Brits heading on Spain holidays this summer are being reminded that the country is still battling Covid via a series of restrictions.
Unlike in the UK - where Covid measures have now been completely abandoned - the Spanish government has judged some entry requirements are necessary to keep the deadly virus at bay.
The Spanish authorities have announced that existing rules about those entering the country will remain in place until June 15.
These include a face covering requirement for all people travelling to Spain on a plane, despite European Union Aviation Safety Agency and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control dropping the continent-wide mandate to do so from mid-May.
Proof of vaccination or recovery from the disease are essential for those travelling to Spain.
If you are fully vaccinated then you're allowed in without the need to quarantine or a Covid-19 test, but you must be able to show proof of your jabs.
Spanish rules define "fully vaccinated" as having received both doses of a two-dose vaccine or a single dose of a one-shot vaccine within the past 270 days.
Additionally, the rules required 14 days to have passed since completing your vaccination course.
If it's been more than 270 days since completing your vaccination then proof of a booster dose is required.
Spain accepts the NHS app as proof of vaccination.
Travellers who are fully vaccinated do not need to complete Spain's Travel Health Control form.
If you've not received a full Covid-19 vaccine dose or your vaccination record is no longer valid, you're able to enter the country if you can show proof of recovery in the last six months.
This can be shown by a valid proof of recovery record via the NHS app or through a certificate issued by a relevant health authority.
At least 11 days must have passed since you last tested positive for Covid-19 for the proof to be accepted.
Children under 12 are not subject to any checks prior to or upon arrival in Spain, while those aged between 12 and 17 can take a test to show they don't have the disease.
To view the full rules click here.
It appears that the Spanish authorities took the decision to extend the entry rules due to the country's infection rates.
The data from the World Health Organization shows that Spain has registered 65,897 new Covid-19 infection cases in the last seven days.
In total 85 per cent of the population has had one vaccine, but just 63 per cent have had a second.
As keen as the Spanish are to keep Covid cases out, things are much more relaxed once you get there.
Mask requirements were lifted on April 20 and social distancing rules are now only advisory.
