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Spain Requiring Arrivals to Quarantine for 2 Weeks

VOA News

   In an effort totry to prevent importing new cases of the coronavirus,
   Spain is requiring people arriving from abroad to go into quarantine
   for two weeks.

   The country has started to emerge from a seven-week, strict lockdown
   after an explosion of cases made it one of the world's COVID-19 hot
   spots.

   A health ministry order published Tuesday said the quarantine rules
   will go into effect on Friday and will apply both to visitors from
   other countries as well as Spanish citizens who are returning home.

   People will be allowed only to go grocery shopping or to seek medical
   care during the 14-day period.

   China instituted a similar strategy as it saw its locally transmitted
   cases sharply decline and authorities began easing lockdown
   restrictions.

   Governments all over the world are currently weighing their strategies
   and whether it is time to impose new measures to stop the spread of the
   virus or allow people to resume parts of normal life.

   In Singapore, Tuesday brought a new phase in reopening with people
   allowed to get a haircut, visit bakeries or go to laundromats.

   Indiais resumingsome train service Tuesday for the first time since
   March.Passengers must pass temperature checks and adhere to social
   distancing guidelines.

   South Korean authorities are worried about a resurgence of cases and
   are working to track down people who recently visited nightclubs in
   Seoul where a cluster of new infections has emerged.

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