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SPAIN’S Covid-19 vaccination programme is being hampered by logistical problems to get jabs in arms, complain medical unions - as just 75% of doses received last week were actually used. Nursing union Satse said the “easiest part” – immunising residents of nursing homes, frontline healthcare staff and vulnerable people – was over and the ongoing campaign, the next phase is people aged over 80 and essential workers aged under 55, […]

LIFTING Covid-19 restrictions across Valencia will be “cautious and prudent” said regional president Ximo Puig as he announced the easing of rules from Monday. Much-anticipated changes were announced on Thursday by the politicianaccompanied by the Minister of Health, Ana Barceló after a governmentinterdepartmental meeting; which monitors the progress of the pandemic and the plans to halt it. The new relaxed measures include the gradual re-opening of the hard-hit hospitality industry. Cafes, bars […]

MASS vaccination of people against Covid-19 will begin across Valencia on April 1, president Ximo Puig announced in the regional parliament today. One in three municipalities across the three provinces of the region will have a mass vaccination point, while the 16 communities with populations of over 50,000 people will have ‘several’ facilities. The remaining 145 facilities represent about 30% of municipalities in Valencia. Each of the centres to vaccinate […]

TRAVEL restrictions on arrivals from the United Kingdom, Brazil and South Africa have been extended until March 16 as Spain attempts to prevent the spread of more contagious variants of Covid-19. The Spanish government acted as current rules were due to expire on March 2; the policy is aimed at preventing the spread of coronavirus mutations which could cause a fresh surge in case numbers. It means only Spanish citizens […]

THE Spanish government has announced a €11 billion support package for the tourism and hospitality sectors hit by the economic fallout of the Covid-19 crisis. The aid is aimed at “companies, small and medium-sized enterprises and self-employed workers” according to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. Announcing the financial lifebelt, the premier told the Congress of Deputies in Madrid: “We do not just want to save businesses but to strengthen them as […]