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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,...
Spain’s leader of health emergencies Fernando Simón announces imminent farewell to obligatory masks in public transport
THE leader of the Coordination Centre for Health Alerts and Emergencies Fernando Simon has announced that the end of masks in transport will come...
Health experts call for ‘necessary precautions’ to prevent polio returning to Spain
CONCERNS over a possible return of polio has prompted Spain's emergency centre(CCAES)- led by the familiar 'pandemic' figure of epidemiologist Fernando Simon- to call...
EXPLAINER: These are the places you still need to wear a face mask in Spain
THE withdrawal of the obligatory use of face masks indoors begins on Wednesday, April 20, 700 days after it was made compulsory.
That said,...
Top health expert in Spain says COVID-19 certificate is not needed for hospitality businesses
SPAIN'S top infections expert, Fernando Simon, says there's no logic in using the EU COVID-19 certificate to enter hospitality premises, as 90% of the...
Top health expert in Spain says mass COVID-19 booster vaccinations are not needed ‘in general’
SPAIN'S high-profile director of Coordination of Health Alerts and Emergencies, has said that he does not see the need for a third COVID-19 vaccine...
Costa Blanca student who caught COVID-19 in mass outbreak on Spain’s Mallorca is in intensive care
An Elche teenager infected with COVID-19 as part of a mass outbreak caused by a student trip to Mallorca is in intensive care.
The 18-year-old...
BREAKING: Spain records 10,853 coronavirus cases Friday as health chief praises steady decline of incidence rate – but fears...
SPAIN has registered 10,853 new coronavirus cases Friday in another sign the transmission of the disease is decreasing.
The figure is 1,436 fewer than...
Spain admits it is facing second wave after breaking new weekend record as it registers 31,428 COVID-19 cases
Of particular concern is the incidence of coronavirus, which has now reached a national average of 280 per 100,000 inhabitants
Spain studying reducing coronavirus quarantine from 14 to 10 days
The reduction to 5 or 7 days as proposed by Germany has been ruled out
Tourism bosses call for Fernando Simon to resign after he ‘welcomed’ UK quarantine by saying it ‘lowered’ Spain’s COVID-19...
Despite also recognising that it is bad news for the tourism sector, his comments have left the industry and others furious
Spain’s leader of health emergencies Fernando Simon pictured surfing in Portugal days after advising against travel between provinces
Fernando Simon caught surfing in Portugal amid a surge of COVID-19 outbreaks.
BREAKING: Spain’s leader of health emergencies Fernando Simon ‘tests positive for coronavirus’
THE leader of the Coordination Centre for Health Alerts and Emergencies Fernando Simon has tested positive for coronavirus.
The 57-year-old is now waiting for confirmation...
New Ebola risk case flown to Madrid hospital
Madrid's Carlos III hospital takes on a Doctors Without Borders aid worker with a high probility of infection
UPDATE: Doctors at Madrid hospital ‘hopeful’ about Spanish Ebola case
As Spanish Ebola victim's condition remains stable medical staff dare to hope
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Four teenagers who ‘threw rocks on cars travelling on the A-7 motorway in Spain’s Marbella’ are quizzed by police
A GROUP of teenagers caused chaos in Marbella on Monday morning by throwing rocks from an overpass at cars driving along the motorway.
The gang,...
