Testing Positive While On Holiday In Spain?

Testing Positive While On Holiday In Spain
Developing symptoms or testing positive for COVID-19 in Spain – If you have symptoms or test positive for COVID-19 during your stay in Spain, you are not required to self-isolate but you should inform direct contacts and take the following extra precautionary measures for 10 days from diagnosis or from when symptoms began:

wear a mask
reduce social interactions and avoid crowded spaces & large events
avoid contact with people at high risk (including older people, people with health conditions and pregnant women)

Hotels and other accommodation providers may have their own COVID-19 protocols in place. You should abide by any safety measures put in place by your accommodation provider. Your accommodation provider may have a list of private doctors that they can call to assess your symptoms and conduct a COVID-19 test. Remember that an EHIC or GHIC covers state healthcare only, not private treatment.

You will be responsible for the cost of any treatment provided by a private doctor or hospital;
Rapid lateral flow tests (‘pruebas de antígenos’) are widely available in pharmacies in Spain for a fee;
If your symptoms persist or get worse, you should call your regional hotline;

Most of the regional hotlines listed have English speaking staff. Some regions offer alternative helpline numbers for those calling from non-Spanish mobile phones:

Andalusia: Tel. +34 955 545 060
Balearic Islands: Tel. +34 971 211 991
Canary Islands: Tel. +34 928 301012 for Gran Canaria province or +34 922 470012 for Santa Cruz de Tenerife province
Catalonia: Tel. +34 933 039 944

You should follow the advice of the local authorities at all times. In any emergency, call 112.

What happens if I test positive before my holiday?

What happens if you test positive before you travel? – While a handful of countries have lifted all Covid-related travel restrictions , some destinations and cruises still require a negative Covid test before you travel, even if you are fully vaccinated.

If you test positive just before you set off, you may not have to cancel your trip — depending on who you’ve booked your holiday with, you may be able to rebook the trip for another date or ask for a refund.

It’s best to check the terms and conditions on your booking and speak to your travel provider first. Be aware that changing your travel plans at the very last minute may mean additional costs, even if you are able to move the booking to another date. It may be possible to recover some of these costs through your travel insurance — double check the terms of your policy to see what’s included. Testing Positive While On Holiday In Spain A rapid test centre in Playa del Carmen, Mexico (Getty Images).

Can I travel to Ibiza If I test positive for covid-19?

THE Balearic government has revealed that it will cover the cost to repatriate any tourist that is diagnosed with coronavirus while on holiday and has to therefore embark on the mandatory 10-day quarantine. With more and more countries now making it a requirement for travellers to prove they are not carrying the virus to be able to return home, the Balearic government has launched an initiative to put holidaymakers’ minds at ease if they do indeed test positive for COVID-19 while in Formentera, Ibiza, Mallorca or Menorca.

Aptly named the ‘Safety Pack’, the campaign aims to attract holidaymakers to the archipelago this summer, driving home the message that the Balearic Islands is a safe destination for travel. This initiative means that the government will pay for the flight home for any tourist that tests positive for COVID-19, provided that they quarantine in one of their regulated hotels.

However, if the individual decides to quarantine in their own hotel or holiday home they will have to cover the cost for their own flight home. Under the Balearic rules, a COVID-19 positive result means that an individual must quarantine for a minimum of 10 days and if this scenario arises during a holiday, it will likely lead to cancelling a flight home without receiving a refund.

The government will also pay to repatriate any tourist who dies from COVID-19 while on holiday. As well as this ‘insurance’, a dedicated call centre with Spanish, German and English handlers will be set up in the coming weeks to help any tourist who has a COVID-19 related question, such as – ‘Where can I go to get my PCR?’ or ‘What shall I do if I am presenting symptoms of the virus?’.

In this plan, the government will also ensure that there will be a maximum price for all PCR and antigen tests taken across the Balearics, which will be €75 and €30 respectively. This benchmark will be approved in parliament this week to be incorporated in the Official Gazette (BOE) on Friday.

It comes as the government said that it has ‘risked the tourist season in May so that it is saved for the rest of the summer’ after they introduced a new set of restrictions which will stay in place until the end of the month;

Speaking at a press conference today, minster Mercedes Garrido said: “We are in the final month of the de-escalation plan and we cannot show the world that we have relaxed our fight against coronavirus. “The state of alarm has ended, but the virus continues to be with us and until the vaccination plan is completed, we must continue to protect citizens. READ MORE:

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Is Spain quarantining tourists?

