COVID-19

PANDEMIC health measures – including the compulsory wearing of masks outdoors – could be relaxed in the coming days thanks to the success of the vaccination programme. Government chief epidemiologist Fernando Simón said as the Covid-19 dataimproves and immunisation of the public proceeds, the health ministry wasconsidering reducing measures introduced in the battle against contagion. Simón, director of the coordination centre for health alerts, told a press conference “it is […]

Imminent return as holiday destination SPAIN’S Canary Islands is in contact with the British government in a bid to have the popular holiday destination added to the green list. Ángel Víctor Torres, president of the islands’ government, has announced the UK could “imminently” remove the archipelago from the list of countries to discourage travel in the ongoing Covid-19 crisis. He underlined the government was in “constant contact” with the UK […]

Spain’s health department reviews strategy SPAIN’S health chiefs decide next week how to proceed with the vaccination of some two million people who received a first AstraZeneca shot but were denied the second over fears concerning rare blood clots. The decision involves continuing with the programme – which regulators have ruled the benefits far outweigh the risks – or use a cocktail of vaccine and administering a Pfizer shot. Research […]

One in three residents have had one shot VALENCIA president Ximo Puig says June is the “key month” in the region’s vaccination campaign as the programme continues “at a good pace”. He said people aged 40 to 50 would start to receive shots from June 17, while overt eh first two weeks of the month everyone aged over 50 will have had one jab or be fully immunised. Outlining progress […]

SPAIN plans to welcome back British visitors without requiring a negative PCR test for coronavirus on arrival from May 20. The country’s minister for tourism Reyes Maroto said as long as the Covid-19 infection rate continues to fall in the UK, summer holidays on the Costas would begin again. More than 18 million British tourists travelled to Spain in 2019 – key to the holiday market as the biggest group […]

SPANISH prime minister Pedro Sánchez says the country’s vaccination programme is on track to achieve herd immunity this summer. The target is to have 70% of all adults vaccinated by August 18. To date Spain has administered 19 million shots and 28% of the population has received at least one dose; 12.6% have had the two shots. Speaking during an official visit to Greece, the premier was revealing a target […]

VALENCIA president Ximo Puig reacted to mass street parties across Spain as the country’s state of alarm ended by saying all visitors to the region were expected to obey ongoing rules. While Valencia has eased its Covid-19 health rules, he said people must not “exceed the conditions” in force until the next review on May 24. The politician said while the end of the countrywide coronavirus pandemicemergency declared by central […]

Valencia delays curfew until the midnight hour HEALTH rules across Valencia have now relaxed allowing people in the region in another step towards normality. The start of the curfew has been extended from 10pm until midnight; a shutdown on the streets still in place until 6am the following morning. And the hospitality sector stands to immediately benefit – instead of being forced to close at 10pm under the Covid-19 pandemic […]