Is Spain set to join Portugal in exclusion from UK’s ‘quarantine-free holiday’ list?

Spike in Covid cases reported by Madrid could see the popular tourist destination declared unsafe for Britons

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Spike in Covid cases reported by Madrid could see the popular tourist destination declared unsafe for Britons 
(Image credit: (Javier Soriano/AFP via Getty Images))

UK holidaymakers heading to Spain for a post-lockdown break may be forced to quarantine for two weeks on their return, following a sharp rise in coronavirus cases in the Mediterranean nation.

Spain is currently on the 59-strong list of countries that Britons can visit without having to self-isolate when they get home.

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