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EXPLAINER: How Spain’s “green corridor” plan for vaccinated Brits could save summer tourism

SPAIN is mulling the creation of a ‘green corridor’ to welcome vaccinated British tourists to its shores in time for a summer holiday. Spanish tourism

3 Mar, 2021 @ 17:09

Coronavirus·Lead·Travel News

No immediate change to hospitality hours in Spain's Costa Blanca and Valencia regions says president Ximo Puig

IMMOBILE EASTER as Valencian leader calls for regional border closures to continue over holiday period in Spain

TUMBLING coronavirus infection rates have not weakened the resolve of the Valencian Community over keeping its borders closed during the Easter period. Valencian president, Ximo

3 Mar, 2021 @ 17:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

'SAFETY FIRST' as nursing group in Spain's Valencia region appeals Johnson & Johnson vaccine recipients to see their doctor if they get serious side-effects

JAB TIME: When will I get my COVID-19 vaccination in Spain?

BRITISH nationals living in Spain are perhaps getting somewhat inpatient over when they are likely to get their COVID-19 shots. That’s because the UK vaccination

3 Mar, 2021 @ 14:58

Coronavirus·Lead

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

GOOD NEWS continues with new cases of COVID-19 maintaining big fall in Spain’s Valencian Community

LATEST figures released tonight(March 2) by the Valencian health ministry declared 585 new COVID-19 infections. As expected, it is 225 rise on the Monday total

2 Mar, 2021 @ 21:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

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

Health chiefs in Spain say anybody who gets AstraZeneca COVID vaccines should take paracetamol beforehand

SPAIN’S Health Ministry is recommending that paracetamol is taken before anybody gets a jab of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID vaccine. The new edict also suggests that

2 Mar, 2021 @ 20:30

Coronavirus·Lead

Lockdown measures relaxed but children still can’t use playgrounds in much of Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA City Council has announced that all playgrounds in the municipality will remain closed until March 14, at least. This is despite the recent relaxation

2 Mar, 2021 @ 20:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca

Spain releases new order of vaccination groups and specifies which vaccines they will receive

THE Spanish Health Ministry has added new vaccination groups to its immunisation strategy, giving people a better idea of when they will be inoculated and

2 Mar, 2021 @ 16:15

Coronavirus·Lead

MARCH 8: COVID forces change to International Women’s Day celebrations in Castellon

THIS year’s International Women’s Day on March 8 will be very different in Spain due to the coronavirus pandemic, and Castellon is no exception. The

2 Mar, 2021 @ 15:45

Coronavirus·Valencian Community

February was Andalucia’s deadliest month since start of coronavirus pandemic

END of month data reveals that February recorded the highest number of Covid-19 deaths in Andalucia since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The IECA

2 Mar, 2021 @ 11:02

Coronavirus·Lead

Francia Ordena El Cierre De Bares Y Restaurantes Desde Las 0 Horas De La Pasada Noche

FIND OUT if you can sit indoors at your local bar and restaurant in Spain’s Murcia region from this Wednesday

BARS and restaurants in a large part of the Murcia region will be able to resume serving customers from inside their premises from tomorrow(March 3).

2 Mar, 2021 @ 08:45

Coronavirus·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

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

Weekend COVID-19 totals are under a SIXTH of early February figures in Spain’s Valencian Community

A total of 1,231 new COVID-19 cases were reported since last Friday in the Valencian Community according to regional health ministry figures published this evening(March

1 Mar, 2021 @ 21:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

THE BIG DAY: COVID restrictions finally loosened throughout the Valencia region

The next step in the gradual winding down of prohibitions will not be taken until the authorities make sure that today’s reopening does not have

1 Mar, 2021 @ 14:15

Alicante·Coronavirus·Lead·Valencia

COVID-19 vaccine jabs stepped up as mass vaccination plans are unveiled for Spain’s Valencian Community

COVID-19 vaccinations are being stepped up this week across the Valencian Community, with plans for mass vaccinations also announced for the region. Valencian President, Ximo

1 Mar, 2021 @ 12:11

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

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

Spain extends border closure with Portugal until at least March 16th

SPAIN’S government has confirmed that police checks at the border between Spain and Portugal will continue until at least March 16th, and only cross-border workers

