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Covid compensation payments to start with local mayor inviting affected businesses to apply for more on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SAN FULGENCIO City Council has started making payment from the Resistir Plan, to SMEs and the self-employed. They confirmed on Friday, March 18, that applicants

20 Mar, 2021 @ 17:45

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Over 9,000 COVID-19 deaths recorded since start of pandemic in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

COVID-19 continues to be flushed out of Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia regions

THE latest COVID-19 infection figures from the Valencian regional health ministry have today(March 19) recorded a 50% drop based on week-to-week comparisons. Just 154 new

19 Mar, 2021 @ 17:45

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

COVID-19 rates close Axarquia town after huge case spike in past week, overall cases stabilise

THE Axarquian town of Colmenar gains the dubious honor of being the only municipality in the region to have perimeter controls after a huge COVID-19

19 Mar, 2021 @ 13:30

Coronavirus·Malaga

Costa Blanca residents in Spain waiting for their second AstraZeneca injection will start getting jab dates from Friday

Spain health authorities confirm death of Marbella teacher was NOT related to the AstraZeneca vaccine

HEALTH authorities in Spain have confirmed that death of a Marbella teacher from a brain haemorrhage was not connected to the AstraZeneca jab she had

19 Mar, 2021 @ 11:21

Coronavirus·Lead

PESSIMISTIC outlook for Spain as bank issues warning over another lost summer tourist season

SPAIN is pinning its hopes that dropping infection rates, a vaccination drive and the introduction of vaccine passports could help save the summer tourism season

19 Mar, 2021 @ 10:28

Coronavirus·Lead·Travel News

COVID 19 figures rise above 100 cases per 100,000 mark...

COVID-19 case numbers continue to be squeezed in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia regions

178 new COVID-19 cases were announced tonight(March 18) in the Valencian Community which on the indicative week-to-week comparison is 122 down on the total on

18 Mar, 2021 @ 20:30

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

A sanitary worker preparing a dose of the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine

Spain to resume AstraZeneca vaccine after study finds that “benefits outweigh risks”

Spain will resume using the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from Wednesday next week following a report by the European Medicines Agency which judged that “its benefits

18 Mar, 2021 @ 19:50

Coronavirus·Lead

COVID-19 case numbers continue dropping in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

‘BEST IN EUROPE’ as tough COVID-19 restrictions pay off for Costa Blanca and Valencia regions of Spain

THE Valencia region of Spain has within two months achieved the status of recording the lowest COVID-19 infection rates in Europe based on the latest

18 Mar, 2021 @ 13:45

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Five exceptions that permit travel between provinces in Spain during Easter

THERE are currently five justified situations which permit travel between regions in Spain over Easter. Under the central government’s motto ‘We don’t save weeks, we

18 Mar, 2021 @ 12:00

Coronavirus·Lead·Must Read·National News

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

GOOD NEWS for Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas as new COVID-19 cases rapidly decline

COVID-19 cases are continuing their steep decline in the Valencian Community with just 144 new cases reported tonight(March 17). That is 77 less than a

17 Mar, 2021 @ 20:50

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Spain says its safe for tourists but France and Germany think differently

Spain will have COVID-19 travel passport ready ‘within weeks’

SPAIN’S Tourist Minister, Reyes Maroto, has said that an EU COVID-19 travel passport will be ready ‘within weeks’. Her comments came today(March 17) as the

17 Mar, 2021 @ 15:45

Coronavirus·Lead·Travel News

What are Spain’s new Covid-19 restrictions over San Jose puente?

