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Catalunya delays COVID pass requirement to bars and restaurants after download system crashes

AUTHORITIES in Spain’s northeastern region of Catalunya were forced to postpone the introduction of mandatory COVID passes at bars, restaurants and gyms on Friday after the system to download the certificate crashed.

26 Nov, 2021 @ 18:30

Catalunya·Coronavirus·Lead

Bars and restaurants call for COVID passports to avoid new restrictions in Murcia area of Spain

Bars and restaurants demand COVID passports to avoid new restrictions in Murcia area of Spain

THE Murcia hospitality and tourism association, HoyTu, says COVID passports should be introduced ‘in all public life’ to stop new restrictions on bar, restaurant, and nightlife businesses. Speaking this Friday, HoyTu president,

26 Nov, 2021 @ 15:58

Coronavirus·Health·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

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Spain raises ‘high risk’ threshold in overhaul of Covid traffic light system as cases rise

Spain’s Health Ministry has reached an agreement with regional authorities to raise the thresholds to determine low, medium and high risk infection rates in an overhaul of the nation’s Covid traffic light

24 Nov, 2021 @ 13:02

Coronavirus·Health·Lead·National News

Las Fabricas De Daimler Mercedes Benz Retoman Su Actividad En Europa Con Muchas Medidas De Seguridad Cordon

Car factory in Spain insists its unvaccinated workers eat separately in staff canteen

SPANISH car manufacturer SEAT has asked workers at its factory outside Barcelona to sit in a separated section if they hadn’t been vaccinated, in the first move of its kind within Spain.

21 Nov, 2021 @ 12:45

Catalunya·Coronavirus·Lead

COVID-19 passports extended across hospitality and entertainment sectors in Costa Blanca area of Spain

No plans for new COVID-19 restrictions before Christmas as infections rise in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

NEW COVID-19 health restrictions in the Valencian Community have been ruled out by regional president, Ximo Puig, at least for the time being. Speaking this Monday to regional broadcaster, A Punt, Puig

15 Nov, 2021 @ 14:15

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencia

UPDATE: New change to Covid paperwork requirements for UK travellers into Spain

AMIDST all the other concerns about the amount of official documentation required to travel under Covid-19 restrictions, the Home Office have announced another update. Spain will continue to accept the UK’s COVID-19

4 Nov, 2021 @ 11:15

Coronavirus·Lead·National News·Travel News

A sanitary worker preparing a dose of the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine

Double standards: Fully-vaxxed Brit expats arriving in UK from Spain discover they don’t have the same quarantine exemptions as those jabbed by NHS

AN Olive Press reader has slammed the “double standards” imposed by UK authorities after discovering a major pitfall of visiting the UK from Spain – or indeed anywhere else in Europe. Despite

26 Oct, 2021 @ 08:45

Coronavirus·Health·Lead·Travel News

COVID certificate could lead to full indoor capacity returning for late bars and nightclubs in Murcia area of Spain

Nearly all bar and nightlife COVID restrictions to end this week in Murcia area of Spain

DANCING at nightclubs returns this Wednesday(October 13) to the Murcia region. In a new relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions, nightlife businesses which currently close at 4.00 am, will now be able to return

11 Oct, 2021 @ 13:45

Lead·Murcia

Face masks rules to remain in place in Spain until spring 2022

PEOPLE in Spain will be expected to wear face masks in indoor public spaces until Spring next year, says Minister of Health, Carolina Darias. With 87.4% of the population fully vaccinated and

11 Oct, 2021 @ 09:15

Coronavirus·Health·Lead·Other News

COVID-19 incidence rate on the rise in five of the six health districts in Spain’s Malaga

Spain officially declared ‘low risk’ as COVID-19 infection rate drops

SPAIN’S coronavirus incidence has dropped below an average of 50 cases per 100,000 people for the first time in 15 months, reaching the threshold considered “low risk” by the Health Ministry. The

8 Oct, 2021 @ 15:00

Coronavirus·Health·Lead·National News

Spain's Costa Blanca to see 'vast majority' of COVID-19 restrictions scrapped this weekend

Spain’s Costa Blanca set for ‘vast majority’ of COVID-19 restrictions to be scrapped this weekend

THE ‘vast majority’ of COVID-19 restrictions will end this Saturday(October 9) in the Valencian Community according to regional president, Ximo Puig. Speaking this Monday(October 4) at a tourist award ceremony, Puig said

4 Oct, 2021 @ 15:57

Costa Blanca·Lead

Madrid Recupera La Actividad De Sus Bares

Madrid to lift all COVID-19 restrictions at bars, clubs, restaurants and entertainment venues but masks still required indoors

RESTRICTIONS at hospitality and entertainment venues will be lifted in the Madrid region from Monday October 4. For the first time since the pandemic began in March 2020, there will be no

1 Oct, 2021 @ 13:30

Coronavirus·Lead·Madrid

Spain’s Andalucia to continue without COVID-19 restrictions on capacity and opening hours until May 19

