Year: 2020

Spain's central government has announced that 20 million doses of breakthrough-vaccine Pfizer will be in Spain by 'April to May' 2021. American-based Pfizer yesterday announced their new COVID-19 vaccine prevents the respiratory disease in 90% of patients. It was news that sent the stock market soaring – see how EasyJet stocks rose 27% in our write-up here. This morning, Spain's health minister told state television station TVE he was signing […]

Shares in FTSE companies have shot up today after a COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer showed promising results – tourism, entertainment and hospitality have biggest industry winners so far. The FTSE 100 raced up 5% today with some of the worst-affected stocks during the COVID-19 pandemic leading the market. Tourism-related business such as airport catering giant Compass shot up 42%, while British Airways' owner IAG jumped 23% and EasyJet surged 27%. […]

Spain's director of health emergencies, Fernando Simon, replied to questions from Spanish newssite for the elderly 65ymas.com. Fernando Simon has said a lockdown of over-70s could be a 'useful' measure to reduce COVID-19 infections. During a televised press briefing last week Thursday, the health expert said such a lockdown could be used in place of a full '100% lockdown'. Simon however reminded a journalist from 65ymas.com – who asked the […]

The Junta de Andalucía has published a decree announcing the closure of its 785 municipal borders, among other measures – read the document in Spanish here. Andalucía will confine its 8.4 million residents within their town borders tomorrow, Tuesday 9th November, at 00:00 hours. Police stops could meet anyone entering or entering one of Andalucía's 785 municipios, with the potential of fines for unjustified journeys. (See below.) In a televised […]

President of the Valencian Community, Ximo Puig, addressed 5 million Valencians in a live briefing to announce new measures across the territory. Read the official text in Spanish here. New measures have been introduced across the Valencian region – in effect midnight tonight until 9th December. The measures mean COVID-19 restrictions are the SAME across the provinces of Alicante, Valencia and Castellón – except for Elda and Petrer, whose municipal […]

The decree enforcing border closures in Elda and Petrer have been published in the Diari Oficial de la Generalitat Valenciana – read in Spanish here. The Generalitat Valenciana has decreed the closure of municipal borders surrounding Elda and Petrer – in Alicante's mountainous interior. Residents will face fines if they enter or leave the two municipalities without justified cause for 14 days, from 00:00 tomorrow morning. Exceptions are the same […]

**UPDATE 1: Valencian Community president Ximo Puig has announced new sweeping measures across the Valencian Community today. Read here. Restaurants have NOT closed. ** UPDATE 2: Elda and Petrer in Alicante will close municipal borders at midnight tonight. Read here. Murcia, Cataluña, Navarra, Asturias, Castilla y León, Galicia and La Rioja have shutdown their hospitality industries to lower COVID-19 infections – but the Valencian Community will not follow suit. President of the […]