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

A new single-day record for new COVID-19 cases has been reported in the Valencian Community this Wednesday(January 5). The regional health ministry declared 12,043 new

5 Jan, 2022 @ 18:00

Castellon·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

‘NO TO SCAREMONGERING’: Schools to reopen for regular classes in Spain next Monday (Jan 10)

SPAIN’S central government has agreed along with regional presidents to restart the school term next Monday, January 10, with regular classes despite record-breaking COVID-19 infection

4 Jan, 2022 @ 16:58

Coronavirus·Education·Lead·National News

Record COVID-19 case numbers don’t lead to new restrictions for Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

SOARING coronavirus infections are not forcing any imminent new restrictions in the Valencian Community 22,800 new COVID-19 cases were reported on Monday, taking in the

4 Jan, 2022 @ 15:45

Alicante·Benidorm·Castellon·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Tourism injected €187 BILLION into Spain’s economy last year, new figures show

Foreign tourist numbers in Spain recover by 70% before arrival of Omicron COVID variant

FOREIGN tourist levels in Spain last November recovered to 70% of what they were in the same month 2019 ahead of the coronavirus pandemic. Figures

4 Jan, 2022 @ 14:20

Canary Islands·Catalunya·Lead·National News·Travel News

Robbers steal COVID-19 test kits worth over €500,000 from a Barcelona area warehouse in Spain

COVID-19 test kits worth over €500,000 are stolen from Barcelona area warehouse in Spain

THIEVES have stolen 208,000 antigen tests from a Barcelona area warehouse. Police say the robbery happened on Friday(December 31). The test kits have a total

3 Jan, 2022 @ 17:55

Barcelona·Catalunya·Coronavirus·Crime & Law·Health·Lead

Spain identifies first cases of new COVID-influenza combination named as flurone

Spain identifies first cases of new COVID-influenza combination called flurone

SPAIN’S first cases of flurone, a combination of COVID-19 and influenza, have been identified in the Catalunya region. Speaking this Monday, Catlunya’s health service director,

3 Jan, 2022 @ 14:55

Catalunya·Coronavirus·Health·Lead

Year of decision beckons for Spain’s Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez

Is Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez enjoying a New Year’s Day glass of cava as he mulls calling an early General Election in 2022? The leader

1 Jan, 2022 @ 13:30

Lead·Opinion·Politics

Group of 19 immigrants rescued off Spain’s coast and taken to Granada

A GROUP of 19 desperate refugees have been rescued off Granada this morning. It comes after a dinghy boat was spotted southeast of Cape Sacratif

31 Dec, 2021 @ 15:00

Granada·Lead

Alicante’s Three Kings Parade will go ahead on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ALICANTE’S Three Kings Parade will go ahead this Wednesday afternoon with extra COVID-19 safety measures. A number of Valencian Community towns and cities including Valencia

31 Dec, 2021 @ 13:30

Alicante·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead·Valencian Community

Unvaccinated people told to stay away from New Year’s Eve parties in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

VALENCIAN Community residents who have received no COVID-19 vaccines have been told to stay away from New Year’s Eve parties. The appeal came this Thursday

30 Dec, 2021 @ 17:15

Alicante·Benidorm·Castellon·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencia·Valencian Community

Christmas Lighting In Barcelona, Spain 25 Nov 2021

Spain shortens mandatory COVID isolation time from 10 to seven days

SPAIN’S Health Ministry has lowered the mandatory isolation time for people who test positive for COVID-19 and for unvaccinated people who have been in close

29 Dec, 2021 @ 18:48

Coronavirus·Health·Lead

Pedro Sanchez says Spain will give 2 million COVID-19 vaccines for refugees around the world

No new measures: Spain’s PM rules out tougher stance to combat omicron arguing masks and vaccines are sufficient

SPAIN’S prime minister has ruled out imposing any further national restrictions in response to the omicron variant of the coronavirus arguing that current measures are

29 Dec, 2021 @ 17:45

Coronavirus·Lead·National News

Three Kings Parade in Spain’s Malaga celebrates its centenary this year with huge celebration cake

Three Kings Parade in Spain’s Valencia City cancelled over COVID-19 concerns

VALENCIA City has scrapped next Wednesday’s Three Kings parade because it cannot guarantee that COVID safety rules can be followed. It has however exploring a

