Drastic steps like isolating hotels in event of C0vid-19 outbreak ruled out in Spain’s Balearic Islands

TAKING drastic action like isolating entire hotels in the event of a Covid-19 outbreak this summer among foreign tourists has been ruled out in Mallorca, Ibiza, Menorca and Formentera, according to Spanish press.

The Balearic Island government has reportedly said that PCR tests will allow for the positive cases to be identified and to be quarantined in so-called “bridge hotels”, or small establishments or blocks of apartments set up for this purpose.

The more serious cases would be moved to hospital.

Tourists testing negative would be able to return to their countries of origin.

German tourists have already begun arriving in the Balearic this week, even though the state of alarm will not be lifted until June 21, while Spain’s borders with Schengen zone countries, with the exception of Portugal, will reopen next Monday June 22.

Some 1,400 Germans are taking part in a pilot tourism project and do not have to go into quarantine. They are however subject to health checks and controls, including having their temperatures taken when they land.

Anyone suspected of having Covid-19 symptoms will be given a PCR test. If they test positive they will be taken to a bridge hotel or to hospital.