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Spain tests use of plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients after Chinese study shows 10 intensive care patients recovered without side-effects

THE first therapy gaining ground in the fight against coronavirus also happens to be the oldest: the transfusion of blood plasma from recovered patients into

9 Apr, 2020 @ 13:06

Lead

WATCH: Madrid’s top botanical garden gives its tulips to staff in 7 hospitals as show of thanks during the COVID-19 pandemic

MADRID’s Royal Botanical Gardens have given hundreds of tulips to hospital staff in a show of thanks during the COVID-19 pandemic. Visits to the gardens

9 Apr, 2020 @ 12:38

La Cultura

8,000 lives have been saved in the Comunitat Valenciana thanks to up to 96% of residents staying at home, study of phone data finds

AN estimated 8,000 lives have been saved in the Comunitat Valenciana thanks to up to 96% of residents staying at home, according to a new

9 Apr, 2020 @ 11:30

Costa Blanca·Lead

A tour of the world’s most beautiful gardens from your sofa, including Spain’s Generalife

A "total disconnection" with the natural environment "can have negative effects on our well-being," experts warn.

9 Apr, 2020 @ 09:58

Cordoba·Granada·Lead·Other News

Random tests show Gibraltar could have 3% infection of coronavirus

Confirmed cases have gone up again to 120 with half of them being active and the other half now fully recovered, a jump of 11

8 Apr, 2020 @ 21:55

Coronavirus·Gibraltar·Lead

Spain’s Andalucia registers its highest number of coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours, while at the same time more people recover from the disease than test positive for the fifth consecutive day

ANDALUCIA has registered its highest death count since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

8 Apr, 2020 @ 19:41

Health·Lead

WATCH: Young girl in Spain sends emotive birthday wishes to her grandmother with help from police

The police officers do not hesitate to fulfil the girl’s wish.

8 Apr, 2020 @ 18:52

Lead·National News

Couple in Spain’s La Rioja get married on their balcony, after their wedding ceremony was cancelled due to coronavirus

A COUPLE in La Rioja have married on their balcony, after their wedding had to be cancelled due to COVID-19.

8 Apr, 2020 @ 17:38

Lead

Madrid boy arrested for lying online he caught COVID-19 before travelling to the Comunitat Valenciana – cries as police doorknock him

A BOY has been arrested after posting online he had COVID-19 symptoms and had recently arrived in Gandia, in the Comunitat Valenciana, from Madrid. The

8 Apr, 2020 @ 16:27

Costa Blanca·Lead

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Police catch burglar at nursing home in Valencia having stolen a head-torch, a USB dock and two packs of cards

POLICE have arrested a burglar who broke a window at a nursing home in Valencia. Policia Nacional arrived at the home following a tip off

8 Apr, 2020 @ 16:02

Lead

‘Shocked and angered’ – Man arrested after receiving 32 fines for breaking coronavirus quarantine rules in Spain’s Elche

A REPEAT offender has been put in the docks after receiving 32 police fines in Elche. The man was hit by 14 Policia Local fines

8 Apr, 2020 @ 15:38

Costa Blanca·Lead

Police arrest a man in Spain’s Basque Country for breaking the lockdown rules in order to go buy drugs

THE police have detained a man in the Basque Country for breaking the lockdown rules in order to go buy drugs.

8 Apr, 2020 @ 15:28

Crime & Law·Lead

Ministry of the Interior quashes fine for buying Nocilla, orders Guardia Civil in Alicante to retract list of purchasable products

THE Ministry of the Interior has yesterday quashed a fine against a man for going to buy Nocilla – a chocolate-hazelnut spread similar to Nutella.

8 Apr, 2020 @ 15:20

Costa Blanca·Lead

Woman saved from ‘violent partner who routinely raped her’ by using COVID-19 safe-word at pharmacy in Spain’s Mallorca

The woman had asked for a mascarilla-19 - the keyword to activate the victim protection protocol against gender violence

8 Apr, 2020 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Gender violence initiative ‘Mascarilla 19’ helps three women across Andulcia since launch

There are 3,878 pharmacies spread throughout the provinces and all are aware of the protocol

8 Apr, 2020 @ 14:45

Lead

Tui cancel all beach holidays until May 14 due to coronavirus

TUI has cancelled all beach holidays for the next five weeks due to COVID-19.

8 Apr, 2020 @ 14:01

Lead·Travel News

Spain to begin ‘return to normal life’ at end of April but in a ‘very controlled’ process as experts search for signs of ‘herd immunity’ from coronavirus

SPAIN will begin to ‘return to normal life’ from April 26 but in a ‘very controlled’ process. That was the estimate made by government spokeswoman

8 Apr, 2020 @ 13:43

Costa Blanca·Lead·Mallorca·National News

Woman gives birth in a taxi in Spain’s Madrid amid coronavirus pandemic

A taxi driver in Spain’s Madrid becomes the improvised hero of the day

8 Apr, 2020 @ 10:50

Health·Lead·National News

WATCH: British boy, 5, receives heartwarming happy birthday surprise from police during Spain’s coronavirus lockdown

THIS is the moment police in Spain arranged a heartwarming happy birthday message for a British boy amid the coronavirus lockdown. Three police vehicles can

8 Apr, 2020 @ 08:00

Barcelona·Lead

Gibraltar ministers tight-lipped as COVID-19 recovery continues

Confirmed cases rose to 113 in Gibraltar, with over 1,400 have been tested 35 days since the first case of Coronavirus was announced.

7 Apr, 2020 @ 20:59

Coronavirus·Gibraltar

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More than 40 families caught escaping to second homes on Spain’s Costa Blanca over Palm Sunday weekend

MORE than 40 families have been caught escaping to their second homes the Costa Blanca over Palm Sunday weekend. Cars were stopped and drivers fined

7 Apr, 2020 @ 20:50

Costa Blanca

Leading US researcher says Spain passed its peak mortality rate on April 1 thanks to well-maintained ‘social distancing’

SOCIAL distancing measures have helped Spain reach its peak mortality rate for COVID-19 on April 1 last week, a leading US researcher has said. Dr.

7 Apr, 2020 @ 18:59

Lead

China registers NO new coronavirus deaths for the first time since the crisis began

CHINA has registered no COVID-19 deaths for the first time since they started publishing daily figures in January.

7 Apr, 2020 @ 17:57

Health·Lead

‘Brilliant’ Costa Blanca town announces citizens’ mobile street party to lift spirits during lock-down

FORMENTERA DEL SEGURA, in the Vega Baja region of Spain’s Costa Blanca South, has just announced a street party with a difference on Sunday, April

7 Apr, 2020 @ 17:33

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

UK’s infection rate nearly double Spain’s, according to study on success of COVID-19 lockdowns across Europe

THE UK’S infection rate for COVID-19 is nearly double that of Spain, according to a study from Spain’s leading institute on information systems and computer

7 Apr, 2020 @ 17:06

Lead

La Liga President sets the end of May as the earliest date for football to resume in Spain

LA Liga President, Javier Tebas has suggested that the earliest date football in Spain could resume would be the end of May.

7 Apr, 2020 @ 14:53

Lead·Sport

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