29 Dec, 2021 @ 17:15

Coronavirus·La Cultura·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

New Year farce as Murcia party-goers book coaches to Spain’s Costa Blanca to avoid early COVID closures

MURCIA’S HoyTu hospitality group says people frustrated with regional COVID restrictions are chartering coaches to celebrate New Year’s Eve on the Costa Blanca. HoyTu president,

29 Dec, 2021 @ 15:45

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia·Valencian Community

Interactive map reveals COVID-19 hotspots and towns unaffected on Spain’s Costa Blanca

VALENCIAN HEALTH authorities have published an interactive map that shows which Alicante municipalities have been hit most by Coronavirus. It shows the number of cases

29 Dec, 2021 @ 12:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead

COVID-19 passports scrapped in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain except for nursing homes

No plans for tougher COVID-19 restrictions for New Year and Three Kings holidays in Costa Blanca area of Spain

FRESH restrictions to counter the latest wave of the COVID-19 pandemic are not coming yet to the Valencian Community. Valencian president, Ximo Puig, said that

28 Dec, 2021 @ 17:00

Alicante·Benidorm·Castellon·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

CHRISTMAS HANGOVER: Coronavirus cases across Spain surge to new record after festivities

THERE has been a surge in coronavirus cases in Spain to the country’s highest ever number of new infections. Updating the pandemic figures late on

28 Dec, 2021 @ 13:32

Coronavirus·Health·Lead·National News

Spain tourism: How Marbella bounced back as holiday hotspot

THE MARBELLA hotel sector has recorded its highest occupancy rates and revenue per available room (RevPAR) since the COVID-19 pandemic decimated the tourism industry. That’s

27 Dec, 2021 @ 17:45

Lead·Malaga

Malaga hospital’s annual Christmas decoration competition is a jingling success

A HOSPITAL in Malaga has helped patients get into the festive spirit with the return of its annual Christmas decoration competition. Each department at the

27 Dec, 2021 @ 17:00

Lead·Malaga

Protest Against Covid Passports In Barcelona, Spain 25 Dec 2021

IN PICS: Anti-vaxxers stage demonstration in Spain’s Barcelona against holiday season restrictions and need for vaccine passports

HUNDREDS of protestors took to the streets on Christmas Day in Barcelona in anger at new restrictions imposed by the regional government in a

27 Dec, 2021 @ 12:45

Barcelona·Catalunya·Coronavirus·Lead·Politics

The best things to do in Andalucia between Christmas and New Year

DECEMBER is the time to make dreams come true. After all the frantic gift-buying, wine-quaffing, food-gobbling on Christmas Day, those days between December 25 and New

26 Dec, 2021 @ 15:45

Lead·Other News·Travel News

Despite the bright lights of Malaga, searching for that ‘Christmassy feeling’ in Spain seems harder than ever this year

IT’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. The tell tale signs are all here- cosy coats, the kitsch jumpers, lots of lights, bows, Santa

25 Dec, 2021 @ 16:15

Featured·Lead·Malaga·Opinion·Other News

Ryanair cuts flights in and out of Spain this January due to COVID-19

RYANAIR says its temporarily suspending more than 80 routes in and out of Spain during January. The budget carrier blames COVID-19 travel restrictions as well

24 Dec, 2021 @ 20:00

Alicante·Balearic Islands·Canary Islands·Castellon·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Ibiza·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca·Menorca·Sevilla·Travel News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Sad milestone as Covid-19 deaths hit 10,000 mark in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Lateral Flow and PCR Covid tests: What’s the difference and when to get tested ahead of festivities in Spain

THE countdown to Christmas Day is well underway with those long-awaited festive get-togethers just around the corner. But with the highly transmissible Omicron variant spreading

24 Dec, 2021 @ 14:30

Coronavirus·Health·Lead·National News

Two-thirds of children aged 9 to 11 have got their first COVID-19 vaccine shot in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Big response to COVID-19 vaccine shots for children aged 9 to 11 in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

70% of children aged between 9 and 11 years have already received their first COVID vaccination in the Valencian Community. The Pfizer doses were administered

24 Dec, 2021 @ 13:45

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

Spanish actor Antonio Resines in ICU with COVID days before he was due to receive third vaccine

SPANISH actor Antonio Resines has been admitted to Intensive Care following complications with COVID-19 just a few days before he was due to get his

23 Dec, 2021 @ 21:00

Coronavirus·Lead·Madrid

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