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A council on Spain´s Costa Blanca has money to burn on a new corporate logo despite the coronavirus crisis

TORREVIEJA council on the southern Costa Blanca is to spend €115,000 of public money on creating a new “corporate image” and a new website. The

9 Jul, 2020 @ 18:35

Costa Blanca·Torrevieja

British holidaymakers visiting Mar Menor tourist area of Spain may have to wear masks most of the time

BRITISH tourists planning to visit the Mar Menor holiday area of Murcia this summer may be forced to wear masks for most of the time

9 Jul, 2020 @ 17:49

Costa Blanca·Mar Menor

Spain’s Andalucia not ruling out obligatory mask use and localised lockdowns if COVID-19 outbreaks worsen

Moreno assured that the Junta will remain 'very aware' of the evolution of the outbreaks in the coming weeks and months before making a decision

9 Jul, 2020 @ 16:29

Coronavirus·Lead

Masks obligatory in Spain’s Balearic Islands from Monday – what you need to know

Those caught not wearing a mask will face fines of €100, regardless of whether or not they are maintaining social distancing

9 Jul, 2020 @ 14:10

Coronavirus·Lead·Mallorca·National News

New COVID-19 case in Denia ends the Marina Alta’s 40 day clean sheet on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AFTER going 40 days without a single new coronavirus case, the Marina Alta has this week ended its clean record. One person tested COVID-19 positive

8 Jul, 2020 @ 13:18

Costa Blanca·Health

British expats in Spain needed in university survey

UNIVERSITY academics have been appealing to British residents in Spain to take part in a new study.

8 Jul, 2020 @ 12:46

Lead

International media report La Marina on Spain’s Costa Blanca back in lockdown after misspelling ‘A Mariña’ 1,000km away in Galicia

A SPELLING mix-up led to international media outlets reports that San Fulgencio’s La Marina urbanisation was put into lockdown due to a spike in COVID-19

8 Jul, 2020 @ 11:51

Costa Blanca·Lead

WHO doesn’t rule out airborne transmission of coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS may be an airborne transmitted disease, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said.

8 Jul, 2020 @ 10:25

Health·Lead

Field Hospital Built In Alicante To Help Costa Blanca Coronavirus Sufferers Is Too Hot During The Summer

Medical staff at Valencian emergency COVID-19 field hospital complain they ‘cannot cope’ in boiling summer heat

TEMPERATURES are literally boiling in an emergency field hospital zipped up next to Alicante General Hospital to act as a coronavirus case overflow centre. The

8 Jul, 2020 @ 10:15

Costa Blanca·Health

Flu Jab Plans Unveiled For At Least 75 Per Cent Of Elderly Living In Spain S Costa Blanca

Valencian government wants 75% of over-64s to get vaccinated this autumn

HEALTH bosses in the Valencian Community want 75% of people aged 64+ to get a flu jab this autumn, according to new proposals. The health

8 Jul, 2020 @ 10:11

Costa Blanca·Health

16 people isolated in Spain’s Ronda in possible COVID-19 outbreak

Those isolated include 10 of the 49 residents of the old people's home and six workers.

8 Jul, 2020 @ 09:32

Health·Lead·Malaga

Beach surveillance officers register over 26,000 incidents during first weekend of July in Spain’s Andalucia

55 beaches in Andalucia—29 in the province of Malaga—were forced to close over the first weekend after reaching maximum capacity.

7 Jul, 2020 @ 11:35

Lead·Malaga

Massive Spanish Survey Shows Small Coronavirus Exposure Amongst Costa Blanca Residents

2.6% of Costa Blanca residents exposed to coronavirus, nationwide immunity test says

JUST 2.6% of Costa Blanca residents have been exposed to the coronavirus, according to a major new study. Researchers tested a total of 68,296 participants

6 Jul, 2020 @ 17:31

Costa Blanca·Health

Coronavirus can’t cast a cloud over property values on Spain’s Costa del Sol while world’s rich and famous aspire to place in the sun

ESTATE agents are eternal optimists, even in the most adverse of circumstances. Ask them for a forecast in the current crisis and almost anyone whose

5 Jul, 2020 @ 12:00

Adam Neale: Property Insider·Malaga·Property

Spain locks down 200,000 people in Catalunya after local coronavirus spike

SOME 209,000 people have been re-locked down in Catalunya following a local spike in new COVID-19 infections. A perimeter has been set up around the

4 Jul, 2020 @ 16:49

Lead·National News

Belinda Cuarenpena Goes Better With A Quarantini

First coronavirus laid waste to our lifestyles, now it’s invading our language, writes Belinda Beckett

HOW’S your New Normal working out? If, like me, you don a visor over your face mask like a medieval knight of old every time

4 Jul, 2020 @ 11:00

Belinda Beckett: Mistress of Sizzle

Four outbreaks of coronavirus detected across Balearic Islands as Spain reopens to tourists

The Ministry of Health has confirmed four separate outbreaks on the popular holiday islands of Formentera, Ibiza and Mallorca

3 Jul, 2020 @ 11:45

Health·Lead·Mallorca

BREAKING: England officially scraps quarantine for tourists returning from Spain, France and elsewhere

ENGLISH tourists will not have to quarantine after returning from Spain, it has been confirmed. Other countries included in the lifting of the quarantine are

3 Jul, 2020 @ 00:07

Lead·National News

Smoking can help transmit coronavirus according to Spain’s Health Ministry

SPAIN’S Health Ministry has advised against smoking cigarettes as they allegedly help transmit coronavirus.

2 Jul, 2020 @ 18:23

Health·Lead

Spain S Costa Blanca Tourist Area Unveils Plans To Woo Back Uk Holidaymakers

Valencian Community launches advertising campaign to attract international tourists back to the Costa Blanca

THE Costa Blanca is launching a major advertising campaign to attract international tourists following the lifting of lockdown restrictions. The adverts, placed on internet travel

2 Jul, 2020 @ 14:47

Costa Blanca·Travel News

Costa Blanca Boffin Says Airport Thermal Cameras Can Give False Temperature Impression In Covid 19 Tracing

Thermal cameras at Alicante-Elche airport could flag up passengers for ‘drinking coffee’, says Spanish ultrasound expert

AN ultrasound expert has warned that thermal image cameras in airports are ‘no guarantee’ of spotting COVID-19 infections, especially if high temperatures are down to

2 Jul, 2020 @ 13:19

Costa Blanca·Health

Red Cross COVID-19 outbreak in Spain’s Malaga is ‘stabilised’, says Junta

The testing is expected to be completed shortly and the outbreak to be classified as ‘controlled.’

2 Jul, 2020 @ 11:25

Health·Lead·Malaga

Marbella to activate beach capacity control app while drones will keep eye on numbers

The new technological tool will be available for free download

2 Jul, 2020 @ 11:19

Lead·Malaga

Localised Lockdown Threat To Parts Of Spanish Region If Virus Cases Continue To Spike

Murcia president warns ‘phase two’ lockdown could return in localised areas hit by COVID-19 spikes

LOCKDOWN restrictions could return to specific parts of the Murcia region hit by a recent spike in coronavirus cases. The warning has come from Murcia’s

2 Jul, 2020 @ 11:13

Costa Blanca·Lead