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Fears are mounting that Spain’s Balearic Islands are destined for the red list on Thursday, as Covid cases sky-rocket.
Ibiza, Mallorca and Menorca, all of which have been on the green ‘watchlist’ for two weeks, are recording a case rate that has tripled in just two weeks to 402 per 100,000 citizens.
“Balearics will go amber in Thursday’s traffic light review, but could go straight from green watchlist to red. Ministers concerned by high test positivity at 9% and daily infections reaching second-highest ever level,” warned travel expert Paul Charles this morning.
Coronavirus rates are roaring across Europe, with three of Britain’s favourite holiday destinations topping the charts.
Along with mainland Spain, Cyprus and Portugal are seeing the highest infection rates, according to the ratings used by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
All three destinations are on the UK’s amber list meaning that from July 19, double-jabbed Britons will be permitted to skip quarantine upon their return but should any turn red, visitors will be faced with hotel quarantine.
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Cruise ship returns to Singapore after suspected infection
Singapore‘s tourism board said on Wednesday a cruise ship operated by Genting Cruise Lines had returned to the city-state after a 40-year-old passenger was suspected to have contracted Covid-19.
“On July 13, the passenger was identified as a close contact of a confirmed case on land, and was immediately isolated as part of onboard health protocols,” the tourism board said in a statement.
It said the passenger tested positive to a PCR test onboard and had been conveyed to hospital for further confirmatory testing.
All on-board leisure activities on Dream Cruises’ World Dream ship had ceased and passengers had been asked to stay in their cabins until test results are out and contact tracing was complete, the tourism board said.
Balearics to lost green status? What Government sources are saying
The Sun, which first reported the alleged travel change, quoted a source saying: “It’s all still up for discussion, but the figures aren’t great which is why it was on the watch list in the first place.”
The Department for Transport said there was “nothing to say at the moment” on changes to the Balearic islands’ travel status.