Year: 2020

The rise in coronavirus infections that Spain has been seeing in recent weeks has prompted a spike in the number of Covid-19-related deaths due to the serious pneumonia that the virus causes. According to data from the Health Ministry, 131 people with coronavirus have died in the last seven days, twice that which the ministry released on Tuesday, and 11 times more than the 12 deaths that were reported in […]

The latest figures released by the Spanish Health Ministry for the number of people who have tested positive for Coronavirus (Covid-19) is now 377,906. This is an overall increase of 7,039 against the figure released on Wednesday, with the ministry saying that 3,349 of these infections occurred in the previous 24 hours. New figures show that 1,407 people have required hospital treatment in the past 7 days, with 90 in […]

The Albacete town of Villamalea, population 4,000, has returned to lockdown for two weeks after 99 people tested COVID-19-positive in the past few weeks. A local judge ordered the confinement following two outbreaks: one among a family-run mushroom farming business; the other from an Altea stag night. A medical report that carried measures to close down nightclubs last week said the outbreak began with 17 positives at the mushroom farming […]

Ministers for health and education have planned a meeting for next Thursday the 27th to discuss strategy before children in Spain go back to school. Classes begin on different dates in different regions, with some of the earliest new terms starting on Friday the 4th of September. The ministries will design a full procedure which will take on board feedback from the regional governments in order to prevent contagion in […]

The European Centre for Disease Protection and Control has placed Spain at the top of the list of EU and EEA countries as the latest Covid 19 figures revealed a surge in new cases across the country. Spain's now become the only country listed with more than 100 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants, at 132.2, exceeding the figure of the next highest rate of 98 recorded in both Luxembourg and […]

Police have shut down a brothel in Cox, in Alicante's Vega Baja, following a coronavirus outbreak among workers. PCR tests are being conducted on all staff at the brothel, according to Diario Informacion. The alarm was raised when one of the workers presented mild flu symptoms that were later confirmed as COVID-19. Personnel from Orihuela’s health department are now tracking and isolating any potential new patients – so far four […]

Albacete's provincial health department has decreed the closing of bars in Villamalea – 1hr 30mins from Valencia city – as well as cessation of religious activity after a coronavirus outbreak of 29 cases. The cases are related to a stag night that happened in Altea over the last few weeks and led to 11 PCR-confirmed cases in Villamalea, a document from Villamalea's Ayuntamiento said. The remainder of the cases were […]