Tag: covid
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...
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...
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...
Fourth vaccine jab in Spain to be rolled out end of September for over 80-year-olds and residents of care...
THE autumn booster rollout for over 80-year-olds and residents of care homes will kick-start on September 26—with Spain due to start receiving the first...
Spain’s Andalucia considers maintaining mandatory use of face masks on public transport and inside health care centres ‘forever’
MASKS will continue to be mandatory inside health care centres and on public transport in Andalucia, health expert has said.
According to the spokesperson for...
Spain rules out easing Covid face mask requirement on public transport and health centres until at least autumn
SPAIN’S Health Minister has rejected plans to relax face mask rules and they will continue to be compulsory on public transport and in health...
Spain’s Malaga has five times fewer Covid hospital admissions than a year ago
COVID hospital admissions in Malaga province have dropped dramatically in the last year.
According to the latest data from the Regional Ministry of Health, there...
LATEST: What you need to know about travelling to Spain from the UK
WITH the peak summer holiday season now in full-swing, here’s the run down of the rules for those travelling to Spain from the UK.
Post-Brexit...
Medical fraudsters arrested in Spain’s Estepona
TWO Estepona fraudsters have been arrested for allegedly making more than €600,000 posing as a coronavirus test wholesaler online.
One person attempted to buy 1,000...
EXCLUSIVE: Crisis at Torrevieja hospital on Spain’s Costa Blanca as doctors quit in their droves and patients wait ‘up...
DOCTORS at the Costa Blanca’s most beleaguered hospital have slammed the appalling working conditions and disgraceful levels of care.
They told the Olive Press that...
Second booster jab to be rolled out for over 60s in Spain
A Second covid booster has been approved for the over 60s and health workers in Spain.
The fourth jab received approval from the Spanish Minister...
Hospitals in Spain at high risk due to coronavirus spike
COVID-19 patients are occupying more than 10% of hospital beds—placing Spanish hospitals at ‘high risk.’
According to an update from the Ministry of Health yesterday,...
Fourth covid booster recommended for EU citizens
THE European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) are recommending EU citizens over 60 should be offered a...
Schools in Spain’s Andalucia to remain face mask free for next school year
MASKS will not be compulsory in Andalucian schools during the next school year.
According to the recommendations drawn up by the Junta, face masks use...
A Covid cold front: Gibraltar health boss warns of unexpected winter coronavirus consequences
By Livia Cockerell
DIRECTOR of Public Health Dr Helen Carter has warned that Covid could have unexpected consequences this winter.
The pandemic seems to have impacted...
Covid hospitalisations on the rise in Spain’s Malaga
THE number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised in the province of Malaga is on the rise.
A resurgence of the Covid-19 epidemic, principally due to the...
LATEST: What are the Covid-19 rules for travellers arriving in Spain?
SPAIN has dropped the need to show Covid-19 pass in early June for anyone arriving into the country from the EU or Schengen area...
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Spain’s Civil Guard busts clandestine bomb factory containing 500 kilos of explosive material
SPAIN’S Civil Guard has busted a clandestine bomb factory in Montmajo in Barcelona province, where they found nearly 500 kilos of materials for making...
