Spain opens borders with Europe as virus emergency ends

Record ID: 1905568

  • Title: Spain opens borders with Europe as virus emergency ends
  • Date: 21st June 2020
  • Summary: Spain opens borders with Europe as virus emergency ends SHOTLIST: 1. VEHICLES AND PEOPLE PASSING ON BRIDGE IN BORDER TOWN 2. TRAFFIC SIGN BOARD READING “FRANCE” 3. VEHICLES AND PEOPLE PASSING ON BRIDGE (2 SHOTS) 4. MEN WALKING WITH DOGS ON BRIDGE 5. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE AND VEHICLES 6. PEOPLE WAITING IN LINE IN FRONT OF TOBACCO SHOP (2 SHOTS) 7. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE AND STORES 8. VEHICLES PARKED NEAR STORES 9. WOMAN HOLDING PARCEL NEAR CAR IN PARK LOT 10. MEN SITTING AND DRINKING OUTSIDE IF PUB (2 SHOTS) 11. PEOPLE CARRYING PLASTIC BAGS CROSSING ROAD (2 SHOTS) 12. PEOPLE WAITING IN LINE OUTSIDE TOBACCO SHOP (2 SHOTS) 13. SOUNDBITE (French) MOKHINAM, FRENCH WORKER SAYING: “I came here to buy everything expensive in France, and to make a tour in the places that reopened again here and we will back to France again.” 14. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) SIMON, FRENCH TOURISM WORKER SAYING: “It’s very good here. I came from Bo_town_ in France and we had a fun time here. We came also with our grandmother because she had to stay at home in the quarantine and we will take her to Bamblona and we will buy cigarettes and alcohol.” IRUN, BASQUE COUNTRY, SPAIN (JUNE 21, 2020) (AAVN-ACCESS ALL) SCRIPT: As the state of emergency in Spain came to an end on Sunday (June 21), the country reopened most of its borders with Europe and permitted free internal movement for the first time since mid-March. Spanish Ministry of Health confirms that 246,727 people have so far been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the country, while 28,323 of them have died. But despite having active COVID-19 cases, the government is now encouraging both Spaniards and foreigners alike to take summer holidays in Spain. Spain-France reopened after 99 days of coronavirus closure. Thousands of French citizens passed the Bohebia border crossing for shopping on the Spanish side of the border, considering Spain is cheaper than France, especially in the cigarettes, and the alcoholic drinks. Anadolu Agency Video News (AAVN) videoed Irun town in Basque Country, northern Spain where the Behobia border crossing between Spain and France is located. A French worker, Mokhinam said he crossed the border “buy everything expensive in France and to make a tour in the places that reopened again here.” Simon, the tourism industry worker from France said they had fun on the Spanish side, adding “We came also without grandmother because she had to stay at home in the quarantine and we will take her to Bamblona and we will buy cigarettes and alcohols.” As of Sunday, Spain’s borders are open with the rest of Europe, excluding Portugal, but including the United Kingdom. In an announcement on Saturday night, Spain’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Arancha Gonzalez Laya said that British visitors would not need to quarantine upon arrival. She had previously mused reciprocating the 14-day confinement that the United Kingdom enforces on all arrivals. New arrivals do not have to take a test for coronavirus, but they do have to fill out a new form, pass through a temperature screening, and undergo visual inspection for symptoms. Within Spain, all internal borders have also been removed for the first time. Coastal areas and other tourist destinations are bracing for the first wave of visitors from some of Spain’s big central cities such as Madrid. Some of Spain’s seaside regions, including places like Galicia, Asturias, and Murcia have gone days without registering even one new coronavirus case. Writing by Alyssa McMurtry, Sibel Uygun
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