Spain apologises for new restrictions on crossing land border with Portugal

FILE PHOTO: Portuguese police officers check a car at the border between Portugal and Spain, following an order from the Spanish government to set up controls at its land borders over coronavirus, in Vilar Formoso, Portugal, March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante/File Photo

Spain's government apologised on Tuesday for new restrictions imposed on people crossing the land border with Portugal and said it would review the measure.

Portugal complained late on Monday over a decision by Spain that people would now need to present a negative PCR test result to cross the land border from Portugal into Spain.

(Reporting by Inti Landauro, Emma Pinedo and Nathan Allen; Editing by Ingrid Melander)