It’s a situation that is bound to fill every holidaymaker with dread in 2022. You’ve been looking forward to your two weeks abroad for months, having maybe missed out completely the previous two years. You’ve made all your plans, paid your money, jumped through all the hoops you’ve had to jump through.

You’ve got your vaccine paperwork in order. You’ve even got through the major hurdle of your pre-flight COVID tests without a hitch. You’ve boarded the plane, you’ve arrived at your destination. Your holiday is actually happening.

But then disaster strikes. More and more countries are requiring international visitors to take follow-up tests after they arrive, often around day two of their visit. In some ways, getting a positive test on this one is worse than before you fly. At least then you can just go home.

If you test positive while in a foreign country, you face spending your holiday in quarantine in unfamiliar surroundings, unable to leave your room or do anything. This summer, millions of Brits are expected to head to Spain as (pending any further variants or outbreaks) overseas tourism scales up again.

Spain is by far and away the most popular destination for British holidaymakers. By the law of averages, some of those travellers are going to test positive while in Spain. So what exactly will happen to them? It’s best to be prepared should the worst happen and you end up being one of the unlucky ones.

Here’s what you need to know. What are the current COVID rules in Spain? First of all, let’s look at some of the general requirements for getting into Spain, including testing rules. These are subject to change, of course, especially if your trip is not planned for several months.

But this is the situation as it stands. The main headline travel rule for Spain at the moment is that UK residents are only allowed in if they are fully vaccinated. This is because the UK is classified as a high risk country by the Spanish government. If you are not vaccinated, you’d be strongly advised to delay booking your holiday until you hear that the rules have changed.

It’s unlikely you’ll get your money back if you book on the hope that the rules will change and then they don’t. It’s also important to note that the vaccine rule applies to all children over 12. This is potentially a big stumbling block for families.

What happens if you test positive while abroad in key holiday destinations?

The current vaccination roll out for under 18s in the UK means many have only had one jab so far. That would not be enough to be allowed into Spain. If you are planning a family holiday to Spain, you will need to think about scheduling vaccine doses for all children over 12s accordingly.

The second dose must be given at least 14 days before you travel;
To prove your vaccination status, you must have an NHS COVID certificate downloaded within 30 days of arrival;
All passengers – including children under 12 – are required to complete a Health Control Form within 48 hours of travel;

This includes declarations of any known history of exposure to COVID. Pre-departure and on-arrival tests are not currently mandatory for travelling to Spain. However, authorities may ask you to take a test on arrival. This could be because of a recent COVID contact in your health declaration form, or because of a recent diagnosis and recovery.

Spanish border control also now includes temperature checks and visual evaluation of symptoms;
If you have a high temperature or are suspected of having COVID-like symptoms, you will have to take a test;

What if I test positive? This is where things get slightly complicated. At the end of December 2021, the Spanish government put out an announcement saying ” no traveler from abroad is subject to quarantine upon arrival in Spain “. This seems to be in reference to automatic quarantine for visitors from high risk countries.

Because if you end up testing positive on arrival, you will have to go into isolation;
The grey area seems to be because different autonomous regions around Spain have different rules for how people diagnosed with the virus are handled;

The general advice is that if you test positive having been put through a health assessment on arrival, you should self-isolate at your accommodation and wait for contact from the regional health authorities. Depending where you are, you may then be able to carry out your isolation period in your booked accommodation, or you may be asked to move to an authorised ‘quarantine hotel’.

The mandatory isolation period is now seven days rather than 10;
But still, if you are moved to a dedicated hotel to isolate in, you will have to pay for it on top of the accommodation you have already paid for;

What can I do to guard against the risk? Even though COVID tests are no longer mandatory for travelling to Spain, you’d be strongly advised to at least have everyone in your party take lateral flow tests in the week before you fly. If someone does have COVID, it’s better to know about it before you travel, and not risk a week in quarantine.

You should also take out travel insurance with a comprehensive level of COVID cover for holidays in Spain. In the worst case scenario of being moved to a quarantine hotel which you have to pay for, this is the only kind of financial protection available.

You can also claim for the loss of your holiday (i. the cost of accommodation you didn’t use, or any paid-for excursions you had to cancel), the same way you can claim for a cancellation if one of your party tests positive before you travel. Check to see if the insurance policy you are buying offers cover for both cancellations and curtailments.