Spain: Vaccination center especially for tourists in the resort of Benidorm

The Spanish seaside resort Benidorm, famous for its frantic nightlife and especially popular with British visitors, opened a vaccine Covid-19 center especially for them tourists, as cases increase with arrivals.

Outside the clinic, which is close to the hotel district, tourists formed queues this week and additional vaccination points will be set up in crowded areas.

“I think this sends a message of security,” he told Reuters Mayor of Benidorm, Antonio Pereth. “This is a public service that we want to expand to our tourists,” he added.

THE Spain requires all its visitors entering the country to show either the vaccination certificate or a negative PCR test. Bars and restaurants do not require a vaccination certificate.

His Covid-19 cases Benidorm are significantly higher than the national average, with 249 cases per 100,000 inhabitants over a 14-day period, compared with 96 nationally or 101 for the region. Valencia which includes Benidorm.

THE Rosa Lewis, head of the health district that includes the Benidorm, said that the return of tourists played a role in this.

“We do not have exact data on the increase in infections in Benidorm, but we noticed that as soon as the tourists returned, the cases also increased, this is indisputable,” he said.

For his part, o Tony Major, head of the hotel association HOSBEC of Valencia, says that although most hotel guests are vaccinated, some show relaxation in using the mask.

“We have to constantly remind the British to wear their masks,” he told Reuters. “Some people get confused because in Britain you don’t have to wear a mask.”

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