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Former right-hand man of Socialist transport minister detained in Spain over allegations of illegal commissions from Covid masks

THE former right-hand man of ex-transport minister Jose Luis Abalos has been arrested on suspicion of receiving illegal commissions from the purchase of face...

First woman to receive the Covid vaccine in Spain turns 100: Pedro Sanchez brands centenarian ‘an example to the...

ARACELI Hidalgo, the first person to receive the Covid-19 vaccine in Spain, has turned 100 years old. The great-grandmother is celebrating her milestone birthday with...

Want to avoid the flu and Covid in Spain? Follow these top 9 tips from health workers

HEALTHCARE services in Spain are under massive strain right now, with a spike in respiratory infections over the Christmas season. Increased socialising thanks to Christmas...

Influenza A is spreading across Spain: Respiratory illness is easy to catch and symptoms last for a long time,...

CASES of flu continue to spread across Spain and are yet to peak, with the maximum number of illnesses expected to be reached in...

Feel like everyone has caught a cold this Christmas? Stats from Spain’s Health Ministry suggest you are right

IF YOU are suffering from a cold, the flu or some other respiratory ailment, and feel like everyone around you in Spain is too,...

Covid deaths in Spain 82% down compared to 2022

A TOTAL of 3,760 people in Spain died from Covid-19 in the first six months of 2023, which is 82% fewer than in the...

Spanish cops who smashed down a British expat’s door to break up an ‘illegal’ party during the Covid pandemic...

A JURY in Spain has absolved two National Police officers in Madrid of any wrongdoing after they smashed down a door in March 2021...

Covid cases climb in Spain as winter arrives: These are the symptoms to look out for

AS winter approaches, Covid cases are on the rise in Spain with these key symptoms.  A report released last week showed Covid cases have increased...

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 Covid impact second only to Italy in Europe’s worst-hit zones

DURING the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, official figures have revealed that deaths in certain parts of Europe were a staggering nine times higher...

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...

WHO announces that the Covid ‘public health emergency’ is finally over – but with caveats

THE Covid-19 pandemic is officially finally over, according to the World Health Organisation. The director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, made the announcement after the fifteenth meeting...

Spain could end mandatory face mask requirement in hospitals, pharmacies and nursing homes ‘soon’

FACE masks in Spain continue to be a requirement in hospitals, pharmacies as well as for care home staff and visitors, but not residents. However,...

Madrid observatory detects spike in Covid-19 infections in wake of Easter holidays 

THE NUMBER of Covid-19 cases in Spain has spiked after Easter week, bringing the 14-day incidence to 2,000 cases per 100,000 inhabitants compared to...

Where did Covid go in Spain?

WHO could forget how strange our lives became on 14 March 2020, thanks to the new virus with the spike protein? We were told...

Covid-19 hospitalisations rise 10% over last week in Spain

THE NUMBER of people in Spain hospitalised with Covid-19 has risen by 9.7% in just a week, while the number of such patients in...

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...

Spain’s Cabinet to do away with coronavirus masks on public transport on February 7

THE SPANISH government announced today that face masks will no longer be obligatory on public transport some time from February 7 onward. The Cabinet...

The first Kraken case in Andalucia is registered as the junta prepares for most contagious strain of Covid to...

Andalusia has registered its first case of the 'kraken' variant of the Covid-19 coronavirus that has been sweeping across the USA. The announcement was made...

Spain sees record surge in tax revenues, partly due to Covid-19 pandemic

THE COVID-19 pandemic had a lot of different effects on the way Spaniards live, from an increase in home working to a change in...

Kraken arrives in Spain: What we know about the most contagious strain of Covid yet

Kraken, the latest and most virulent strain of Covid, has been detected in Spain after becoming the latest import from the USA. Known technically as...

Spain’s bars and restaurants expecting bumper post-Covid Christmas

AROUND this time last year, the emergence of the omicron variant of the coronavirus dashed the hopes of Spain’s bars and restaurants of any...

‘Hellhound’: The delightfully-named new Covid variant sweeping across Spain

The new Covid variant that is sweeping through Spain has unofficially been given the delightful moniker of ‘Hellhound’ by social media users. It is certainly...
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REMINDER: Spaces Covid face masks still have to be worn in Spain’s Andalucia

SINCE last April 20, and after two years of the coronavirus pandemic, the mask ceased to be mandatory inside buildings in Spain, with a...
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Spain’s Andalucia against removal of masks on public transport and inside health care centres

ANDALUCIAN health experts firmly support maintaining mandatory use of face masks on public transport and inside health care centres, health councilor says. Following a Governing...

Spain’s Andalucia to roll out variant booster and flu jab as of today

ANDALUCIA will kickstarts the autumn booster rollout as of today, with a focus on over 80-year-olds and care home residents. Two weeks later, on October...

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