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Also in Majorca fear of German travel warning
In the face of rising Corona-the fear is also on Mallorca and the other Balearic Islands, to a Corona-to be a risk area. If the infection numbers on the with German tourists popular island group continue to rise as in the past, could this soon be the case, wrote the German "Mallorca Zeitung" on Wednesday.
For the extreme tourism-dependent Islands that would be another major blow. Before the end of July, arranged Quarantine requirement in the UK for returnees from Spain had sparked a slump in bookings.
On Tuesday evening the Foreign office had in Berlin the travel warning for parts of Spain to Madrid and the Spanish Basque country because of the "again high Infektionszahlen" advanced. Already since the end of July a German warning against travel to three other Spanish regions, including Catalonia with the tourist metropolis of Barcelona and the beaches of the Costa Brava is. This usually happens when the number of Corona-new infections exceeds the mark of 50 cases per 100 000 inhabitants within seven days.
This value is the Balearic Islands to slowly approach. The Islands and the Canaries, as well as the South of Spain have not been explained but to a high-risk area. In the Balearic Islands, more than 1000 active Corona are currently, according to official data, cases registered. Within 24 hours, had been found on Tuesday 228 new infections. For the first time, the value rose on Tuesday to slightly more than 50 new infections per 100 000 inhabitants.
The regional government emphasizes that far more than in the past will be tested and most of the cases are asymptomatic, wrote the "Mallorca Zeitung". In addition, the Infection would be interrupted quickly.
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