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Spain could end mandatory face mask requirement in hospitals, pharmacies and nursing homes ‘soon’

FACE masks in Spain continue to be a requirement in hospitals, pharmacies as well as for care home staff and visitors, but not residents. However, this

25 Apr, 2023 @ 08:00

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Spain’s leader of health emergencies Fernando Simón announces imminent farewell to obligatory masks in public transport

THE leader of the Coordination Centre for Health Alerts and Emergencies Fernando Simon has announced that the end of masks in transport will come ‘shortly.’

26 Jan, 2023 @ 08:45

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Health experts call for ‘necessary precautions’ to prevent polio returning to Spain

CONCERNS over a possible return of polio has prompted Spain’s emergency centre(CCAES)- led by the familiar ‘pandemic’ figure of epidemiologist Fernando Simon- to call for

28 Oct, 2022 @ 15:48

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EXPLAINER: These are the places you still need to wear a face mask in Spain

THE withdrawal of the obligatory use of face masks indoors begins on Wednesday, April 20, 700 days after it was made compulsory. That said, there

22 Apr, 2022 @ 10:00

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Top health expert in Spain suggests no need for EU COVID-19 certificate for indoor venues due to big vaccination rate and tough mask rules

Top health expert in Spain says COVID-19 certificate is not needed for hospitality businesses

SPAIN’S top infections expert, Fernando Simon, says there’s no logic in using the EU COVID-19 certificate to enter hospitality premises, as 90% of the target

19 Nov, 2021 @ 13:33

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Top health expert in Spain casts doubt over mass use of COVID-19 booster jabs

Top health expert in Spain says mass COVID-19 booster vaccinations are not needed ‘in general’

SPAIN’S high-profile director of Coordination of Health Alerts and Emergencies, has said that he does not see the need for a third COVID-19 vaccine shot

2 Nov, 2021 @ 17:29

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Costa Blanca student who caught COVID-19 in mass outbreak on Spain’s Mallorca is in intensive care

An Elche teenager infected with COVID-19 as part of a mass outbreak caused by a student trip to Mallorca is in intensive care. The 18-year-old

29 Jun, 2021 @ 13:45

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BREAKING: Spain records 10,853 coronavirus cases Friday as health chief praises steady decline of incidence rate – but fears a Christmas spike

SPAIN has registered 10,853 new coronavirus cases Friday in another sign the transmission of the disease is decreasing. The figure is 1,436 fewer than Thursday

27 Nov, 2020 @ 18:53

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Spain admits it is facing second wave after breaking new weekend record as it registers 31,428 COVID-19 cases

Of particular concern is the incidence of coronavirus, which has now reached a national average of 280 per 100,000 inhabitants

22 Sep, 2020 @ 01:01

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Spain studying reducing coronavirus quarantine from 14 to 10 days

The reduction to 5 or 7 days as proposed by Germany has been ruled out

8 Sep, 2020 @ 11:43

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Tourism bosses call for Fernando Simon to resign after he ‘welcomed’ UK quarantine by saying it ‘lowered’ Spain’s COVID-19 risk

Despite also recognising that it is bad news for the tourism sector, his comments have left the industry and others furious

28 Jul, 2020 @ 14:56

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Spain’s leader of health emergencies Fernando Simon pictured surfing in Portugal days after advising against travel between provinces

Fernando Simon caught surfing in Portugal amid a surge of COVID-19 outbreaks.

21 Jul, 2020 @ 10:42

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BREAKING: Spain’s leader of health emergencies Fernando Simon ‘tests positive for coronavirus’

THE leader of the Coordination Centre for Health Alerts and Emergencies Fernando Simon has tested positive for coronavirus. The 57-year-old is now waiting for confirmation

30 Mar, 2020 @ 10:43

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