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Dramatic figures show teenagers dominating COVID-19 cases in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

COVID-19 case figures for the Valencian Community have shown unvaccinated teenagers and young people dramatically pushing up infection rates. The region as a whole now

25 Aug, 2021 @ 12:11

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencia

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

COVID-19 cases continue their fall in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

POSITIVE trends are continuing with reducing COVID-19 case numbers and hospitalisations in the Valencian Community. The Tuesday(August 24) update from the regional health ministry declared

24 Aug, 2021 @ 20:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencia

Unvaccinated 19-year-old with no underlying medical conditions becomes youngest person in Balearic Islands to die from Covid-19

An 19-year-old woman who was unvaccinated and had no underlying medical conditions has died from Covid-19 in Mallorca, becoming the youngest person to die from

24 Aug, 2021 @ 18:45

Balearic Islands·Coronavirus·Health·Lead

Over 21% of 'thirty-somethings' are not vaccinated against COVID-19 in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

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

NINE out of ten COVID-19 cases in Spain are down to the Delta variant, according to Ministry of Health figures. The more contagious coronavirus variant

24 Aug, 2021 @ 12:45

Coronavirus·Health·Lead

Health chiefs say a new COVID-19 wave is hitting Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Weekend COVID-19 cases are 60% down on early August figures in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

COVID-19 infections have recorded another weekend fall in the Valencian Community. The total, which takes in reports from Friday to Monday, has been declared today(August

23 Aug, 2021 @ 20:30

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencia

Andalucia’s health districts are set to be given the green light to transition into Alert Level 0.

LISTED: 416 municipalities in Spain’s Andalucia at extreme risk of COVID-19—including the eight provincial capitals

416 MUNICIPALITIES in Spain’s Andalucia, out of a total of 778, are at extreme risk of COVID-19 for exceeding a 14-day cumulative incidence rate of

23 Aug, 2021 @ 09:15

Health·Lead

Family demand answers over sudden death of woman, 20, at Costa del Sol Hospital in Spain

THE devastated family of a young woman are determined to find out why she died suddenly at a hospital in Spain. The 20-year-old repeatedly visited

21 Aug, 2021 @ 19:45

Health·Lead·Malaga·Other News

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

COVID-19 infections have recorded another week-to-week fall in the Valencian Community. Figures today(August 20) show 1,119 new cases compared to 1,439 on August 13. A

20 Aug, 2021 @ 18:49

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencia

Nearly 20 million EU COVID-19 certificates are issued in Spain since early June

Nearly 20 million EU COVID-19 travel certificates issued in Spain since early June

SPAIN has issued nearly 20 million EU COVID-19 digital travel certificates, according to the Ministry of Health. 19,901,957 documents have been downloaded as of August

20 Aug, 2021 @ 16:15

Health·Lead·National News·Travel News

Woman dies from COVID-19 just days after giving birth in Spain’s Sevilla

A WOMAN has tragically died from COVID-19, just days after she gave birth to her child at the Virgen del Rocio University Hospital in Sevilla,

20 Aug, 2021 @ 09:15

Health·Lead·Sevilla

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

COVID-19 cases fall by 40% in a week across the Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

THE pushback in COVID-19 cases and hospitalisations is continuing in the Valencian Community according to regional health ministry figures. 961 new infections were reported today(August

19 Aug, 2021 @ 18:30

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencia

‘Serial predator’ and evangelist is arrested in Spain’s Valencia for ‘sexually abusing eight young girls’

Catalunya’s top court rejects curfew extension for most of the region including Spain’s second city Barcelona.

