One day after the Government approved to request PCR tests from travelers from risk countries who arrive in Spain, the epidemiologist Fernando Simón has recognized that carrying out

these tests is an effort that "does not compensate" for the low impact that it will have. in transmission.

"The impact of this measure will be low,

although of course some cases will be detected," he said on Thursday.

As he recalled, the number of cases of imported infections in Spain has been 4,327 out of the more than 1.4 million reported to date.

"In other words, the entry of imported cases is minimal," he pointed out.

The tourism sector, hotels and airlines,

have also welcomed the measure with reluctance,

since they believe that what has to be done are rapid tests, and not PCRs, which are more expensive.

This has been requested by

the Spanish Confederation of Hotels and Tourist Accommodation

, CEHAT, which has also demanded that a homogeneous testing protocol be implemented throughout the European Union.

Expensive

In reality, the sector has been asking for this measure for months, but they believe that the high cost of PCR and the wait that these tests entail to obtain results

"represent one more obstacle to international tourism

, which is added to all those that have been added during the pandemic, "say the hoteliers.

The airlines show a similar stance.

Javier Gándara, president of ALA, the Airline Association, believes that for this measure to be effective, three requirements would have to be met: that it be carried out throughout the EU, that they be quick and affordable tests and that they serve to eliminate restrictions on mobility that there already is, like quarantines.

As it illustrates,

if a short flight now costs you between 30 and 50 euros "and you have to pay 100 for the test, you may decide that you better not travel."

It also claims that these tests be carried out at origin but also at destination.

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