
After Germany announced it will be reopening its land border as coronavirus cases abate, Spain which was one of the hardest hit due to the virus said it would also be reopening its land border with France and Portugal.
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"In the case of France and Portugal, I want to confirm that from June 22, the restrictions on mobility will be lifted," tourism minister Reyes Maroto said while adding that the 14-day quarantine requirement will also be dropped.
The country had closed its border afterfatalities began increasing. The death toll in Spain due to COVID-19 currently stands at over 27,000 with 240,326 infection cases.
Germany's foreign minister Heiko Mass had said on Wednesday that the country would be reopening its land borders by replacing travel warning with "travel advice".
However, the German foreign minister cautioned that "travel warnings are not travel bans, and travel advice is not an invitation to travel."
Germany had ordered a lockdown in mid-March much like the rest of Europe. The Austrian government too declared that it would reopen its land border
Another European country, Denmark had said it was reopening its land border to visitors from Germany, Norway and Iceland from June 15.