COVID-19

'Metoprolol', a drug that costs less than two euros and has so far been used against cardiovascular diseases, could be useful in critical patients with coronaviruses. These are the encouraging data that show the first results of a pilot study of 20 patients diagnosed with severe COVID-19 and who improved their lung function and needed fewer days in the ICU after administering this drug. The research is being carried out […]

A report by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), responsible for disease control and prevention in Germany, points out that as of this past Sunday all of Spain is no longer on the list of high-risk countries by Covid-19 for Germany. This decision has been welcomed by the tourism sector of the Balearic Islands, as they are its main issuing market. Also, Chile and the capital of Portugal, Lisbon, are no […]

The Ministry of Health of Japan suspends "as a precautionary measure" the use of 1,630,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine against COVID-19. The pharmaceutical company points out that the problem may have arisen at a production site in Spain. According to the Ministry, this decision was taken after finding "abnormal substances" in one of the batches received from the Moderna covid vaccine. A spokesperson for the Ministry also confirms that […]

The High Court of Justice of Navarre has once again authorised the application of the Provincial Government to extend the night curfew. In this way, it will be valid until next Thursday, September 2, between 01:00 and 06:00 on weekends and the days on which would correspond the celebration of the patron saint festivities, which have been suspended as a result of the coronavirus. The High Court of Justice of […]

Practically since the beginning of the pandemic, municipalities of the Marina of all political colors have been informing the media of the different actions that their local police were carrying out to enforce the restrictions against the coronavirus. Dénia offers the police part of the previous day every day; and, although more intermittently, the actions of its agents are also disseminated by the consistories of Jávea, Teulada Moraira, or Benissa. […]

Even with the curfew in force from 1 to 6 in the morning, in Denia there are those who prolong the party until the early hours of the morning. From 1:00h in the morning, police interventions took place yesterday. At 1:18h, for neighborhood nuisance in the street Loreto, and 20 minutes later for similar events in the street Xàtiva. At 4:15h, the officers arrived at a villa on Rigel Street […]

Infections with COVID-19 continue to rebound in nursing homes, which in turn is leading to an increase in the number of deaths in nursing homes. An example of this is at Amorebieta’s residence in Vizcaya, where an outbreak with 25 cases has been detected. The virus is again a concern in all the autonomous communities despite the fact that 100% of residents are immunized against the disease. For this reason, […]

Having lifted the quarantine requirement upon arrival in Spain for travellers from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Namibia and South Africa. The only health obligation to be fulfilled by any traveller coming from another country shall be to present the vaccination certificate, as received in full, of one of the coronavirus vaccines, or to submit a negative PCR or antigen test. The ambassador of Colombia in Spain, Luis Guillermo Plata, has […]

Placing hospitalized patients with severe coronavirus -not intubated- in a prone position, i.e., face down, improves their prognosis and reduces the need for intubation and therefore, of mortality, according to the results of an international clinical trial conducted in 42 hospitals in six countries, including the Spanish hospitals Vall d'Hebron and Hospital del Mar. This study has been published by the scientific journal 'The Lancet Respiratory Medicine', and it is […]