COVID-19

The president of the Generalitat, Ximo Puig, has announced a relaxation of the rules and recommendations established for the celebration of popular festivals in the Valencian Community that aims to make compatible the "maximum health security" with the "greater normality" in the development of the acts that are programmed. Logically its first application will be for the Fallas, which in the Marina Alta are held in Dénia, Pego and Calpe. […]

The product most in demand in the last two years following the coronavirus pandemic is the mask. Since 2020, the authorities have been urging the use of masks to prevent the spread of coronaviruses. From South Korea they have launched a new and curious mask that only covers the nose and can be worn while eating or drinking. The new mask has been named kosk, a combination of ko, Korean […]

The Spanish government has decided to change its travel rules to allow unvaccinated 12 to 18 year olds from the United Kingdom to enter the country if they present a negative PCR or similar NAAT test. The announcement follows calls by regional governments and tourism groups to make an exception for teens, after thousands of holiday cancellations by British families. The change comes into effect from next Monday, the 14th, […]

The use of the mask outdoors is no longer mandatory since yesterday. Catalonia takes a step forward and reopens discos after almost two years closed due to the incidence of COVID-19. Galicia also removes restrictions on schedules from Saturday. Navarre will remove some restrictions starting next week, such as the covid passport, which will also be removed in the Balearic Islands this Saturday. Only the Basque Country, Galicia and Murcia […]

European Union Foreign and Health Ministers met today in the French city of Lyon to define a common strategy to deal with future pandemics. At the meeting, the Spanish Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, has opted for an endemic surveillance model of the coronavirus. " The pandemic has more and more endemic characteristics and therefore we have to go to a new model of surveillance", she said. She also called […]

The mask is no longer mandatory on the street. The Official State Gazette (BOE) published this Wednesday the decree, which begins to be effective today Thursday. The measure had been applied since before Christmas, when the Government, in full escalation of cases by the omicron variant decided to re-impose the use of the mask outdoors. Now, almost two months later, we say goodbye to masks. Although today the mask is […]

The Council of Ministers approves today the end of the use of masks outdoors, we will only have to wear it at mass events. While if we are standing or sitting without being able to maintain the minimum safe distance, in street crowds or shopping centers the use of the mask becomes a recommendation. This measure was agreed at a meeting of the Interterritorial Council of the National Health System […]

In recent weeks, child vaccination against coronavirus has stalled. Only 55 percent of children between the ages of 5 and 11 have received the first dose when the government’s goal was to reach 70 percent this week. The messages about the end of the pandemic and that the omni variant is much weaker and sometimes resembles a cold, have made parents relax. It started strong, but vaccination for children aged […]

The director of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Europe, Hans Kluge, said this Thursday that thanks to the high rate of vaccinated and infected population of coronavirus and the lower lethality of the omicron variant, Europe is in a "unique" situation to control the coronavirus pandemic and has the potential to drive a change in strategy. Despite the situation in the old continent, Kluge warns that the pandemic is […]