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Spain not happy with UK, PM Johnson's fight for health

Author
Newstalk ZB staff,
Publish Date
Tue, 28 Jul 2020, 8:03PM
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson. (Photo / File)
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson. (Photo / File)

Spain not happy with UK, PM Johnson's fight for health

Author
Newstalk ZB staff,
Publish Date
Tue, 28 Jul 2020, 8:03PM

Spain and the UK are locking horns around the latter's decision to impose a 14-day quarantine on anyone entering the country from Spain.

Spain, a European summer hotspot, is experiencing a spike in Covid-19 cases, which prompted the UK Government to impose the law.

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez says the move is an unjustifiable error.

UK correspondent Enda Brady told Heather du Plessis-Allan Mr Sánchez makes the point, some areas of the UK are worse than Spain.

"The holiday regions of Spain, he says that parts of England the infection rate is much higher.

"He's got a point."

Meanwhile, UK PM Boris Johnson's fight against obesity is receiving an interesting response.

Johnson has imposed a handful of measures to help reduce the consumption of unhealthy foods during the pandemic.

Mr Brady says it goes against what Johnson proclaimed prior to the pandemic.

"He was someone who spoke out, constantly criticised any Gvoenremnt moves to put taxes on what he called sin taxes, and also he railed against the nannying of the Government interfering in people's lives."

Mr Brady says now that Mr Johnson had himself a coronarvirus scare, he has changed his tune.

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