NIGHT curfews in most of Catalunya have been revoked by orders of the region’s top court. The regional government submitted an application to continue with

19 Aug, 2021 @ 17:04

Barcelona·Catalunya·Coronavirus·Health·Lead

Spain’s Malaga moves to COVID-19 level 2—and sees easing of restrictive measures

THE whole of Malaga has been given the green light to transition into Alert Level 2. Following a meeting by the territorial committee of High

19 Aug, 2021 @ 09:15

Health·Lead·Malaga

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

COVID-19 infection rate continues downward path in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

1,290 new coronavirus cases were recorded today(August 18) in the Valencian Community as COVID-19 infection rates maintain their fall. Last Wednesday, 1,629 cases were declared,

18 Aug, 2021 @ 20:55

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencia

Mystery over lower COVID-19 vaccinations in expat areas of southern Costa Blanca in Spain

COVID-19 vaccine ‘refusenik’ dies after rejecting jabs in Alicante Province area of Spain

A 58-year-old Alicante Province woman died from COVID-19 yesterday(August 17) after refusing to get vaccinated. The woman passed away in Elda’s Virgen de Salud Hospital.

18 Aug, 2021 @ 14:48

Alicante·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead

New COVID-19 record but hospital admissions are way down on 2021 numbers in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

COVID-19 cases and hospital admissions continue falling in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

FIGURES are trending positively as new COVID-19 cases and hospitalisations continue to fall in the Valencian Community. New coronavirus cases today(August 17) totalled 765 infections,

17 Aug, 2021 @ 20:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencia

Health staff try to contact non-mobile phone owners to arrange COVID-19 vaccinations in Costa Blanca area of Spain

HEALTH centres are chasing after 80,000 Valencian Community residents without mobile phone access and therefore have not been vaccinated against COVID-19. Appointment dates have been

17 Aug, 2021 @ 17:52

Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencia

Why your aircon in Spain is giving you a sore throat and how to fight it

BY now most of us are counting the days until the heatwave ends as the country continues to sizzle in record-breaking heat. With the rise

17 Aug, 2021 @ 13:15

Health·Lead·Other News

COVID in Spain : Antibodies last more than a year says new study

INFECTED people still have antibodies in their blood to fight COVID-19 over a year after recovery, regardless of how severe their case was. Researchers in

17 Aug, 2021 @ 12:45

Barcelona·Catalunya·Health·Lead·Other News

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

Weekend COVID-19 cases fall by over a quarter in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

COVID-19 infections recorded another significant drop in the Valencian Community according to figures released today(August 16). The slight caveat is that part of the fall

16 Aug, 2021 @ 19:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencia

‘Were it not for the vaccination, the fifth wave would have been a massacre’ says scientist in Spain

A HEALTH expert in Spain said ‘were it not for the vaccination, the fifth wave would have been a massacre’. Ignacio López Goñi, a professor

16 Aug, 2021 @ 15:00

Health·Lead·Other News

Covid 19 Vaccination At Coria City Hospital In Coria, Spain 15 Mar 2021

Where in Spain can children over 12 receive their COVID-19 vaccine?

APPOINTMENTS are being scheduled for the over-12s in a bid to start vaccinations before the start of the school year. Over 12s, who make up

16 Aug, 2021 @ 14:45

Health·Lead·National News·Other News

Benidorm optician gives advice on avoiding sunburned eyes as Spain swelters in 40º heat

IT’S WELL-KNOWN that the sun’s UV rays can be harmful to our skin, but what about our eyes? Many people don’t realise that our eyeballs

15 Aug, 2021 @ 12:45

Health·Lead·National News

Cancerous pesticide found recently in ice creams also detected in wide range of food products

And India is not the only producing country where these ingredients have been sourced, as they have also been traced to the Dominican Republic, Uganda,

14 Aug, 2021 @ 13:30

Food & Drink·Health·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Good news as COVID-19 cases carry on falling in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

COVID-19 infections have fallen on both a daily and weekly basis in the Valencian Community. Regional health ministry figures today(August 13) report 1,439 new cases.

13 Aug, 2021 @ 20:55

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencia

A sanitary worker preparing a dose of the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine

The strain in Spain: Emergence of new variants mean rethinking 70% ‘herd immunity’ vaccination target

Spain is on target to vaccinate 70% of the population by the end of August, the ‘herd immunity’ threshold that was established as a goal

13 Aug, 2021 @ 18:55

Coronavirus·Health·Lead·National News

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