LISTED: 17 health districts in Spain’s Andalucia given green light to transition to Alert Level 0—and will see all restrictions lifted

SEVENTEEN health districts in Andalucia have dropped down into Alert Level 0 and will see a return to ‘normality’. Following a meeting by the territorial committee of High Impact Public Health Alerts

1 Oct, 2021 @ 09:15

Health·Lead

‘Mission Accomplished’: What you need to know about ‘new normal’ as COVID-19 restrictions lifted across Costa Blanca and Spain’s Valencia region

THE region of Valencia has moved into a new phase of ‘de-escalation’ of COVID-19 restrictions which begins on Tuesday, September 28 and will last until October 8. Regional president Ximo Puig announced

29 Sep, 2021 @ 11:59

Alicante·Castellon·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Must Read·Valencia·Valencian Community

COVID restrictions set to be loosened for bars and restaurants across Spain’s Balearic Islands

It is expected that the capacity limit indoors will be increased to 75%

24 Sep, 2021 @ 14:30

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead·Mallorca

Ibiza loosens restrictions as airport revealed as ONLY one in Spain to recover pre-COVID-19 traffic this summer

From Wednesday September 15, social interactions between people that do not live together can take place at night

13 Sep, 2021 @ 18:30

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead·Mallorca

New restrictions could return to bars and restaurants in areas of Spain with high COVID-19 rates and rising hospital admissions

Angry nightlife businesses in Spain’s Murcia region fume over indoor closures being maintained

A Murcia hospitality group is angry that sizeable gatherings will be allowed in the region but nightlife traders still can’t welcome indoor customers. Hoytu association president, Jesus Jiminez, took to social media

7 Sep, 2021 @ 12:22

Lead·Murcia

Spain’s Malaga records the lowest number of daily Covid infections in seven months and zero deaths

Spain’s Malaga reports zero COVID-19 deaths for first time in over a month

ENCOURAGING data reveals zero COVID-19 deaths in the province of Malaga for the first time in over a month. According to data provided by the Regional Ministry of Health, there were zero

7 Sep, 2021 @ 09:15

Health·Lead·Malaga

EXPLAINER: Two new major rule changes in COVID-19 restrictions for Spain’s Balearic Islands

These new measures will come into force from midnight and stay in place until they are reviewed on Monday, September 13

6 Sep, 2021 @ 15:00

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead·Mallorca

Lower infections and hospital admissions but ‘nothing decided’ over September COVID-19 restrictions in Costa Blanca area of Spain

THE Valencian government will wait until the last minute before deciding on COVID-19 restrictions to replace current measures which end on September 6. Health Minister, Ana Barcelo, said today(August 27) that there

27 Aug, 2021 @ 19:00

Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencia

Inspectors find high number of bar and clubs breaking COVID health rules in Murcia area of Spain

Cash-strapped nightclubs and late bars on the Costa Blanca brand summer season as a disaster in Spain

LATE bars and nightclubs in the Valencian Community say they are only generating just over a quarter of their 2019 income levels. A survey from the Spain by Night, Fotor, and Alroa

26 Aug, 2021 @ 12:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Benidorm bars and restaurants forced to close due to lack of staff for peak tourist season on Spain's Costa Blanca

New COVID-19 measures in Spain’s Malaga as province transitions back to less restrictive Alert Level 2

THE whole of Malaga has been given the green light to transition into the less restrictive Alert Level 2 and with it, the province sees an easing of COVID-19 measures. The new

19 Aug, 2021 @ 10:00

Lead·Malaga·Other News

Summer in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain is 'killed off' due to 'disproportionate' restrictions

Summer in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain is ‘killed off’ due to ‘disproportionate’ COVID-19 restrictions

NEW restrictions to fight COVID-19 infections introduced by the Valencian government have been branded as ‘consummating the death of the summer’. Night curfews have been extended today(July 26) to 77 municipalities including

26 Jul, 2021 @ 11:40

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Make a splash: Hundreds of private swimming pools across Spain now available to rent by the hour

IF your property in Spain has a private swimming pool you could earn up to €1,200 a month by renting it out to those who aren’t lucky enough to have one of

24 Jul, 2021 @ 10:30

Lead·National News

Benidorm mayor attacks new COVID rule that discriminates against bars and restaurants in Costa Blanca area of Spain

Benidorm mayor declares Costa Blanca tourism in Spain is ‘sunk’ due to new restrictions like night curfews

BENIDORM mayor, Toni Perez, has described new Valencian government restrictions to fight rising COVID-19 infections as a ‘betrayal of the Costa Blanca tourism sector’. He declared that tourism is ‘sunk’ and that

23 Jul, 2021 @ 15:57

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Benidorm set for night-time curfew after big COVID case rises in Costa Blanca area of Spain

CURFEW areas will be extended across the Valencian Community from Monday(July 26) subject to the approval of the region’s Superior Court. Costa Blanca tourist spots like Alicante, Alfas del Pi, Benidorm, Calpe,

22 Jul, 2021 @ 12:45

Benidorm·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencia

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