COVID-19

THE president of Valencia Ximo Puig will keep the region’s borders closed over the Easter holidays to prevent the risk of triggering a fourth wave of Covid-19. The perimeter closure will be maintained to prevent outing the continued efforts to control the spread of the disease ‘at risk’ – and the authority is looking for allies in support of neighbouring regions. A meeting of health chiefs from all 17 autonomous […]

GROWING numbers of Spanish regional authorities are calling for ‘perimeter closure’ this Easter to limit movements and prevent spreading Covid-19 over the holiday. President of the Valencia government Ximo Puig has joined the Balearic Islands, Aragon, Murcia, Catalonia and Castilla-La Mancha in a joint position calling for control measures. And they are calling for agreement between all 17 of the regions to come together and reach agreement over border closure […]

SPAIN may open its doors to vaccinated British tourists this summer even if the European Union cannot agree a Covid-19 passport policy. Madrid is considering a unilateral deal with the UK and a ‘green corridor’ for visitors who spent £18 billion in Spain in 2019 as Britain’s favourite destination before numbers plummeted last year. Tourism minister Fernando Valdés said his government would seek to reach common agreement with all 27 […]

Six more people have lost their lives to coronavirus in the last four days in the Marina Alta according to the latest update from the Health Ministry, which shows that mortality is still hitting the region because of the virulence that the third wave of the epidemic had. Calpe has concentrated half of the deceased, with 3, while the others came from Xàbia, Ondara and Verger. The region has registered […]

The Ministry of Health publishes the document on the vaccination strategy in Spain in which it recommends taking paracetamol before receiving the vaccine AstraZeneca against coronavirus to alleviate the side effects, such as local pain, fever or discomfort. Sanidad advises the administration of paracetamol before receiving the coronavirus vaccine from AstraZeneca. This is the recommendation included in its update number 4 of the 'Vaccination strategy against COVID-19 in Spain', following […]

SPAIN’S Covid-19 vaccination programme is being hampered by logistical problems to get jabs in arms, complain medical unions - as just 75% of doses received last week were actually used. Nursing union Satse said the “easiest part” – immunising residents of nursing homes, frontline healthcare staff and vulnerable people – was over and the ongoing campaign, the next phase is people aged over 80 and essential workers aged under 55, […]

LIFTING Covid-19 restrictions across Valencia will be “cautious and prudent” said regional president Ximo Puig as he announced the easing of rules from Monday. Much-anticipated changes were announced on Thursday by the politicianaccompanied by the Minister of Health, Ana Barceló after a governmentinterdepartmental meeting; which monitors the progress of the pandemic and the plans to halt it. The new relaxed measures include the gradual re-opening of the hard-hit hospitality industry. Cafes, bars […]

MASS vaccination of people against Covid-19 will begin across Valencia on April 1, president Ximo Puig announced in the regional parliament today. One in three municipalities across the three provinces of the region will have a mass vaccination point, while the 16 communities with populations of over 50,000 people will have ‘several’ facilities. The remaining 145 facilities represent about 30% of municipalities in Valencia. Each of the centres to vaccinate […]

TRAVEL restrictions on arrivals from the United Kingdom, Brazil and South Africa have been extended until March 16 as Spain attempts to prevent the spread of more contagious variants of Covid-19. The Spanish government acted as current rules were due to expire on March 2; the policy is aimed at preventing the spread of coronavirus mutations which could cause a fresh surge in case numbers. It means only Spanish citizens […]