NEW rules come into force today, March 17, to restrict travel and curb big gatherings in those regions of Spain which have a long bank

17 Mar, 2021 @ 15:16

Coronavirus·Lead·Travel News

Spain probes death of Marbella teacher two weeks after AstraZeneca vaccine

RESEARCHERS are working to to determine whether the death of a Marbella teacher two weeks after taking the AstraZeneca vaccine is linked to the newly

17 Mar, 2021 @ 11:45

Coronavirus·Health·Lead·Malaga

Official COVID-19 figures for Spain’s Costa Blanca put it into the coronavirus ‘low risk’ category

COVID-19 case rates have fallen below the symbolic level of 50 cases per 100,000 people in Alicante Province according to official figures published by the

16 Mar, 2021 @ 20:55

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

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

COVID-19 deaths pass the 7,000 pandemic mark in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia regions

ANOTHER milestone has been achieved in the COVID-19 pandemic in the Valencian Community, with the death toll passing the 7,000 mark. An additional 13 fatalities

16 Mar, 2021 @ 19:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Only a quarter of under-60s jabbed with AstraZeneca in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain have so far chosen Pfizer for their second shot

EXPLAINER: What we know about Spain halting AstraZeneca jabs and how it will delay vaccination plan

NEWS that Spain had followed other European countries in halting use of the AstraZeneca vaccination left people across the nation asking one important question: Does

16 Mar, 2021 @ 19:00

Coronavirus·Health·Lead

LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE: Tourism sector in Spain’s Castellon optimistic that July will see a return to normality

CASTELLON tourism sector is very optimistic about the future – so much so that the experts believe the situation will be back to normal in

16 Mar, 2021 @ 15:00

Business & Finance·Coronavirus·Travel News·Valencian Community

AstraZeneca vaccinations suspended on Costa Blanca and Valencia region

AstraZeneca vaccine ‘fears’ delay fast-track immunisation of teachers against COVID-19 on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE start of COVID-19 inoculations for all teachers in the Valencia region ground to a halt within hours yesterday(March 15) of Spain suspending the use

16 Mar, 2021 @ 13:17

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Downward trend continues for new COVID-19 cases in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Family and friends get-togethers account for most COVID-19 outbreaks in the Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

THE vast majority of COVID-19 outbreaks in the Costa Blanca and Valencia area since last June have been down to private gatherings of families and

16 Mar, 2021 @ 11:53

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Another big weekly fall in new COVID-19 cases is reported in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia region gets another big weekend fall in new COVID-19 cases

NEW weekend cases of COVID-19 have produced another sharp dip according to the Valencian regional health ministry this evening(March 15). 437 new infections have been

15 Mar, 2021 @ 19:41

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccinations to be suspended by Spain for 15 days after blood clot concerns

SPAIN has suspended the use of AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccines for the next 15 days after fatal blood clots were reported by people getting the COVID-19 jab

15 Mar, 2021 @ 18:34

Coronavirus·Lead

Covid 19: Controlled Border In Vila Verde De Ficalho

Spain-Portugal border closure extended until after Easter holidays

SPAIN’S government has yet again extended the ban on crossing the Portuguese border for all but justified journeys. Police checks at the border with Portugal

15 Mar, 2021 @ 17:30

Coronavirus·Lead·Travel News

COVID QUESTIONS ANSWERED: Valencian experts clarify doubts about new coronavirus strains in Spain

LEADING Valencian immunologists have issued a list of 12 clarifications about the new coronavirus strains in an attempt to shed some light on what is

15 Mar, 2021 @ 15:45

Coronavirus·Lead·National News·Other News·Valencia

The hospitality sector has been one of the worst-hit by the restrictions

A billion euros of government aid planned for industries worst hit by pandemic in Spain’s Valencia region

THE VALENCIAN Community is to receive a total of over a billion euros of pandemic aid from the Spanish government. The region will first get

14 Mar, 2021 @ 15:00

Business & Finance·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Spain approves €7 billion aid package for coronavirus-hit businesses

THE Spanish government has approved a relief package that includes €7 billion in direct aid to small and medium-sized companies hit by the coronavirus crisis.

13 Mar, 2021 @ 16:27

Business & Finance·Coronavirus·Lead

Council to spend over €9,000 a day controlling beach access for next two years on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TORREVIEJA has approved a contract worth nearly two million euros for access to its beaches to be controlled until the end of 2022. The Ordinary

12 Mar, 2021 @ 21:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca

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