COVID-19

More than a hundred Spanish travellers are trying to return home from South Africa. However, the new restrictions imposed in several countries due to the fear aroused by the new variant of the Covid-19, Ómicron, has complicated the return process. Without going any further, the Council of Ministers will approve on Tuesday the suspension of flights with South Africa. A measure that has already been agreed in other countries such […]

The Catalan Minister of Health, Josep María Argimon, has announced that the extension of the Covid passport is suspended temporarily, at least until Monday. This has been announced after registering delays and problems on the web after suffering a collapse. This collapse has forced them to postpone their obligation for restaurants and gyms. The La Meva Salut system has collapsed and many users were unable to download the QR code. […]

The new coronavirus variant identified as B.1.1.529 and possessing multiple mutations. Scientists and health authorities in South Africa confirmed on Thursday the detection of a new variant of the coronavirus that worries specialists, although the impact of this new variant has yet to be studied. The new variant presents "a very unusual constellation of mutations", but its "meaning is still uncertain", explained Professor Tulio de Oliveira, of the KwaZulu-Natal Research […]

The European Commission (EC) proposed this Thursday to limit the validity of the covid passport to nine months and to continue to respect the measures aimed at curbing the spread of coronavirus, including the use of masks, in the face of the increase in contagion. The European Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders, explained the details of the new Brussels recommendations on travel within the European Union (EU). In addition, he […]

EMA has recommended the Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11. Pfizer vaccine is already approved for use in adults and children 12 and older. The dose will be lower than that used in people 12 years of age or older and will be given in two injections into the upper arm muscles, three weeks apart. In Spain, in fact, children under 11 years of age have the highest […]

The Ministry of Health and the autonomous communities will meet again this Wednesday at the Inter-territorial Council, where they will discuss some coronavirus issues and measures to prevent the spread, after the Public Health Commission approved on Tuesday the new covid traffic light, which modifies the risk thresholds that measure the alert level of each territory, but the restrictions of each level were not approved. The Ministry of Health and […]

The incidence of Covid-19 in Spain continues to escalate and after the weekend this Monday 15,875 new infections have been reported, 22 deaths and an incidence of 132.19 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. This is not a favourable reality if we take into account the Christmas festivities and their consequent agglomerations. For this reason, the Public Health Commission of the Inter-territorial Health Council has drafted a new draft, detailing the response […]

Despite the good progress of vaccination and the limited impact, which at the moment, is having an increase in the incidence of coronavirus cases, the Spaniards are pessimistic about the evolution of the pandemic. Specifically, 58.5% of Spaniards say they are very or quite concerned about the new data from the COVID-19, although in this respect the percentage of population that claims not to be anything or very little concerned […]

Austria is living its first day of confinement after the increase of cases and incidence by Covid-19 in the country. Home confinement for at least 20 days in the midst of the multiple protests experienced by several countries in Europe in view of the increased restrictions. The situation of the increase in Covid-19 cases in Europe is of increasing concern. So much so that, as the WHO has indicated, if […]