{"id":828,"date":"2026-04-11T02:03:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T02:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/828\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T02:03:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T02:03:03","slug":"travellers-to-spain-should-be-up-to-date-with-these-vaccines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/828\/","title":{"rendered":"Travellers to Spain &#8216;should be up to date with these vaccines&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Foreign Office wants people to check well in advance<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Crowded beach on a hot summer day\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/4_GettyImages-573051771.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Foreign Office is directing Spain holidaymakers to a full list\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Foreign Office is directing Spain holidaymakers to a full list(Image: Getty Images\/Jodie Griggs 2013)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">People heading to Spain should be up to date with certain vaccines, according to the latest travel guidance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) provides advice for travel to more than 220 overseas nations and territories. This includes any entry requirements, safety risks or precautions that should be taken, health rules, and more. The FCDO advises travellers to Spain to check the latest vaccination recommendations at least eight weeks before travel, and to see where to get vaccines and whether you have to pay for them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Holidaymakers are directed to the Spain page on the TravelHealthPro website, which explains: &#8220;Travellers [to Spain] should be up to date with routine vaccination courses and boosters as recommended in the UK. &#8220;These vaccinations include for example measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine and diphtheria-tetanus-polio vaccine.&#8221; However, there are no certificate requirements for entry to Spain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Anyone heading to Spain is also recommended to be up to date with their tetanus vaccinations. TravelHealthPro guidance adds: &#8220;Travellers should thoroughly clean all wounds and seek medical attention for injuries such as animal bites\/scratches, burns or wounds contaminated with soil.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">TravelHealthPro goes on to explain that all travellers should have appropriate travel insurance and adds: &#8220;If visiting European Union (EU) countries, carry an European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) or a Global Health Insurance Card (GHIC) as this will allow access to state-provided healthcare in some countries at a reduced cost, or sometimes for free.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;The EHIC or GHIC, however, is not an alternative to travel insurance.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Foreign Office wants people to check well in advance Foreign Office is directing Spain holidaymakers to a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[708,333,703,707,704,706,705,17,702],"class_list":["post-828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-spain","tag-air-travel","tag-european-union","tag-health-insurance","tag-measles","tag-mmr-vaccine","tag-mumps","tag-rubella","tag-spain","tag-travel-insurance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}