Year: 2020

Spain’s services sector grew modestly for the second month in a row in July after a coronavirus lockdown decimated economic activity in April and May, but firms still shed jobs amid an uncertain future. Markit’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) of services companies, which account for around half of Spain’s economic output, rose to 51.9 from 50.2 in June. The 50 line separates growth from contraction, and the survey hit a […]

The Education Ministry has created a committee to evaluate the impact of Covid-19 on non-university studies and adopt the necessary measures ahead of the new academic year. Andalusian education officials said that schools across the region will return pupils to class rooms and that the regional government will conduct 143,000 tests on teachers, as well as hand out three million face masks a month. The issue of whether and how […]

Spain’s tourism industry continues to feel the impact of the coronavirus crisis. According to the latest figures from the National Statistics Institute (INE), just 204,926 international visitors arrived in Spain in June, a drop of 97.7% from the same month in 2019.This makes it the worst semester on record for the Spanish tourism industry, with just 10.78 million visitors, a fall of 71.7% from the same period in 2019. Tourist […]

The latest figures from the Spanish Health Ministry for the number of people who have tested positive for Coronavirus (Covid-19) is now 305,767. This is an overall increase of 2,953 against the figure released on Tuesday, yet with the ministry stating that 1,772 infections have occurred in the previous 24 hours. The figures exclude data from Castilla La Mancha and the Basque Country.

In a bid to attract much-needed tourism, the regional government of the Canary Islands has announced that it will cover all coronavirus-related costs of visitors to the archipelago who contract the disease, regardless of whether they are Spaniards or citizens of other countries. Under the terms of the insurance deal struck by regional authorities with AXA España for €450,000, any tourist who tests positive for Covid-19 during their stay in […]

Swiss health authorities have said they will impose a 10-day quarantine on travelers from Spain, except those arrving from the Canary and Balearic islands. The measure will take effect this Saturday, and health authorities warned that self-isolation will be mandatory even with a negative Covid-19 test. The Valencia region, Catalonia and Andalusia stand to lose the most from the decision. Switzerland ranks 11th on the list of source countries for […]

A quick guide to using the Valencian government's (Generalitat) webpage showing coronavirus statistics right down to the municipal level. *Note: the statistics are based on data from PCR tests. Antibody tests are not included in these statistics. https://youtu.be/tUjo673pMuk