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Popular Costa Blanca tourist area in Spain is getting its first five-star hotel|

EU demands countries use their ‘Covid passport’ to ease travelling restrictions from overseas

THE European Union is asking that restrictions on holiday travel from overseas are relaxed in line with use of a ‘Covid passport.” Under new plans,

3 May, 2021 @ 19:15

Coronavirus·Lead·National News·Travel News

COVID-19 passports extended across hospitality and entertainment sectors in Costa Blanca area of Spain

Night curfew set to stay in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas even when Spain’s State of Alarm ends this weekend

THE night curfew will not disappear in the Valencian Community when the second national State of Alarm ends on May 9. That’s the hope of

3 May, 2021 @ 18:30

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencia

Elderly motorist dies after driving down wrong side of busy dual carriageway in Spain's Murcia region

Nearly one million COVID-19 traffic fines across Spain could be voided by slow administration

A RECENT investigation into the sanctions imposed during the first COVID-19 State of Alarm has revealed that almost 80% have yet to be processed. The

3 May, 2021 @ 17:45

Coronavirus·Lead·National News

WELL, NOT ENTIRELY: Up to 21 towns in Spain’s Valencia region maintain zero COVID infections over the last two months

JUST like the village of Asterix and Obelix, surrounded on all sides by the Romans, 10 towns in Castellon Province have managed to completely ward

3 May, 2021 @ 17:00

Alicante·Coronavirus·Health·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Stranded British family launch appeal to raise funds to return home from Spain after coronavirus blights Benidorm dream

A BRITISH family who moved to Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca and have been left penniless after losing their jobs in the coronavirus crisis are

3 May, 2021 @ 15:15

Alicante·Coronavirus·Lead·Valencian Community

Police arrest pharmacy worker in southern Spain who sold fake Covid-19 test results for travellers

A PHARMACY worker who was selling fake negative COVID-19 test certificates to people so that they could travel abroad has been arrested in Spain. A

3 May, 2021 @ 14:45

Almeria·Coronavirus·Lead

Free healthcare and extended hotel stays for foreign tourists that catch Covid in Spain’s Murcia region

MURCIA is so confident of its Covid-safe status, that it’s offering free healthcare and extended hotel stays to tourists when the season restarts. Ministers are

3 May, 2021 @ 14:15

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia·Travel News

Spain extends coronavirus ban on non-essential travel for those outside EU – including Brits – until May 31

THE Spanish government has extended a ban on all non-essential travel to Spain from outside the EU and Schengen area for another month. Confirmation of

3 May, 2021 @ 13:58

Coronavirus·Lead·National News·Other News·Travel News

Single-day COVID-19 case record broken in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

COVID-19 case numbers in Costa Blanca and Valencia regions of Spain remain solidly constant

THE latest COVID-19 new case figures in the Valencian Community are continuing to stay constant with little change. The regional health ministry said tonight(April 30)

30 Apr, 2021 @ 20:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencia

Health centre worker steals vials of powerful anaesthetic for a year in Spain's Valencia area

VACCINE LATEST: Spain extends gap between AstraZeneca jabs to 16 weeks

SPAIN will extend the gap between the first and second doses of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine to 16 weeks from 12 for those aged under 60-years-old,

30 Apr, 2021 @ 16:14

Coronavirus·Health·Lead·National News

BORDER REOPENS as Portugal lifts January closure at 18 land crossings with Spain

PORTUGAL will reopen its land border with Spain tomorrow(May 1) two days ahead of schedule. Prime Minister, Antonio Costa, announced the country would be moving

30 Apr, 2021 @ 11:21

Coronavirus·Lead·National News·Travel News

Covid 19: Economy: Hotels Closed In Barcelona

Spain’s state of emergency curbs ‘will not end in Catalunya’ – report

CATALUNYA is planning to bring in a new law next week to allow it to carry on with the curfew and other restrictions to curb

30 Apr, 2021 @ 08:45

Barcelona·Coronavirus·Lead

COVID-19 cases falling briskly in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Little change in COVID-19 cases and hospital admissions in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia regions

215 new coronavirus infections were announced today(April 29) in the Valencian Community by the regional health authority. That’s a fall of seven cases on a

29 Apr, 2021 @ 18:49

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencia

Relatives blame death of family member on his AstraZeneca injection on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A 64-year-old man has died on the Costa Blanca, eight days after getting his first shot of the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine. The man suffered an

29 Apr, 2021 @ 17:44

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead

Nearly 200 small companies granted aid for Covid-19 losses in expat area on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ROJALES City Council is to pay €673,538 euros to 193 local companies via the Resistir Plan, designed to compensate for losses during the Coronavirus pandemic.

