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The autonomous community of Madrid has today announced it will make sanitary masks obligatory in all public places as part of measures to reduce COVID-19 transmissions. Group gatherings will be limited to 10 in restaurants and bars, while recommeding private gatherings do not exceed this number. The region also plans to produce a special card that registers a person's immunity while doubling the personnel who track and contain contagions. It […]

Medplaya Hotel Rio Park in Benidorm has announced it will shut its doors on 30th July directly due to 'changes' on travel advice to Spain from the UK's Foreign Office. The hotel, part of the Medplaya group, has a pop-up message on its website saying they 'regret' the decisions made last Saturday to impose a 14-day quarantine on travellers returning from Spain. The message reads: "We regret that, as a […]

The UK's Foreign Office (FCO) has updated travel advice for Spain to include warnings against visiting the Balearics and Canary Islands. The update yesterday, July 27, comes after initial talks to exempt the Spanish islands from the 14-day quarantine imposed on travellers returning to the UK. News of the talks led to regions of Andalucia and the Valencian Community also petitioning exemption from the quarantine due to their low COVID-19 […]

Authorities have fined holidaymakers in Javea for organising a party with over 100 guests at their rented villa last Sunday morning. Policia Local and Guardia Civil arrived at the house on Camí Vell de la Granadella following a noise complaint at 3.30am. Agents confirmed the party broke restrictions on private gatherings, accoring to the autonomous decree 11/2020 from 24 July brought in to tackle COVID-19 outbreaks in the Valencian Community. […]

The president of the Valencian Community, Ximo Puig, has asked British authorities to exempt his region from the 14-day quarantine on returning travellers. Puig asked for special measures for particularly the Costa Blanca, in the Valencian province of Alicante, after the UK reversed quarantine measures last Saturday. He stressed that Alicante has fewer incidents of coronavirus than the UK, saying 'the decision does not seem justified given current statistics'. Puig […]

If you arrive in England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland from Spain on or after 26 July 2020 you will need to self-isolate · Spain no longer on travel corridor list, travellers arriving into England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland from Spain from midnight tonight will need to self-isolate · People already in Spain can stay for the remainder of their holiday and will have to self-isolate upon return · FCO now advising against […]

Totana in Murcia will today revert back to Fase 1 of lockdown after an outbreak in a pub led to 55 new infections. At least 300 PCR tests have been carried out on punters who went to the Dubai bar between July 10-11. "The figures are high and will increase dramatically in the coming days," explained Manuel Villegas, health minister for the Murcia autonomous community. Villegas explained that entering or […]

Javea's municipal water company, Amjasa, has announced it will deliver water to cut-off urbanisations via a truck throughout today. A pipe at Javea's desalination plant broke on Monday, leaving residents living in Balcon al Mar, Tossalet and Costa Nova without water. The pipe broke again following a repair, as Amjasa race to connect a temporary pipe to wells in Pedreguer during this summer peak season. A selection of urbanisations will […]

The Valencian Community has recorded 26 new COVID-19 cases in a 24-hour period up to 2pm today Wednesday (July 22nd). The new diagnoses by PCR bring current active cases over 500 in the entire Community, which includes the provinces of Castellon, Valencia and Alicante. It is the highest number of active cases since June 30, when the region recorded just 314 active cases. Current hotspots are still Gandia, which has […]