Updated 2021 Dec 29th
CHANGES TO THIS POLICY IN DECEMBER 2021
LINKS TO OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT POLICIES
For reference, the following two links give updated status of government rules from the Canarian and Spanish Governments, which the Isaac Newton Group follows to a large extent:
COVID-19 REGULATIONS FOR ASTRONOMERS AND CONTRACTORS VISITING THE ING
The Isaac Newton Group (ING) have maintained effective level of operation and development activities since late spring 2020. As the national and international vaccination campaigns reach to a large fraction of the population, we maintain our focus and highest priority on the safety and well-being of staff, which can be effectively protected in the relative isolation of the observatory. We ask all prospective visiting astronomers and external contractors planning a visit to ING facilities to follow the guidelines given here (we remind visiting astronomers that it is necessary to follow the procedure described at our planning web pages, and in particular, to submit the ING bookings form in advance of the observations):
Visitors originating in the Island of La Palma or in other Canary Islands:
Visitors originating in the rest of Spain:
We realise these measures are cumbersome. But they will go a long way toward preserving the safety of the observatory environment. We do thank in advance all prospective visitors for your patience.
Visitors originating in RISK COUNTRIES/AREAS outside Spain.
We realise these measures are cumbersome. But they will go a long way toward preserving the safety of the observatory environment. We do thank in advance all prospective visitors for your patience.
Visitors originating in HIGH RISK COUNTRIES/AREAS outside Spain.
We realise these measures are cumbersome. But they will go a long way toward preserving the safety of the observatory environment. We do thank in advance all prospective visitors for your patience.
Visitors originating in Countries/Areas NOT INCLUDED in the list of Risk Countries/Areas outside Spain.
Residencia services
Those visitors planning to use services at the ORM Residencia should additionally check Residencia COVID-19 information at
https://www.iac.es/en/observatorios-de-canarias/roque-de-los-muchachos-observatory/services (English)
https://www.iac.es/es/observatorios-de-canarias/observatorio-del-roque-de-los-muchachos/servicios (Spanish)
After your visit
In the event that you test positive for COVID-19 in the two weeks after you left ING, we kindly ask you to notify ING Administration, to allow us to carry out appropriate tracing.
Forms (Docs need to be downloaded for properly open).
Declaration of Responsibility COVID 19 (English)
Declaración Responsable COVID 19 (Español)
Spain Travel Health website / Health Control Form