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BREAKING: Slight increase in Spain’s coronavirus infection and death rates as many more tests carried out while recovery rate jumps up

SPAIN has recorded a slight jump in both new infections and deaths related to COVID-19. Since yesterday, 551 people have died from coronavirus (up from

16 Apr, 2020 @ 12:23

Lead·National News

WATCH: 100-year-old Spanish woman with multiple conditions returns home after winning battle against coronavirus

Amidst cheers and applause, Carmen, who turns 101 in August, was received like a hero at her residency.

16 Apr, 2020 @ 12:09

Health·Lead·National News

Costa Blanca health workers given meals, cars and rooms by local businesses, and isolated patients even given PC tablets

TORREVIEJA University Hospital has been overwhelmed by donations of meals, hotel rooms and even apartments during the Covid-19 crisis. PPE and material for the leisure

16 Apr, 2020 @ 12:07

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Husband and wife arrested for breaching Spain’s COVID-19 lockdown after being caught skinny-dipping by off-duty policeman in Mallorca

Upon arrival, officers ordered the husband and wife, both reported to be in their 50s, to get out of the water and put their clothes

16 Apr, 2020 @ 11:43

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Two knife-wielding ‘Islamic State jihadists’ threaten to kill roommates with bomb in Spain’s Mallorca

The men claimed to be jihadists working with the Islamic State

16 Apr, 2020 @ 09:26

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Spain’s Valencian Community has now received close to 20 million pieces of PPE from China

Millions of masks arrived in Valencia this week as the ninth flight lands with supplies from China Valencia’s city airport welcomed the ninth flight from

16 Apr, 2020 @ 07:37

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

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British nurse travels across Spain to help former hospital in the UK battle the COVID-19 crisis

AN NHS nurse has travelled across Spain to join her old team in the UK in the fight against COVID-19. Trudy Laverick set off from

15 Apr, 2020 @ 19:51

Costa Blanca

Spanish police suspend a mass at a church in Madrid, which was in breach of the lockdown rules

POLICIA Nacional have dispersed a mass at a church in Madrid, which was in breach of lockdown rules.

15 Apr, 2020 @ 19:35

Lead·Madrid

Italy tests glass cubicles for its beaches in bid to open for summer amid devastating coronavirus pandemic – will Spain follow suit?

AN Italian company believes it has come up with a way to ensure its country’s beaches can open for the summer season. Nuova Neon Group

15 Apr, 2020 @ 19:24

Lead·National News

RANKED: Spain’s Top 10 most searched recipes on Google during coronavirus lockdown

THE coronavirus crisis has forced most people to stay at home and now they have ample of time on their hands.

15 Apr, 2020 @ 18:46

Food & Drink·Lead

SURVIVING THE CRISIS: Classically-trained opera singer dedicates Spanish-English ‘You Raise Me Up’ from her balcony to medical staff across Spain

“It felt a bit silly at first, but I just wanted to lift people’s spirits,” says classically-trained opera singer Claire-Maire, a French and English as

15 Apr, 2020 @ 16:44

Costa Blanca

Spain’s Deputy Prime Minister, Carmen Calvo, recovers from coronavirus and returns to work

CARMEN Calvo announces she has recovered from COVID-19 and is returning to work.

15 Apr, 2020 @ 16:00

Health·Lead·Politics

Spain’s COVID-19 crisis creates even more delays at Nerja’s water treatment plant

The next stage in the process is the drilling of a 17-metre hole into the Burriana cliff face

15 Apr, 2020 @ 15:47

Lead

More than 100 Spanish soldiers evacuated from Mali after coronavirus outbreak

MORE than 100 Spanish soldiers have been repatriated early from Mali after a coronavirus outbreak.

15 Apr, 2020 @ 15:34

Coronavirus·Lead

WATCH: Madrid man threatens to f*** Costa Blanca town with Covid-19 before expulsion for ‘hate crime’

TORREVIEJA magistrates have expelled the man that boasted of travelling from Madrid to spread Coronavirus throughout the city. The order prohibits Antonio BD from, “residing

15 Apr, 2020 @ 15:11

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Madrid

COVID-19: Lack of migrant workers puts Spain’s supermarket fresh food stocks in jeopardy

This year, due to coronavirus and the closure of national borders, the agricultural industry has lost an estimated 75,000 workers

15 Apr, 2020 @ 15:00

Lead·National News

Nearly 90% of Spaniards believe opposition parties should support the Government through the COVID-19 crisis

A RECENT study has suggested that 87.8% of Spaniards believe the opposition parties should support the Government through the coronavirus crisis.

15 Apr, 2020 @ 14:54

Lead·Politics

Spain’s Andalucia to begin COVID-19 trial using plasma of recovered coronavirus patients THIS WEEK

ANDALUCIA will begin treating COVID-19 patients with the plasma of recovered sufferers this week. The clinical trial will last between four and five months and

15 Apr, 2020 @ 14:36

Lead

THANK YOU: Nominate a key worker in Spain’s Mallorca who deserves a day cruising the Mediterranean by boat charter

From healthcare professionals to supermarket workers, police officers to postal employees, nominate someone you believe deserves a special gift

15 Apr, 2020 @ 14:21

Lead·Mallorca

EXPLAINED: How Spanish website assisted Nigerian COVID-19 face mask scam in attempt to fleece German government of millions of euros

A SPANISH website has been revealed as a central pillar in a scam that sought to cheat European health authorities out of millions of euros

15 Apr, 2020 @ 13:52

Lead·National News

Demands grow for discounted €30 flights to Balearic Islands from Spain to attract visitors post-coronavirus

The proposal aims to boost national tourism once the COVID-19 crisis ends

15 Apr, 2020 @ 13:29

Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

Foiled by fruit – tardy pair of Costa Calida criminals impeded by booty of ‘berries

POLICIA Nacional arrested a pair of serial thieves fleeing from a Cartagena bar, last week. Observant locals had contacted police after witnessing a fruit shop,

15 Apr, 2020 @ 12:02

Costa Blanca·Lead