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Spain’s Andalucia sees arrival of 900,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines adapted to variants
THE vaccination drive using this new delivery of vaccines will begin today, September 26, throughout Spain—with a total of 933,120 doses delivered to Andalucia...
Double Whammy: Spain’s Andalucia to launch Flu and COVID-19 winter vaccination campaign
A PLANNED and targeted winter vaccination campaign will kick-off in Andalucia on October 3.
Junta Chief Juanma Moreno has announced the flu vaccination campaign will...
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 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...
Spain wants to ‘dose-spare’ monkeypox vaccine as supplies are scarce
SPAIN is planning to hand out smaller doses of the monkeypox vaccine as there are not enough supplies to go round.
Over 5,000 monkeypox cases...
Spain’s new Covid vaccine gets massive EU order despite no official approval to use it
THE European Commission has agreed to buy 250 million doses of Spain's Hipra Covid-19 vaccine despite the European Medicines Agency(EMA) yet to formally approve...
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...
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...
Fully vaccinated healthcare worker in Spain caught Covid twice within three weeks setting new record for reinfection
A 31-year-old woman in Spain set a record with the shortest known gap between infections when she caught Covid twice 20 days apart.
Although it...
Malaga nurse discovers mosquito in Moderna vaccine and forces recall of 765K doses across Spain and beyond
A MOSQUITO was discovered floating within a vial containing the Moderna vaccine forcing 760,000 doses to be recalled.
A nurse from Malaga discovered the offending...
Spain’s Hipra booster vaccine against Covid-19 could be ready by summer
A Covid-19 booster vaccine made by a Spanish pharmaceutical firm has moved a step closer to being approved and could be on the market...
Oral vaccine due soon for those with poor immune systems on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A NEW vaccine has been provided in the fight against Covid-19 that can be taken orally.
Developed especially for those with weak immune systems, it...
Go ahead for final phase clinical trials of Spain’s own COVID-19 vaccine
SPAIN'S first domestically-made COVID-19 vaccine produced by Hipra is to start its final phase of clinical trials.
Approval was given by the Spanish Agency for...
Parents shocked as young son gets unauthorised COVID-19 vaccine jab at Valencia school in Spain
PARENTS of a Valencia area child have gone to court after he got an unauthorised COVID-19 vaccination on Monday.
The boy attends school in Paterna...
Make a date with a vaccine: How Tinder is being used to target unvaccinated youth in Spain’s Catalunya
HEALTH authorities in Catalunya have resorted to dating app Tinder in a bid to encourage unvaccinated young people to make a date with the...
READER’S QUESTION: When can I get a booster in Spain if I recently recovered from COVID?
SPAIN is rolling out a nationwide strategy to give a third dose of the vaccine to those already vaccinated in a bid to keep...
Costa Blanca mayor who got early COVID-19 vaccine jab in Spain may get 12-year top job ban
LA NUCIA'S mayor, Bernabe Cano, could be barred from holding his area's highest office for 12 years if convicted of COVID-19 vaccine queue jumping.
Cano...
Researchers reveal which vaccine is more effective: Pfizer or Moderna
A STUDY involving almost half a million people has been carried out to determine which of the two most popular vaccines are more effective...
Half of anti-vaxxers in Spain’s Balearic Islands are expat residents
HEALTH authorities in the Balearics are concerned after it emerged half of those who have yet to vaccinated are among the foreign resident population...
Spanish vaccine against Covid enters second phase of clinical trials
A VACCINE developed in Spain against Covid has entered the second phase of clinical trials involving 1,000 volunteers.
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday,...
Andalucia wants to vaccinate children under 11 against Covid in December
THE Minister of Health and Families for the Junta de Andalucia, Jesus Aguirre, has announced today, Saturday, November 13, that he hopes to be able...
Limits to Brits travelling abroad ‘considered for those who fail to take booster jabs’
LIMITS to Britains travelling abroad that are eligible but do not take a third booster jab are being considered by UK ministers.
If the proposal...
Double standards: Fully-vaxxed Brit expats arriving in UK from Spain discover they don’t have the same quarantine exemptions as...
AN Olive Press reader has slammed the “double standards” imposed by UK authorities after discovering a major pitfall of visiting the UK from Spain...
REVEALED: UK has Covid rates SEVENTEEN times higher than Spain but travel restrictions remain
THE UNITED KINGDOM currently has Covid-19 infection rates SEVENTEEN times higher than Spain.
Despite this, travel restrictions between the two countries imply that travelling from...
COVID-19 VACCINE: Spain to give booster jab to care home residents and other vulnerable groups
SPAIN has announced it will immediately roll out plans to administer a third dose of Covid-19 vaccine to those considered the most vulnerable.
Elderly people...
ANALYSIS: Spain set to meet 70% vaccination target but does it really matter?
SPAIN is set to meet its target of having 70% of the population vaccinated by the end of August, and although this is certainly...
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