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Some volunteers have quit Johnson & Johnson's Covid 19 vaccine trial in Spain after news of side effects in a participant in AstraZeneca's trial, temporarily put it on hold. The Spanish programme's lead investigator, Alberto Borobia, said there were enough reserve volunteers for the trial to continue as normal, however. Johnson & Johnson began Phase II trials of its Covid 19 vaccine on 190 people here in Spain on Monday […]

Catalonia has reported four cases of Covid-19 reinfection, with one patient having been admitted into the intensive care unit at a hospital in Badalona in Barcelona province. Bonaventura Clotet, the head of Infectious Diseases at the hospital, said a doctor at Palamós hospital in Girona province had also been admitted to ICU, but his prognosis was good and that he was expected to recover. At the end of August, a […]

Britain has been knocked off its traditional top spot as Spain's most important foreign tourism market for the first time in decades. More French holidaymakers picked Spain in July than Brits or Germans in a historic reversal of the sunshine destination's overall tourism figures. The Covid-19 pandemic has been blamed for the dent in the UK's love affair with Spain. Only 378,000 British tourists visited the country in July ahead […]

In an attempt to salvage the winter season, Benidorm is aiming to develop a travel corridor with the UK, via Alicante-Elche Airport, which would involve UK tourists being tested on arrival and departure, rather than having to quarantine. Saying that Benidorm was a safe destination in terms of Covid-19 infections, mayor Toni Pérez pointed out that ‘not a single case has been recorded among international tourists’. He also said that […]

The latest figures released on Friday by the Spanish Health Ministry for the number of people who have tested positive for Covid-19 is 566,326. This is an overall increase of 12,183 against the figure released on Thursday, although the ministry says 4,708 of the infections occurred in the previous 24 hours. 112,364 cases of Coronavirus have been detected in the past 14 days, infections detected in the past 7 is […]

The government is pleading with young people to stop holding illegal parties as the country's rising COVID-19 caseload continues to lead the way in Europe's impending second wave of infections. In spite of warnings Madrid police have caught and fined 73 people who ignored a ban on late-night gatherings by partying in a basement sauna where no one wore a face mask. Last weekend, 75 people were caught in an […]

The school, located in the northern town of Zaldibar, reopened on Monday but has shut after the outbreak was detected.  Health officials have not said how many teachers are infected or how long the school will remain shut, but confirmed that all staff are now being tested. The school is believed to be the first in Spain to completely close due to an outbreak, though isolated cases have been reported […]