EXTRA personnel have been taken on for Spain's airports this summer to ensure every single traveller is checked upon arrival – especially now the EU has opened its borders to a specific number of third countries, which do not include Russia, the USA and Brazil at present.
Temperatures will be taken either manually via contactless thermometers, or via 'thermographic cameras' which show up different colours, and anyone showing a body temperature of more than 37.5ºC could be stopped, as this is normally the threshold for a fever.
No personal data, nor camera images, will be stored, meaning all travellers' privacy will be guaranteed.
Carriers – airlines and ships – can take passengers' temperatures before they arrive on Spanish soil, under supervision by the government's international health department, if they wish.
All passengers of any nationality travelling from any airport or port outside Spanish territory will be required to fill in a public health form online, which they must complete before travelling.
Once the form is filled in, the traveller will be given a QR code which they are required to present upon arrival.
Travel agencies, tour operators, airlines and shipping companies, or any other 'middleman' involved in selling tickets or package trips is required to inform passengers before any money changes hands about the form to be completed.
Anyone whose temperature is above 37.5ºC or whose details on the form lead authorities to suspect they may be infected with Covid-19 or any other contagious or infectious condition will undergo an additional full health check.
This will involve a second temperature-taking and an evaluation of his or her condition and, if it is suspected the passenger is carrying a disease which could pose a public health risk, this will be immediately notified and the person isolated and hospitalised.
