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A CONFIDENT Spanish prime minister said yesterday the country’s vaccination drive had reached “cruising speed” after a record 3.5 million doses were injected into arms last week. Pedro Sánchez believes a law requiring facemasks outside will soon vanish as the rollout gathers pace with almost 15 million people vaccinated in Spain. He said “we will soon drop the use of facemasks” while in the open air nowcampaign to vaccinate people […]

BRITAIN’S biggest budget airline EasyJet is switching planes to Germany to fly European holidaymakers as many of the UK’s favourite destinations remain on the amber list. Different coronavirus travel restrictions mean British tourists have to self-isolate on their return from holiday – but must also supply a negative Covid test before departure and take two PCR tests, costing around £100, during the 10-day quarantine. The amber list now includes Spain, […]

Targets hit in coronavirus response HEALTH authorities across Spain report more than 33 million Covid-19 vaccines are in arms – more than 44% of the entire population, some 21.4 million people, has received at least one shot. The end of the week is expected to bring another target hit; 15 million people will have been fully protected. Fernando Simón, the director of the Health Ministry’s Coordination Centre for Health Alerts, […]

HOLIDAY giant TUI has cancelled more holiday flights as the UK government pushes back ‘Freedom Day’ and increases uncertainty over travel abroad. The tour operator has already scrapped a number of getaways to favouritedestinations and has now put further trips on hold until next month. In a statement: “We want to offer our customers flexibility and choice this summer, so where borders are open and FCDO advice allows travel, we […]

Rise in ‘Delta’ variant means policy change HEALTH chiefs in Madrid are bringing forward a second vaccine dose for the 60 to 69 age group in a bid to control the rise of the ‘Delta’ strain first identified in India. The regional government said there was already transmission of the Covid-19 mutation – deputy healthcare chief Antonio Zapatero said 18 new cases had been detected in addition to four discovered […]