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COVID-19

Spain set to receive Moderna vaccine

THE second vaccine approved by the European Union is on its way with 600,000 doses of Moderna heading to Spain to fight the coronavirus pandemic. The EU has 160 million shots on order, and they will be distributed amongst the 27 member states as they are produced. Said to be more than 94% effective, EU health chiefs have authorised it to inoculate people aged over 18. The jab has a […]

todayJanuary 7, 2021 11

COVID-19

Health chief rules out new lockdown

MINISTER of Health Salvador Illa said today (Thursday) that the Spanishgovernment would not order a new nationwide lockdown despite rising Covid-19 infections. He said the regional governments already had a ‘sufficient range of measures’ to combat the pandemic – including closing their own borders or even sealing off individual areas to all but essential traffic. And he said Madrid did not consider giving regional governments the power to lock up […]

todayJanuary 7, 2021 23

Spanish News

Unemployment surges towards 4 million

THE number of Spanish people registered as unemployed leapt to nearly four million in December as the effect of the coronavirus pandemic continued to bite. The year ended on a four-year high for the jobless as the health emergency hit vital sectors such as hospitality and tourism. And the official government figures put the number out of work at 3.89 million – a 22% year on year rise – which […]

todayJanuary 6, 2021 9

Spanish News

Woman dies in nursing home fire

A RESIDENT died and five people were seriously injured when fire swept through a nursing home in Seville on Tuesday night. The alarm was sounded at around 22.30 and the emergency services received more than a dozen calls about the blaze at the Adorea nursing home in the San Pablo district of the city. The private residence has 108 apartments spread over four floors and about 90 people were thought […]

todayJanuary 6, 2021 27

Misc

Valencia tightens Covid-19 restrictions

VALENCIA will be subject to tougher measures in a bid to control the spike in Covid-19 infections from Thursday (January 7). President of the region Ximo Puig announced the new measures which include closing the hospitality sector from 17.00 and advancing the nightly curfew. And 26 municipalities hit particularly badly by the coronavirus outbreaks will be sealed off, with only essential services allowed to cross community borders. The president said […]

todayJanuary 5, 2021 14

COVID-19

Illicit rave proved monster attraction

RAVERS travelled from Spain and the UK to join an illegal warehouse party planned to stretch five days into the New Year, French police said. More than 2,500 partygoers arrived in Lieuron, near Rennes, in Brittany, in defiance of Covid-19 restrictions which launched on New Year’s Eve and was to continue until Tuesday morning (January 5). The party was over early on Saturday morning after clashes between police and crowds […]

todayJanuary 4, 2021 21

Spanish News

Catalonia lockdown for communities

The regional government approved measures on Monday which will prevent people moving between municipalities – a ‘perimetral lockdown’ – and force the closure of shopping malls at the traditional start of the winter sales for shoppers, with only essential shops opening their doors at weekends. The move comes as the region’s health data worsens; the all-important R number, which measures the speed of transmission of coronavirus rose from 1.11 on […]

todayJanuary 4, 2021 11

Spanish News

TikTok helps save teenager in suicide bid

SOCIAL media site TikTok and international police cooperation successfully combined to save the life of a Spanish teenager. The Belgium youngster, who lives near Benidorm in Alicante, posted her intention to take her own life on the social network. A specialist cybercrime unit in Greece picked up the message and using international protocols alerted Spain’s National Police – even giving the location of the phone used by the unidentified teenager. […]

todayDecember 30, 2020 19

COVID-19

Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine approved in UK

THE second vaccine to fight the Covid-19 pandemic has won approval in the UK and the first doses are scheduled to be given on Monday. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the development of the vaccine was a ‘triumph’ – Britain had 100 million doses on order, enough to treat 50 million people. This will cover the whole of the UK population when combined with the existing Pfizer-BioNTech shot. Britain was […]

todayDecember 30, 2020 15

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