Year: 2020

Spain aims to roll out a COVID-19 contact-tracing app in September after a pilot showed it could detect almost twice as many potential infections as human trackers. In the absence of a vaccine or cure, states are deploying Bluetooth wireless technology to log contacts and alert people when someone they have been near tests positive. Spain's app was developed by Google and Apple and holds data on individual devices to […]

Spain reported 968 new coronavirus infections yesterday, showing a slower pace of contagion than last week when the country reported more than 1,000 new cases for three days in a row. Cumulative cases, which also include results from antibody tests on people who may have recovered, increased to 297,054 from 288,522, the health ministry said. The number of active clusters grew to 560 from 483 on Thursday, when they were […]

Spain received 204,926 foreign tourists in June, a 97.7% fall from the same month in 2019, after the border closures to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. As in April and May, the arrival of international visitors in June was affected by the state of alarm imposed by the Government to stop coronavirus, which expired on June 21. As a consequence of this exceptional measure, which entered into force on March 14 […]

The latest official figures released by the Spanish Health Ministry today for the number of people who have tested positive for Coronavirus (Covid-19) is now 297,054. This is an overall increase of 8,532 against the figure released on Friday, yet with the ministry stating that 968 of these infections have occurred in the previous 24 hours. However, the figures released today do not include data from Madrid, Catalonia or Navarra […]

Two towns just three miles apart in north-west Spain went back in lockdown on Sunday, following a new outbreak of coronavirus. At least 49 people have tested positive following an outbreak at a slaughterhouse. Now around 10,000 residents in Iscar and Pedrajas de San Esteban, in Valladolid, must remain in their homes unless they have to go out for an 'unavoidable' reason.

Quarantine on British travellers and international travel restrictions have conspired to make this summer one of national tourism on the Costa Blanca. The change in numbers was revealed by one Javea hotel and restaurant, Miramar, which noted 80% occupancy by Spanish nationals in a season normally dominated by 'extranjeros'. The influx of a different kind of tourist has meant the restaurant has changed its offerings to cater to a national […]