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COVID-19

Spain struggles in fight to identify new mutants

SPAIN will not be able to hit the EU target of testing 5% of all positive cases of coronavirus before the summer – said to be vital in identifying new strains of coronavirus. The European Commission’s goal is to genetically sequence at least 5% of all positive cases; considered key to fighting new more-contagious variations of Covid-19, such as those discovered in Britain, South Africa and Brazil. The mutants are […]

todayFebruary 23, 2021 13

COVID-19

Two shot vaccination campaign questioned

SPAIN rides high in the charts for its success in delivering two doses of Covid-19 vaccine to people – Israel is the world leader – but the strategy is being questioned. According to ‘Our World in Data’ run by Oxford University, 2.4% of the population have received full protection have received two jabs; Israel has managed a third. While this is a success, the flip side is that every second […]

todayFebruary 23, 2021 10

Spanish News

Barcelona suffers weekend of looting

PROTESTS over the jailing of rapper Pablo Hasél descended into looting andvandalism in Barcelona on Saturday and Sunday nights. It was the sixth night of protests in the city, first triggered last week when the rapper was arrested to serve a nine-month prison sentence for using social media to praise terrorism and insult the Spanish Crown. It immediately sparked demonstrations in support of freedom of speech across Catalonia on Tuesday […]

todayFebruary 22, 2021 20

Spanish News

Woman held 12 months in garage ‘prison’

A MARRIED couple have been arrested for keeping a woman prisoner in a garage for over 12 months while making her work as a servant without pay. The Algerian 50-year-old husband and his wife, 44, have been charged with human trafficking after holding their victim against her will in ‘inhumane’ conditions after luring her to Spain with promises of official papers and a work contract. The Guardia Civil said the […]

todayFebruary 22, 2021 28

COVID-19

Single dose of Pfizer is 85% effective

RESEARCHERS have found a single dose of the Pfizer shot – the first vaccine brought into use in Spain to combat the Covid-19 pandemic – is 85% effective. The medical study will fuel the debate over the two-dose recommendation for the jab as governments grapple with supply shortages across the European Union and the call for rich countries to donated vaccines to poorer neighbours. Health workers at the Sheba Medical […]

todayFebruary 19, 2021 16

COVID-19

The queue for a vaccine

SPAIN has announced the next priority groups in line to receive a Covid-19 shot as regions begin to vaccinate the over-80s. The public health committee of the national healthcare system puts the 60 to 79 age bracket next in line in the queue – those aged between 70 and 79 first, followed by the 60 to 69-year-olds - as well as people aged under 60 with underlying medical conditions. After […]

todayFebruary 18, 2021 30

Spanish News

Time is ticking for the peseta

PEOPLE across Spain who have hoarded an estimated €1.5 billion stockpile of pesetas have until June 30 to exchange them for euros – a deadline extended from December 30 by the Bank of Spain because of the Covid-19 crisis. The country adopted the euro in 2002, one of the first countries to welcome the European new currency, but the popular peseta remained tucked away in homes after the short period […]

todayFebruary 18, 2021 23

COVID-19

Shot in the arm for vaccination target

SPAIN has started vaccinating people aged over 80 in the drive to meet the government target of having 70% of the population immunised against Covid-19 by the end of summer. At least seven of the country’s regional authorities - Andalusia, Aragón, Murcia, the Canary Islands, Cantabria, Catalonia and Valencia - have started or are ready to give the jab to the group; even as they finish the first priority stage […]

todayFebruary 17, 2021 18

Spanish News

Call for probe after neo-Nazi march in Madrid

SPAIN’S Jewish communities are demanding a hate crime investigation after a chilling march by chanting fascists carried Nazi symbols through the streets. The Federation of Jewish Communities in Spain (FCJE) is calling for the public prosecutor to probe the “disgusting” event after antisemitic chants and speeches were made and videos were posted on an online magazine. The demonstration was allegedly held to ‘honour’ the División Azul – the Blue Division […]

todayFebruary 17, 2021 9

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