was re-opened on Sunday between France and Spain, where the travelers took the road or hopped on a train to find their own after three months of strict containment in order to curb the pandemic.
Come to Avignon, in the south of France, in shorts and sandals, Sylvia Faust was walking with his daughter along the beach of Roses, Spanish seaside, about thirty kilometers from the border.
“We were able to cross the border last night, before midnight, we were controlled and left to enter”, told AFP the French 43-year-old who “wanted to be in Spain the first Sunday of summer, to the sun, the beach, the tapas…” “I already have my swimsuit under my clothes,” she adds.
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With the lifting of the state of alert, the Spaniards themselves were able to leave their region to find relatives they had not seen them since march 14.
The government had imposed a containment severe to combat the virus that has made 28 322 deaths to date in one of the countries most hit by the pandemic. But, now, the nationals of the european Union and other countries members of the Schengen area, and even the British could freely enter into Spain, without having to observe a quarantine of 14 days. Portugal will expect his side on the 1st of July to open its land border with Spain.
“to Arrive as soon as possible”
At the border of Perthus, between the French region of Occitania and Catalonia in spain, the French police conducted Tuesday morning sporadic controls without slowing down free-flowing traffic.
“This morning I was the first customer in the store (Spanish) where I’m going usually, but at 7 am there were already a dozen customers behind me,” said Daniel Angel-Nielleville, retired French came around Perpignan do the food shopping, but also do the full and buy cigarettes.
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A guard of Atocha in Madrid, Laura Garcia, 23, a mask on the face, don’t hide his excitement at the idea of taking the first train. “I’m going to Barcelona, where lives my boyfriend. It’s been a long time that I’ve not seen it, obviously, it’s been three months, it’s been one hundred days. I bought the first ticket in the first hour, to arrive as soon as possible,” she explained.
Around her on the quays, the hugs were frequent, a sign of a reunion long overdue, even if the anxiety remains. “I’m a little afraid to travel. I remain cautious,” said Alba Bartolomé, 22 years, before taking a train to join her friends in Murcia, in the south-east.
“New normal”
Spain thus enters into what she calls “the new normal” with new rules to prevent renewed contagion.
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All must continue to wear a mask in enclosed areas, and in the open air when it is not possible to maintain a safety distance of 1.5 m, And access to entertainment venues, the pools, the beaches, for hotels and restaurants is limited to a percentage of the capacity of which varies according to the regions.
Some 600 agents of the ministry of Health have been deployed in airports to control the international travelers, ask them their place of residence and take their temperature. Suspected cases shall be examined by a doctor. “We remain vulnerable. We must stay on our guard and to strictly follow the hygiene measures,” said Saturday the Prime minister Pedro Sanchez.
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On 1 July, Spain will open its borders to all nationalities, in particular, to try to save what remains of the tourist season. Tourism is the first pillar of the Spanish economy with 12% of its GDP.
