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ZURICH, 5 Aug (Reuters) – The Swiss fitness government added continental Spain to its list of countries from which other people will arrive will have to contribute in about 40 days to help stop the spread of the new coronavirus, they said Wednesday.
Patrick Mathys, head of crisis management for the federal public health office, told a briefing in Bern the measure would take effect from Saturday.
The measure excludes the Spanish Balearic islands and Canary Islands.
“For the first time, we haven’t put an entire country on the list, but the spaces where we can say that geographical separation and especially passenger flows, and this is crucial, can be differentiated,” Mathys said.
The Swiss resolution is the most recent blow to the Spanish economy, which is already in a deep recession and in tourism for 12.3% of its economic output.
The countries added to the list here from countries whose COVID-19 infection rates justify quarantine were Equatorial Guinea, Bahamas, Sint Maarten, Singapore, Romania and Sao Tome and Principe, Mathys said.
Russia, Azerbaijan and the United Arab Emirates have been removed from the list. (Reporting through Michael Shields, edited through John Revill)
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