Spain to require Covid test for all passengers arriving from China

Covid In Spain: As well as the test, passengers will also need to prove that their Covid vaccinations are up to date by providing a digital certificate.

The Spanish government decided that passengers arriving from China will need to submit to a Covid test amid increasing concern about a renewed surge in the virus.

Covid In Spain: Tourists wheel luggage along the Gran Via in central Madrid, Spain. (Bloomberg)

As well as the test, passengers will also need to prove that their Covid vaccinations are up to date by providing a digital certificate, Health Minister Carolina Darias said Friday at a news conference in Madrid.

Spain’s principal concern is the potential emergence of new Covid variants in China, Darias added.