The scheme, which will come into effect shortly, will allow tourists from countries outside the EU to enter without checks.
The measure, which will enter into force in October or early November, will remove the health check for covid at the first point of entry for travelers (ports and airports), which until now at least included temperature measurement, a documentary inspection and a visual check of their physical condition.
These temperature and health checks are currently only in force for third countries outside the Schengen area, since they were removed since June 2 for travelers from EU countries, who could enter Spain without undergoing any checks or presenting any document (test or vaccination certificate) ).
A number of third countries (Bahrain, Chile, Colombia, Indonesia, Kuwait, New Zealand, Peru, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay and China) were also exempted from controls. Now the scheme will be extended to all countries, including travelers arriving from the US, Latin America, Africa or Asia.
In other words, the requirement to have an EU-recognized vaccination certificate is no longer required, and it is enough to show a negative test.
In practice, all the controls previously carried out in ports and airports by external personnel (yellow vests or white coats) of travelers, regardless of country of origin, disappear