29 Apr, 2021 @ 15:45

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

EXPLAINER: What we know about Spain’s plans to welcome tourists with ‘vaccine passport’ from June

THE news earlier this week that Spain would be ready from June to open to tourism to not just those within the EU but also

29 Apr, 2021 @ 15:00

Coronavirus·Lead·Travel News

COVID-19 incidence rate on the rise in five of the six health districts in Spain’s Malaga

AT LAST! Facemasks may cease to be obligatory in Spain’s Valencia region by end of summer

The Spanish government insists that the obligation to wear a mask in public will be maintained until herd immunity is officially reached.

29 Apr, 2021 @ 14:15

Alicante·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Must Read·Travel News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Record Easter for tourist bookings claimed by Spain's Murcia region

Murcia’s leader says ‘nobody knows what will happen’ after State of Alarm ends in Spain next month

MURCIA’S president, Fernando Lopez Miras, has said that Spain’s 17 regions don’t know what they can do legally once the State of Alarm ends on

29 Apr, 2021 @ 13:14

Coronavirus·Lead·Murcia

EXPLAINER:- The latest vaccination state of play for the Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

New age group will start getting COVID vaccines next week in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

A new age group will start getting COVID vaccinations in the Valencian Community from next week. The regional health ministry says that the vaccination programme

29 Apr, 2021 @ 11:38

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencia

90% of COVID-19 cases in Spain are down to the highly-infectious Delta variant

COVID SUCCESS: More people fully vaccinated than infected with COVID in Spain’s Valencia region

Despite the successful advance of the inoculation campaign, the department led by councillor Ana Barcelo warns that the pandemic is far from over.

28 Apr, 2021 @ 21:00

Alicante·Coronavirus·Health·Lead·Must Read·Valencia·Valencian Community

Hospital admissions dip below '300' mark as COVID-19 cases continue falling in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Latest COVID-19 new case figures for the Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

225 new COVID-19 cases were reported today(April 28) in the Valencian Community. On a week-to-week basis, it is a rise of 43 and 81 more

28 Apr, 2021 @ 19:35

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead

Valencia-based supermarket chain ‘gets a handle’ on fighting COVID-19 in Spain

THE Consum supermarket chain is putting on a special coating on its trolley and shopping basket handles to virtually eliminate COVID-19 spreading to customers. The

28 Apr, 2021 @ 10:59

Coronavirus·Health·Lead

One vaccination station handling over 17,000 jabs for 18 different municipalities on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA’S Bernardo Ruiz Pavilion, in the Vega Baja region of Costa Blanca, continues to be a point of mass vaccination serving 18 municipalities in all.

28 Apr, 2021 @ 10:45

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Spain ready to welcome British and international tourists in June under ‘vaccine passport’ scheme

SPAIN has announced it will be ready to welcome back British and international holidaymakers this June. The Spanish government has told the main players in

28 Apr, 2021 @ 08:55

Coronavirus·Lead·National News·Other News·Travel News

Spain refunds fines imposed on thousands of people who broke 2020 lockdown rules

Coronavirus restrictions update: Andalucia to allow travel between its provinces for first time in three months

THE Junta de Andalucia has announced that from Thursday it will lift restrictions banning movement between provinces, opening up for travel within the region for

27 Apr, 2021 @ 22:13

Coronavirus·Lead

Two years of daily Covid-19 infection figure announcements ends in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Hospital admissions fall again as COVID-19 cases show slight rise in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

144 new coronavirus infections have been reported in the Valencian Community today(April 27) according to the regional health ministry, as hospitalisations continue to fall to

27 Apr, 2021 @ 20:55

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

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