Spain is increasing its entry requirements due to the new Covid variant of concern.
The UK was added to the red list by Switzerland on Saturday night, meaning that anyone planning to transit to another country will have to stay in Switzerland for 10 days.
All flights to the country were suspended from midnight today. Israel and Japan have temporarily banned foreign travellers from entering, while the UK, Germany, and the Netherlands have all suspended flights.
Portugal announced a state of calamity on the mainland from December 1 with arrivals required to show a negative Covid-19 test.
Travelers from the UK to Spain must have a vaccine certificate.
All arrivals from the UK will have to show proof of being fully-vaccinated, with both doses of a two-dose vaccine or one dose of a one-dose vaccine, at least 14 days prior to entry into Spain.
When travelling with an adult, children under 12 years old are exempt.
The Health Control Form (FCS in Spanish) can be filled out via Spain Travel Health.
The Balearic and Canary islands are included in the new legislation for UK travellers.
Before December 1, travellers from the UK can enter Spain with a vaccine or negative Covid-19 test.
The Spanish Tourism Office said that Spain has one of the highest vaccinations rates in the world and one of the lowest Covid rates in Europe.
The incidence rate of Covid in Spain is 97.98 per 100,000 residents, based on data from the ministry of health.
From Sunday, November 28th, travel to the country from South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Eswatini will be suspended.
All passengers on the inbound flights from South Africa were forced to stay in a hotel room for seven days, with additional health screening, and they were not allowed to leave the country. There is one outbound flight from Mauritius to South Africa that departed on Sunday.
