COVID-19

Spain's director of health emergencies, Fernando Simon, replied to questions from Spanish newssite for the elderly 65ymas.com. Fernando Simon has said a lockdown of over-70s could be a 'useful' measure to reduce COVID-19 infections. During a televised press briefing last week Thursday, the health expert said such a lockdown could be used in place of a full '100% lockdown'. Simon however reminded a journalist from 65ymas.com – who asked the […]

The Junta de Andalucía has published a decree announcing the closure of its 785 municipal borders, among other measures – read the document in Spanish here. Andalucía will confine its 8.4 million residents within their town borders tomorrow, Tuesday 9th November, at 00:00 hours. Police stops could meet anyone entering or entering one of Andalucía's 785 municipios, with the potential of fines for unjustified journeys. (See below.) In a televised […]

President of the Valencian Community, Ximo Puig, addressed 5 million Valencians in a live briefing to announce new measures across the territory. Read the official text in Spanish here. New measures have been introduced across the Valencian region – in effect midnight tonight until 9th December. The measures mean COVID-19 restrictions are the SAME across the provinces of Alicante, Valencia and Castellón – except for Elda and Petrer, whose municipal […]

The decree enforcing border closures in Elda and Petrer have been published in the Diari Oficial de la Generalitat Valenciana – read in Spanish here. The Generalitat Valenciana has decreed the closure of municipal borders surrounding Elda and Petrer – in Alicante's mountainous interior. Residents will face fines if they enter or leave the two municipalities without justified cause for 14 days, from 00:00 tomorrow morning. Exceptions are the same […]

**UPDATE 1: Valencian Community president Ximo Puig has announced new sweeping measures across the Valencian Community today. Read here. Restaurants have NOT closed. ** UPDATE 2: Elda and Petrer in Alicante will close municipal borders at midnight tonight. Read here. Murcia, Cataluña, Navarra, Asturias, Castilla y León, Galicia and La Rioja have shutdown their hospitality industries to lower COVID-19 infections – but the Valencian Community will not follow suit. President of the […]

The government of Murcia published an announcement today to say the hospitality industry must close down save for takeway and deliveries – read the official announcement in Spanish here. Restaurants, bars and cafes will close this Saturday across the entire region of Murcia (1.48 million people). The measure will be in place for 14 days. Murcia's regional committee for monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic has also recommended the closure of parks […]

Spain's health minister, Salvador Illa, said no lockdowns will be authorised until at least 9th December. The Spanish government has rejected calls from four autonomous communities and two cities to impose home confinement on residents. Health minister Illa said 'no new measures' would be taken until the fruits of border closures have become apparent. Illa today told a meeting involving the heads of Spain's 17 autonomous regions that at least […]

Spain's northern autonomous community of Asturias will ask the central government for permission to implement a 15-day lockdown from Wednesday. Spain's northern region of Asturias (on the Atlantic Sea) is set to shutdown all 'non-essential economic activity' and impose a 10pm curfew to slow COVID-19 infections. President of the Principality, Adrián Barbón, made the announcement this afternoon after an emergency meeting with his crisis committee, according to Spanish newspapers, such […]

Denia's COVID-19 cases increase 500% in the last two weeks – a rise the local government has attributed to the October 'puente' (9th-12th) long weekend. Denia's councillor for health, Cristina Morera, has blamed a recent rise in COVID-19 infections on the October long weekend. Thousands of residents in Valencia city and Madrid have holiday homes on the Costa Blanca – especially in the cultural hubs of Denia and Jávea. “It […]