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Wonder how long it will take for Spain to follow suit and require quarantine for anyone returning from UK?

I really don't know what the surprise is. UK has always said it would review the situation on a weekly basis. There has always been a risk that travel in the 'air corridors' could be changed/halted. 

Within the next 48 hours Dario - or sooner.

For me it is not the quarantine on return to the UK that is the problem. It is the issue of travel insurance and if it is valid or not in light of the new advice. I understand that UK government has re-instated again only essential travel to Spain.

It means that people will now not travel aboard if their holidays are going to be disrupted at last minute.

It does not put the UK govenment in a good light as it seems that outbreaks are localised and not throughout the country. I have not heard of other countries taking the same sledge hammer approach.

Yes I though it was only getting bad in Madrid and Barcelona , not throughout Spain....

This subject deserves a post unto itself. I had already opened this discussion under the thread "Boris Johnson." and I wrote after some posters thought I'd lost the plot:-

"No. It's coming from an Irish press report of today complimenting Mr Johnson. Personally, I think Boris has at last seen the light (along with Mr Trump). Finally, I think there is much good coming out of the UK regarding Covid-19 because in the past few months what we were getting on a daily basis was nothing short of false propaganda and people in power ignoring the intensity of the virus. The UK seems to be turning a corner and let's be grateful for that. 

Some of us have been saying that here for months and receiving criticism for informing readers of the truth. So credit where it is due, Mr Johnson is on the up in my opinion. 

On another subject but related for the record the R figure in Ireland is now 1.10 at best (still too high). 40% of our new cases are travel outside of Ireland related."

1. (a) Some of us have taken knocks because of our questioning of Boris Johnson's weak ways in the war against the coronavirus. We have been tainted as anti British by some especially those who thought that the Tories were getting everything "just right." This is a public forum and we are all entitled to our opinions. But, if Mr Johnson had listened to us months ago thousands less would have died of Covid-19 in the UK. I hope I don't have to post the many points that the Tory government got wrong. I assume the reader has the brains to remember.

(b) 40% of new Covid-19 cases in Rep. of Ireland are caused by people travelling into the country during the past couple of weeks. The Irish government advised people not to travel out of Ireland and to holiday within. In Ireland we don't care if Madrid and Barcelona and Totana are hotspots of the virus. We just know its Spain and thanks a lot to the clowns who popped over to Spain and other countries and brought the virus back with them. Similarly, we know that many people using Ireland as an intermediary airport are not obeying our rules and spending some hours in the city centres before catching the ongoing flights. 

(c) Just look at the facebook equivalent of this forum to see some of the stupid posts "the Brit ex pats hate to see us holidaymakers enjoying ourselves" and such like. Then there are the "we have been observing the regulations but missed our apartment in Mojacar Playa so much we decided to travel" etc. 

2. Boris Johnson at last has seen the light. He knows he has to do something fast and he is doing it. He can't trust his peoples (who would?). He knows that that the UK has suffered more than most with the amount of Covid deaths and infections. At last he is trying to do something about it. If Spain reacts accordingly, so what! Spain has the war against Covid on its hands too. The nettle has to be grasped sooner or later. Unfortunately, it's later but everybody has got to take on board that there is a personal responsibility to rid the world of Covid-19. How many will accept this personal responsibility? That's the question. 

Hi Matthew

I agree that Ireland should have stopped flights coming in to Ireland. 

For anyone who just misses their holiday home, get real. There are outbreaks all over Spain ( where I live) in almost every province so No it's not a good idea to come over. 

I miss seeing, my family in Ireland who were due to come over in July and Sept but are not coming. I was to go to Ireland in Oct myself which I don't expect to happen unless there is a huge change in the entire situation in both countries. 

I am not thinking about any holidays just would like to see my family but will not put me or them in danger by being selfish. So people stay in your own country where you live and let's all get on top of this virus and save lives and stop putting all the health care systems under pressure. 

My husband and I were over last week to view a property we are thinking of buying. On arrival at Murcia Airport we had temperature checks, visible health checks and had to show our contact QR codes or complete forms. Only then could we proceed. Coming back to the UK at Stansted? Nothing. Absolutely nothing.  No contact forms or temperature checks - in fact not even customs checks. We were appalled. 

Not much better in Ireland. They have the forms but you can put as little info on them as possible so they still can't track you. 

It's just ridiculous.