SPAIN AND THE BORDER

Some precisely because people ignored the rules.

In one case, over thirty infections, were traced to a family party. In another, to a passenger flying in from South America. And in another, to a player in a baseball team.

The level of risk in Malaga and Granada has increased from low to medium.

There are now 103 cases in Malaga, for example.

Nonetheless, next door, the Cadiz area of Spain is classified as low risk.

And the Campo area in particular also.

The latest data shows:

10 active cases in Algeciras;

1 in San Roque;

1 in Tarifa; and

zero in La Linea, Los Barrios, Jimena, Castellar and San Martin.

The advice to Gibraltar residents travelling to Spain is to be sensible. It is important to be familiar with the rules and regulations across the border.

These are not identical to our own. And Gibraltar is not an island.

So we need to be aware of the evolution of the pandemic around us.

Indeed, the number of persons crossing the border continues to increase.

In April there were 63,037;

in May 108,283;

and in June 373,168.

The figure for June is still well below June 2019

when over a million persons came in.

We are looking at some 15,000 people and 6,000 vehicles a day.

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