Germany Puts Three Virus-Hit Spanish Regions on High-Risk List

Germany Puts Three Virus-Hit Spanish Regions on High-Risk List
A woman wearing a face mask walks on a street, after Catalonia's regional authorities and the city council announced restrictions to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Barcelona, Spain, on July 17, 2020. Nacho Doce/Reuters
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BERLIN—Germany will force people returning from three Spanish regions, including Catalonia—home to Barcelona—to go into quarantine or take a coronavirus test, in the latest blow to Europe’s travel industry after months of lockdown.

With virus numbers ticking up in Germany, fears have grown that tourists returning from destinations experiencing a surge in new cases, like Spain, could sow the seeds of a second wave.