COVID-19

Pedro Sanchez will call a nationwide state of alarm, allowing Spain's 17 autonomous communities to implement localised emergency measures to fight COVID-19. Spain's president will open a judicial door for the country's 17 autonomous communities to legally call curfews – among other emergency health measures – in their regional territories. Sanchez was originally planning to call a special meeting with regional presidents - and declare a state of alarm - […]

Spain's emergency council of autonomous governments (CISNS) – presided over by the central Ministry of Health – approved the four-tier alert system to fight the COVID-19 second wave on Thursday. Each of Spain's 17 autonomous communities is now on one of the 4 levels in the system. *UPDATE: the Valencian Community moved to level 3 'high' alert on Tuesday 27th October. Read more here. Despite having some of the lowest […]

The Uk government has removed quarantine restrictions on travellers returning from the Canary Islands. It means that UK nationals will no longer need to quarantine for 14 days after leaving SPain, with the Greek island of Mykonos and Denmark also deemed safe this evening. The changes apply to anyone arriving in the UK after 04:00 BST on Sunday. The changes apply to citizens from England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. […]

Germany has removed the Canary Islands from its risk list, meaning returning travellers do not need to quarantine on return. From 24th October, German tourists can fly to and from the Canary Islands without any travel restrictions. The Canary Islands are showing the lowest COVID-19 statistics in all of Spain. The Spanish archipleago has an accumulated incidence of 43.45 cases per 100,000 inhabitants over the last 7 days. Source. Over […]

Reprotect has announced making 6 million in just 6 months – the mask manufacturer has now opened Spain's first mask shop. Last week saw the opening of UrbnMsk: the first shop exclusively selling masks in Spain. For a brand-new product now obligatory for anyone over six, demand should not be an issue. The shop is the physical arm of start-up Reprotect, which was launched during the pandemic to manufacture stylish […]

Spain has become one of 6 countries in the world to officially diagnose 1,000,000 infections of COVID-19. This evening, Spain's daily coronavirus update pushed the country's total infections to 1,005,295. Since 31st January, 2020, figures show 165,049 people have been hopsitalised with the virus and 34,366 have lost their lives. Spain's government records solely PCR diagnoses of coronavirus – which differ with testing protocols in other countries that include antibody […]

The Valencian Community broke its daily records after diagnosing 1,318 patients with COVID-19 on Monday. The health department of the Valencian Community (Sanitat) has announced the highest number of daily infections since the start of the pandemic. Before the update – published on Tuesday – the Valencian Community had never seen infections above 1,000 in a 24-hour period. The announcement comes as at least two hospitals in the Valencian region […]

The Generalitat will ask Spain's central government today for permission to implement a 12am - 5am curfew before Halloween. The government of the Valencian Community (Generalitat) has prepared a proposal for Pedro Sanchez's approval following record-breaking COVID-19 infections. On Monday, the Valencian region broke its own records after recording 1,318 infections in a 24-hour period – higher than any update since the start of the pandemic. The curfew will be […]