British tourists in Spain will be required to wear face-covering while sunbathing on beaches.
The law, that will come in tomorrow, states that at all times outdoors face coverings will be mandatory.
Current rules only require a face mask to be worn when social distancing is restricted.
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But the Telegraph reports that in Spain's official gazette it states anyone aged six and over must wear masks "on public roads, in open-air spaces and in any closed space for public use or that is open to the public."
There is no end-date for the new measure.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the prospect of foreign holidays had not been completely ruled out this summer.
He told ITV's This Morning: "The door is not shut, it's just too early to say."
However, Professor Sir Mark Walport, a former Government chief scientific adviser, was among the experts continuing to urge caution.
He told the BBC Radio 4 Today Programme: "Certainly at the moment, many countries in Europe have got case numbers that are going up - there is 36,000 cases a day in France, 16,000 in Germany, 22,000 in Italy.
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"The numbers speak for themselves."
Last month, Professor Mark Woolhouse said trips to the beach were coronavirus safe.
He said: “There were no outbreaks linked to crowded beaches.
"There’s never been a Covid-19 outbreak linked to a beach ever anywhere in the world to the best of my knowledge.”