1 Mar, 2021 @ 10:17

Coronavirus·Lead·Travel News

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

COVID-19 daily case figures fall by 70% in a week across Spain’s Valencian Community

COVID-19 daily infection rates continued their big recent falls according to today’s figures(February 26) from the Valencian health ministry. 539 new cases were reported today

26 Feb, 2021 @ 18:17

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

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

New COVID-19 cases are just a fifth of levels a week earlier in Spain’s Valencian Community

NEW COVID-19 cases are a just a fifth of the total a week ago on February 18, according to latest figures released this evening(February 25)

25 Feb, 2021 @ 18:53

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

COVID-19: Spain’s Andalucia sees almost double the number of recoveries compared to new cases Thursday

ANDALUCIA has detected 1,256 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the third wave continues its marked retreat. Thursday’s caseload is lower than the

25 Feb, 2021 @ 18:06

Coronavirus·Lead

Benidorm set for night-time curfew after big COVID case rises in Costa Blanca area of Spain

Weekend city closures scrapped and bars to reopen next week as COVID-19 restrictions are eased in Spain’s Valencian Community

WEEKEND perimeter closures for Valencian Community cities of 50,000 people and over are to end after this weekend’s restrictions expire this Monday(March 1) at 6.00

25 Feb, 2021 @ 17:48

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Nine Malaga municipalities WILL re-open this weekend due to improving COVID-19 figures, including Marbella, Estepona and Manilva

NINE municipalities in Malaga will re-open their borders this weekend after lowering their coronavirus incidence rates to below 500 cases per 100,000 people. Marbella, Estepona

25 Feb, 2021 @ 16:00

Coronavirus·Lead·Malaga

Terrace tax suspended until 2022 to support pandemic-hit hospitality trade in popular expat town on Spain’s Blanca

SAN FULGENCIO council, which covers the British expat area of La Marina Urbanisation, has extended it’s suspension of the ‘terrace tax’ to bars and restaurants

25 Feb, 2021 @ 15:45

Business & Finance·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

ROLL UP: Mass COVID vaccination campaigns planned at events halls throughout the Valencia region in April

PLANS have been announced for a mass public anti-COVID vaccination campaign at Valencia’s City of Arts and Sciences complex starting in April. More specifically, the

25 Feb, 2021 @ 12:00

Alicante·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

HEALTHY RETURN as Barcelona rock concert used as a COVID-19 test event causes very few infections in Spain

COVID-19 infections continue big downward spiral in Spain’s Valencian Community

JUST 530 new COVID-19 cases were reported today(February 24) in the Valencian Community, as this week’s daily infection figures continue to match early October levels.

24 Feb, 2021 @ 21:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

€11 billion fund to help pandemic-hit small businesses and self-employed announced by Spain’s Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez

SMALL businesses and the self-employed are to receive an aid package of €11 billion. Spain’s Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, announced the measure during a speech

24 Feb, 2021 @ 16:30

Coronavirus·Lead·National News

Spain’s Andalucia could loosen COVID-19 restrictions NEXT WEEK but only ‘if the figures support it’

ANDALUCIA is considering loosening the current restrictions in place to fight the coronavirus, it has been revealed. Vice president of the region Juan Marin said

24 Feb, 2021 @ 15:39

Coronavirus·Lead

SPAIN has scrapped post-Brexit visa requirements for UK artists on short-term tours in what some industry leaders are calling a "big victory".

BREAKING: Spain’s Andalucia no longer an ‘extreme risk’ of COVID-19 contagion after lowering incidence rate to below 250

ANDALUCIA has lowered its 14-day coronavirus incidence rate to 234.11 cases per 100,000 people. It means the country’s most populous region is no longer classed

24 Feb, 2021 @ 14:50

Coronavirus·Lead

British man dead with wife seriously ill after gas cylinder leak at Mallorca finca in Spain

COVID burglars arrested in Valencia Province

THREE people have been arrested for allegedly committing 14 burglaries in Valencia and Castellon provinces while being infected with COVID. The two men and one

24 Feb, 2021 @ 14:15

Coronavirus·Valencia

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