Tag: COVID 19
Hope for Tivoli World: Foreign buyer is ‘very interested’ in re-opening theme park as a ‘major attraction’ on Spain’s...
FOR 50 years it was an essential stop for any visitor to Spain’s Costa del Sol. But the coronavirus pandemic forced the Tivoli World...
Spain’s health minister floats idea of scrapping mask use in healthcare settings
MORE THAN three years after the coronavirus pandemic first hit Spain, the health minister has suggested that the time may have arrived to remove...
How the coronavirus pandemic took some of the chaos out of Madrid’s tapas bars
IT’S A FAMILIAR experience for lovers of Madrid’s tapas bars. There’s barely room to move, let alone find a space to set down your...
Huge figure of travellers who used Spain Travel Health (SpTH) app during Covid-19 revealed
More than 50 million people who travelled to Spain during the Covid-19 pandemic used the government’s health app to help ensure the disease was...
Spain to introduce Covid checks on air passengers from China
PEOPLE flying into Spain from China will have to produce a Covid vaccination certificate or show proof of a negative Covid test.
Friday's announcement from...
New summertime Covid-19 restrictions ruled out as infections rise in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas
NEW Covid-19 restrictions have been ruled out in the Valencian Community amidst a 'seventh' wave spike in new infections.
Valencian president, Ximo Puig, appealed on...
Amnesty International slams Spain over failure to investigate nursing home deaths during COVID pandemic
AMNESTY International slammed Spanish prosecutors for their failure to launch proper investigations into the deaths of tens of thousands of elderly residents in nursing...
EXPLAINER: Why high COVID-19 infections don’t reflect the full pandemic situation in the Costa Blanca area of Spain
OVER 22,000 coronavirus cases were reported this Friday in the Valencian Community but hospital admissions are over 50% lower than 12 months ago.
The regional...
COLUMN: Winter is Coming!
AS I wrote recently in a news story, regional president Francina Armengol said that the Balearic Islands are recovering and will achieve a full...
Spain’s Balearic Islands record drop in coronavirus cases
THE regional health ministry on Spain's Balearic Islands has reported 119 new positive cases of coronavirus on Thursday, down 56 from the 75 recorded the...
ANALYSIS: Is Spain next for the UK’s ‘amber plus’ travel list?
NEW rules were brought in on Monday that means Brits vaccinated on the NHS can avoid quarantine when returning from Spain as it is...
Self-testing Covid-19 kits will soon be available from pharmacies across Spain
SPAIN has said it will soon allow the sale of self-diagnosis COVID-19 tests from pharmacies as fifth wave sweeps across nation.
Minister of Health, Carolina...
Unvaccinated party-going teenagers fuel weekend COVID-19 cases in Costa Blanca area of Spain
WEEKEND coronavirus cases have seen a tiny fall according to today's report (June 14) from the Valencia health ministry.
The chief cause of concern appears...
EXTENDED OPENING this week for bars and restaurants in Murcia region of Spain
BARS and restaurants in the Murcia region will be able to stay open until 1.00 am from this Wednesday(June 2).
The decision to allow an...
END IN SIGHT after seven months of COVID-19 curfew restrictions in the Costa Blanca area of Spain
THE midnight curfew in the Valencian Community will be pushed back to a 1.00 am start from this Monday(May 24), subject to approval by...
British COVID-19 variant in Spain helping to ward off more dangerous mutations
THE ARRIVAL of the British variant of COVID-19 has helped to slow down the circulation of other more dangerous mutations in Spain, according to...
COVID-19 and hospital cases on Spain’s Costa Blanca continue to tumble
99 new COVID infections were announced today(May 11) by Valencia's regional health ministry.
That is a week-to-week fall of 28 cases and a rise of...
EXPLAINED: The new Costa Blanca and Valencia restrictions after Spain’s State of Alarm ends
A midnight curfew and extended opening hours for bars and restaurants are the main headlines of amended restrictions announced by the Valencian government this...
‘GOING DOWN’ as COVID-19 cases and hospital admissions fall again in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain
THE latest COVID-19 new case figures in the Valencian Community have fallen both on a weekly and a day-to-day basis.
The regional health ministry said...
Latest COVID-19 figures show little weekly change across Costa Blanca and Valencia regions of Spain
222 new coronavirus infections were announced today(April 22) in the Valencian Community by the regional health authority.
That's a rise of just two cases on...
Costa Blanca and Mallorca’s bar and restaurant terrace smoking ban could be extended to all of Spain
SPAIN'S Health Ministry wants to ban smoking from all bar and restaurant terraces across the whole of the country.
Six regions including the Costa Blanca...
Benidorm and Costa Blanca hotels want COVID tests for Spanish tourists to reduce infection risks
HOTELIERS on the Costa Blanca have called for COVID-19 tests to be carried out on people coming into the region from some parts of...
First case of ‘highly contagious’ Brazilian COVID variant is reported in Spain’s Murcia region
THE first recorded case of the Brazilian variant of COVID-19 has been announced in the Murcia Region.
Murcia's Health Minister, Juan Jose Pedreñó, said: “Tests...
‘BEST IN EUROPE’ as tough COVID-19 restrictions pay off for Costa Blanca and Valencia regions of Spain
THE Valencia region of Spain has within two months achieved the status of recording the lowest COVID-19 infection rates in Europe based on the...
GOOD NEWS for Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas as new COVID-19 cases rapidly decline
COVID-19 cases are continuing their steep decline in the Valencian Community with just 144 new cases reported tonight(March 17).
That is 77 less than a...
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Hilton to open new airport hotel on Spain’s Costa Blanca: Accommodation will be the closest available to Alicante-Elche
THE FIRST stone has been laid for the construction of the closest hotel to Alicante-Elche airport with a January 2025 opening date pencilled in.
The...
