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Wife of Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez tests positive for coronavirus, Donald Trump tests negative, plus other latest updates

It comes after the Vox leader Santiago Abascal and his number two, Javier Ortega Smith both tested positive for coronavirus

15 Mar, 2020 @ 01:25

Lead·National News

OLIVE PRESS TV: Spain’s 15-day lockdown explained and expert coronavirus medical advice

15 Mar, 2020 @ 00:05

Lead

WATCH: Drones monitor streets of Spain and order people to go home amid nationwide coronavirus lockdown

#Coronavirus | #España ? En Madrid, la policía usa drones con altavoces para pedir a la gente que ingresen a su domicilio. pic.twitter.com/eZqLGM6hov — Radio

14 Mar, 2020 @ 22:41

Lead·Madrid

WATCH: House-bound Spanish fill empty streets with applause for country’s medical staff

HOUSE-BOUND Spaniards have filled empty streets with applause for the country’s medical staff. The #AplausoSanitario challenge has filled social media with videos of streets from

14 Mar, 2020 @ 22:17

Lead

BREAKING: ALL bars, restaurants and businesses MUST close across Spain’s Andalucia over coronavirus fears, government rules

ALL businesses in Andalucia must shut their doors in a bid to slow down the coronavirus pandemic, the regional government has ruled. The Junta approved

14 Mar, 2020 @ 20:49

Lead

‘WE HAVE TOILET ROLL AND GIN’: Jet2 British holidaymakers on Spain’s Costa del Sol enjoying beach despite coronavirus lockdown

“I said to David, we’ll get some chicken for today and chops for tomorrow, but there was nothing in Mercadona”

14 Mar, 2020 @ 20:19

Lead·Malaga

EXCLUSIVE: Costa del Sol hotels shut down as Spain’s Malaga airport prepares for possible closure over coronavirus fears

*Additional reporting by Jon Clarke and Dilip Kuner HOTELS and restaurants along the Costa del Sol are closing their doors on the advice of the

14 Mar, 2020 @ 18:27

Lead·Malaga

EXCLUSIVE: Police shut down Plaza Mayor in Malaga as coronavirus lockdown continues

POLICIA Local agents have shut down the Plaza Mayor shopping centre in Malaga this afternoon as the lock down on the Costa del Sol continues.

14 Mar, 2020 @ 18:15

Lead

COVID-19 crisis deepens in Spain’s Balearic Islands as 18 people diagnosed overnight and over 9,000 calls made to emergency hotline

This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 44, with new infections detected in Ibiza, Mallorca and Menorca.

14 Mar, 2020 @ 18:15

Health·Lead·Mallorca

OLIVE PRESS TV: Police close beaches on Spain’s Costa Blanca as country goes into coronavirus lockdown

14 Mar, 2020 @ 17:52

Costa Blanca·Lead

Benidorm Brits given 10pm curfew to be back in their hotel rooms

HOLIDAY-MAKERS in one Benidorm hotel have been told that they must be back in their rooms by 10pm, tonight. The fear of Coronavirus has not

14 Mar, 2020 @ 17:18

Costa Blanca·Lead

“You’re not the centre of the world, the elderly are!” – Doctor rages at Spanish kids requesting coronavirus tests at Spanish hospitals with their mates

A SPANISH doctor has raged at ‘selfish kids’ in a viral video being shared across Spain. The intensive care physician, a social media figure and

14 Mar, 2020 @ 16:30

Lead

COVID-19: Marbella, Mijas and Estepona SHUT DOWN beaches as Marbs orders 8,000 litres of disinfectant to spray down streets in bid to get rid of coronavirus

MARBELLA, Mijas and Estepona have all closed their beaches as of this morning amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. They join Velez-Malaga, Nerja and Torrox in

14 Mar, 2020 @ 16:17

Lead·Malaga

Third person dead from coronavirus in Spain’s Andalucia

There have been 35 new cases confirmed in Andalucia in the last few hours

14 Mar, 2020 @ 14:50

Jaen·Lead

Spain puts ENTIRE COUNTRY in lockdown confining citizens to their homes except for these 8 reasons

SPAIN’S government has decreed a ‘state of alarm’ across the entire country in response to the coronavirus pandemic. As of Saturday, 9pm, freedom of movement

14 Mar, 2020 @ 14:22

Lead

CORONAVIRUS: Balearics demand CANCELLATION of flights to Mallorca, Menorca and Ibiza to avoid citizens from Spain’s worst affected regions

President Francina Armengol pleaded with Pedro Sanchez to restrict citizens arriving to the Balearic Islands from the worst affected regions in Spain

14 Mar, 2020 @ 13:48

Lead·Mallorca·National News·Travel News

COVID-19: Spain and US now the two countries where coronavirus is spreading fastest

In Spain each patient infects on average three other people, one of the highest rates in the world

14 Mar, 2020 @ 13:34

Coronavirus·Health·Lead·National News

Semana Santa celebrations CANCELLED in Spain’s Mallorca to combat spread of coronavirus

All processions and public gatherings scheduled during Holy Week will no longer go ahead.

14 Mar, 2020 @ 13:21

Lead·Mallorca

WATCH: Police patrol Spain’s Costa Blanca with megaphones urging public to ‘restrict social activity’ as Valencian Community goes into lockdown

POLICE cars have been filmed patrolling Spain’s Costa Blanca with a megaphone message urging the public to ‘restrict social activity’ as the coronavirus lockdown comes

14 Mar, 2020 @ 13:14

Costa Blanca·Lead

Wakes banned and no guests at weddings as coronavirus grips Malaga

GRIEVING families have been banned from holding wakes for the victims of coronavirus in Malaga. And people entering civil partnerships in the city will not

14 Mar, 2020 @ 13:01

Lead·Malaga

Mundo Cofrade Semana Santa Sevilla Coronavirus

BREAKING: Semana Santa CANCELLED in Sevilla over coronavirus in HUGE €400 million blow to tourism

SEMANA Santa has been cancelled in Sevilla. The decision has been made by the Junta de Andalucía following the state of alarm declared by Spain

14 Mar, 2020 @ 12:51

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Jet2 cancels ALL flights from UK to Spain amid coronavirus lockdown

JET2 has cancelled all its flights to mainland Spain, the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The tour operator

14 Mar, 2020 @ 11:24

Lead

Flights from UK to Spain’s Malaga and Alicante TURN AROUND as seven Jet2 planes seen doing U-turn over France

SEVEN Spain-bound aeroplane from the UK have turned around in mid-air for reasons unknown. The U-turns are all from Jet2 flights, with destinations Alicante Airport

14 Mar, 2020 @ 10:45

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WATCH: Panic buyers clear Costa Blanca supermarket minutes after opening as coronavirus lockdown grips Spain

Waiting for Supermarket to open in Javea, Costa Blanca at 9am, already some shelves were empty including pasta, toilet rolls and wipes. Ambulance awaits outside

14 Mar, 2020 @ 10:42

Costa Blanca·Lead