Year: 2020

Promoting a similar message, the Canary Islands has launched a graphic publicity campaign in which a family party turns into tragedy when the grandfather ends up lying unconscious on a hospital bed after contracting COVID-19. “A simple family gathering can bring you a present of 40 days in a coma, or even death,” the slogan reads.

In Catalonia, nearly 8,000 cases were diagnosed in the last 14 days, almost half of the 16,410 detected throughout the country, despite guidelines for residents of regional capital Barcelona to stay at home. Murcia, in the south east of Spain, has sealed off 30,000 people in the town of Totana, barring anyone from entering or leaving after 55 cases linked to a bar were detected there. And, in a deepening […]

Regional authorities across Spain have introduced fresh coronavirus restrictions aimed at stamping out a surge in infections that continues to defy efforts at containment and is damaging tourism. New cases had slowed to a trickle in June, before a nationwide lockdown was lifted, but since then more than 280 clusters have been detected, with wealthy Catalonia the worst affected, leaving hotels largely empty and bars shutting down. Health ministry data […]

Spain's Tourism Minister has admitted that an increasing number of foreign tourists are cancelling their holidays in Spain, with some hotels suffering more cancellations than bookings in July. The municipality of Totana in the Murcia region has returned to Phase ONE after 55 cases were detected...

Spanish Tourism Minister Reyes Maroto says the resurgence in coronavirus cases in Catalonia is under control and she hoped there would be no need for France to close the border. With the pandemic wreaking havoc on Spain’s tourism industry, which accounts for about 12% of economic output, Madrid has voiced concern after French Prime Minister Jean Castex did not rule out closing the border. But Maroto said she is optimstic […]

Madrid’s regional government says it could make face masks compulsory in all situations, even when social distance can be guaranteed, unless the central government imposes stricter controls on arrivals at the capital’s Barajas airport. Madrid and the Canary Islands are the only Spanish regions that do not already have such a rule. Health Minister Salvador Illa told parliament there were 224 active coronavirus clusters in the country, mostly linked to […]

Spain’s parliament has approved the majority of the conclusions from the coronavirus economic and social recovery commission, which was formed in May with the aim of designing plans to help Spain bounce back from the Covid-19 pandemic. The commission, which is made up of politicians from all parties, put forward a series of recommendations on four different issues: the European Union, thehealthcare system, economic reform and social policies. All of […]