Foreign Office issues urgent warning to Brits heading to Canary Islands on holiday

The Foreign Office has issued urgent information proposal to Brits readying connected travelling to the Canary Islands successful Spain - informing them to beryllium 'careful' astir wherever you're travelling to

The Foreign Office has been forced to stock an urgent information informing to anyone travelling to Spain, including the Canary Islands.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO says terrible upwind conditions are impacting a scope of areas on the Mediterranean coastline successful Spain. Because of this, it issued an advisory to Brits travelling to the area, recommending they are cautious astir however and wherever they’re travelling to.

In the message, the Government section said: Severe upwind and flooding is affecting galore areas on the Mediterranean coastline of Spain. In particular, galore parts of the Valencia portion and Castilla La Mancha proceed to beryllium severely affected by caller flooding.” The Foreign Office past added that travel times whitethorn beryllium impacted by the flooding.

They explained that it’s champion to: Check the latest upwind warnings from Spain’s meteorological bureau earlier you question and travel instructions from section authorities. In addition, they reminded travellers who are travelling to Spain via France, to cheque the question proposal for France earlier starting the journey.

For travellers who are contemplating travelling to Spain via Gibraltar, the Foreign Office besides advised taking the clip to cheque the question proposal for Gibraltar earlier opening to travel. It comes arsenic radical travelling to Tenerife have been warned to beryllium alert of ‘deadly infection’ that’s presently gripping the island.

The land has precocious seen a crisp emergence successful the fig of cases of ‘deadly’ wintertime viruses connected the Canary Islands, with a surge successful the fig of cases of Covid, flu and respiratory syncytial microorganism (RSV). This spike successful cases led to the Canary Islands Association of Primary Care Physicians issuing an authoritative warning.