COVID-19

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 […]

Health Minister Salvador Illa says Spain has authorised its first ‘Phase Two’ clinical trial of a Covid-19 vaccine. Illa said that Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies, owned by Johnson & Johnson, will hold the second phase of their vaccine in Spain, Belgium and Germany. This stage means that tests will be carried out on humans, 190 people will be administered doses in three Spanish hospitals, located in Madrid and Santander. First results […]

Economy minister Nadia Calviño says Spain’s economy has already begun to recover from the impact of the pandemic, though hard-hit industries such as tourism and restaurants will take longer to rebound. She said the country has to keep on controlling the coronavirus outbreaks to keep the economy moving forwards. Calviño went on to say the government is negotiating with businesses and unions over a possible extension to the country’s ERTE […]

Jet2 has cancelled all flights to the Balearic Islands this summer. And it has extended the suspension of package holidays and flights to mainland Spain and the Canaries until September 13. Previously it had suspended resuming flights to the popular holiday destination until the end of August. The tour operator said the decision was due to the "ongoing uncertainty caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as UK government self-isolation […]

The latest figures from the Spanish Health Ministry yesterday for the number of people who have tested positive for Covid-19 is now 429,507. This is an overall increase of 9,658 against Wednesday, although the ministry claims that 3,781 of these infections occurred in the previous 24 hours. Figures on Wednesday excluded updates from the Valencia region. 1,607 people have required hospital treatment in the past 7 days, with 114 in […]

The Spanish Health Minister Salvador Illa says the first doses of Coronavirus vaccine could be available in Spain ‘by the end of December’ this year. Spain has agreed with the European Commission to participate in the plan to purchase up to 400m doses for EU countries from the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, as soon as the vaccine is confirmed to be safe and effective.

The latest official figures from the Spanish Health Ministry yesterday for the number of people who have tested positive for Covid-19 is now 412,553. This is an overall increase of 7,296 against the figure released on Tuesday with the ministry saying that 3,594 of the infections occurred in the previous 24 hours. The figures excluded any updates from the Valencia region though which reported 469 positive tests alone on Tuesday. […]