FAMILIES planning a half term getaway to Spain face holiday problems as kids will have to be fully vaccinated to enter.

Currently, Spain is letting in anyone who has had both jabs, without the need for a negative test or to quarantine.

However, the country is not allowing Brits to use proof of Covid recovery certificates as evidence to enter the country.

Many kids aged between 12 and 17 are yet to be fully vaccinated – meaning they have no other way of being allowed into the country, even if they have evidence of recovery.

While some teenagers have been offered both of the jabs, the take-up has been slower than the adult vaccine rollout.

Approximately just 300,000 kids aged between 12 and 15 in the UK have had both jabs – leaving 2.5m yet to be considered fully inoculated, reports the Telegraph.

Similar problems are also being found in France, with kids needing to have a PCR as proof of the previous infection, or face being barred from cafes and restaurants.

The UK Foreign Office says on the website: "Under the Spanish government’s current measures, you can only enter Spain from the UK for tourism purposes if you can show proof of being fully vaccinated with both doses of a two-dose vaccine or one dose of a one-dose vaccine authorised by the European Medicines Agency or by the World Health Organisation at least 14 days prior to arrival in Spain.

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"Children under the age of 12 years old do not need to show proof of being fully vaccinated on entry to Spain."

However, 12- to-15-year-olds will be able to download the digital proof of vaccination, the transport secretary confirmed last week.

It comes after families complained they were being forced to cancel their holidays because of restrictive Covid-19 passport rules for kids abroad.

This will be in place from February 3.

Brits will have to check the travel rules when in Spain as well, with many of the holiday islands reintroducing restrictions due to Covid.

The Balearic Islands, including Majorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera, are on Level 3 Covid alert – the second highest risk level.

Under Level 3 rules, only two people can sit together at a restaurant, regardless of whether they are from the same household.

Canary Islands Tenerife, La Palma and Gran Canaria are on the highest level of Covid alert at Level 4, and restrictions are increasing.

Nightclub capacity is being slashed to just 25 per cent and beaches are limited to 50 per cent capacity, with appointments required for people who want to visit the beach.

And from February 1, Spain will only permit Brits who can prove they were fully vaccinated against Covid within the last 270 days to enter.

Other countries with strict rules include Malta, which also requires 12-17-year-olds to be fully vaccinated.

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