COVID-19

Madrid has closed its public swimming pools and its more than 3,000 parks and gardens between the hours of 10pm and 8am in a bid to prevent a second wave of coronavirus in the Spanish capital. The municipal police force will once again use measures such as drones to inform the public of the closures, in a bid to avoid crowds forming and young people holding outdoor drinking sessions known […]

Due to Coronavirus and international travel restrictions, Spain saw 75% fewer international tourists in July, compared to the same month last year, and also took 79.5% less tourism revenue. The INE said 2.5 million international tourists visited Spain in July 2020, 75% fewer than in the same month last year, spending around 2.4 billion euros. During July, average spending per tourist stood at 994 euros, down by 17.8% on last […]

Spain has shed the most jobs during Covid 19, job losses in the first half of the year were nearly three times higher here than in any other European country. This does not take into account the furloughed workers still under the ERTE scheme, which allows employers to temporarily tell staff to stay at home or reduce their working hours. Once the state-funded job protection program ends, a clearer picture […]

The latest figures released by the Spanish Health Ministry today for the number of people who have tested positive for Covid-19 is now 462,858. This is an overall increase of 23,572 against the figure released on Friday, although the ministry says that 2,489 of these infections occurred in the past 24 hours. Figures released today show that 1,656 people have required hospital treatment in the past 7 days, with 133 […]

Benidorm has ditched its beach reservation system after just six weeks as there aren't enough tourists in the resort. The local council says sunbathers just have to turn up at the main Levante beach in the future as the prior booking site has been de-activated. In future, to help with controls over possible coronavirus outbreaks through beach parties, it'll now close at 9pm...a move which has been introduced in other […]

The Valencia government has asked for 150 army track and trace experts to boost the region’s efforts to crack down on the spread of Covid-19. The military personnel will join the more than 1,000 healthcare officials who are already working on the operation to trace contacts of newly-diagnosed coronavirus patients in the Valencia region, where health authorities have imposed a new lockdown on residents in the town of Benigánim after […]

Spain's economy minister says Spanish GDP has been growing at a rate of more than 10% so far in the third quarter following a record drop in the preceding quarter due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking at an event this morning, Nadia Calvino said that the labour market had also begun to recover.

Police have arrested a man near Zaragoza, who believed the coronavirus pandemic to be a hoax, for inciting hatred and violence across several anonymous social-media profiles. The 38-year-old, who claimed that health professionals and the media were behind what he called the “COVID farce”, urged his followers to attack politicians and journalists. “All this would be solved with a shot to the back of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s head,” […]

The latest official figures released by the Spanish Health Ministry for the number of people who have tested positive for Covid-19 were on Friday and are now at 439,286. This is an overall increase of 9,779 against the figure released on Thursday, although the ministry says that 3,829 of those infections occurred in the previous 24 hours. 1,693 people required hospital treatment in the past week, with 129 in intensive […]