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Health chiefs launch ‘Stoptober’ as stats show 95% of Gibraltar lung cancer victims are or were smokers

HEALTH chiefs in Gibraltar have launched a new campaign to stop smoking after a study showed that 95% of lung cancer victims locally are or

11 Oct, 2023 @ 15:42

Gibraltar·Health

Spain's Cabinet approves end of indoor mask wearing this Wednesday but with key exceptions

MASKS OFF: No visitors will have to wear masks at Gibraltar’s hospital from Monday, health chiefs reveal

MASK rules will be closer to pre-pandemic from Monday than at any time since COVID-19 first broke out in Gibraltar, health authorities announced. From June

4 Jun, 2023 @ 09:11

Gibraltar·Health·Lead·Other News

Gibraltar mayor presents public health and elderly care services with Freedom of the City award

THE mayor of Gibraltar honoured the Gibraltar Health Authority (GHA) and Elderly Residential Services (ERS) with the Freedom of the City for their work during

28 May, 2023 @ 09:00

Gibraltar·Lead

Elderly and vulnerable people get more time to get COVID-19 boosters after outbreak kills two

ELDERLY and vulnerable people will get the chance to continue to get COVID-19 boosters in Gibraltar after a UK regulator approved their use. The Rock’s

12 May, 2023 @ 09:30

Gibraltar·Lead

Gibraltar Chief Minister marks May Day by vowing to fight for workers’ rights

‘WORKERS are at the heart of everything we do’, Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo said in his May Day message for this year. The Rock’s

27 Apr, 2023 @ 15:02

Gibraltar·Lead

Authorities in Gibraltar end legal requirement to self-isolate after catching COVID-19 as cases plummet

HEALTH bosses in Gibraltar will no longer legally require people who catch COVID-19 to self-isolate at home. Director of Public Health Dr Helen Carter said

19 Mar, 2023 @ 09:00

Gibraltar·Lead

Gibraltar stops enforcing masks in hospital passageways as COVID-19 has a quiet winter

PEOPLE seeing doctors in the Primary Care Centre will still have to wear masks in Gibraltar but NOT in non-clinical areas of the hospital, authorities

2 Mar, 2023 @ 08:18

Gibraltar·Lead

Gibraltar budget 2021 confirms 2.5% corporate tax increase

CORPORATE tax will be increased to 12.5% in Gibraltar following a ‘revenue wrecking’ pandemic. In July’s 2021 Budget speech, Chief Minister Fabian Picardo announced a

26 Jul, 2021 @ 16:15

Gibraltar·Lead

Gibraltar lockdown continues as five more die of COVID-19

THE social lockdown in Gibraltar will continue for another week, the Chief Minister has confirmed in Parliament today.

15 Jan, 2021 @ 17:48

Gibraltar·Lead

Gibraltar becomes testing ‘world leader’ as free COVID-19 tests start

Any Gibraltar health card holder over 16-years-old who wants to be tested for COVID-19 can now do so for free, to normally be processed in

10 Jul, 2020 @ 17:26

Gibraltar·Lead

Businesses in Gibraltar get more government support to avoid recession

Businesses and workers will benefit from a raft of new measures to help them in the economic fallout caused by COVID-19 including rents and rates

26 Jun, 2020 @ 18:04

Gibraltar

Brits could be able to fly freely to and from Gibraltar on June 21

THE Government of Gibraltar as announced that flight restrictions will be eased as from June 21 to allow Brits to fly to Gibraltar and then

19 Jun, 2020 @ 19:15

Gibraltar

Gibraltar’s contact tracing app now available as part of phase four of ‘Unlock the Rock’

THE Government has announced that their contact tracing app for COVID-19 is now available for the public to use as active cases remains at zero.

18 Jun, 2020 @ 23:51

Gibraltar·Lead

Gibraltar’s bathing season starts today in Phase Four of ‘Unlock the Rock’

Phase four kicks off Gibraltar's bathing season, contact tracing and antibody testing to the whole population while active cases decrease to two.

16 Jun, 2020 @ 16:43

Gibraltar·Lead

Gibraltar residents are FINALLY able to cross into Spain to see loved ones

Locals will now be able to cross the border to Spain as long as they can prove that they are active residents of the Rock

10 Jun, 2020 @ 20:15

Gibraltar·Lead

COVID-19: Gibraltar begins to return to ‘normal’ after months in lockdown

There are now 11 active cases of COVID-19 on the Rock and over 9030 tests have been done on its population. Vehicle arrivals into the

8 Jun, 2020 @ 19:39

Gibraltar·Lead

Gibraltar moves into Phase 3 of ‘Unlock the Rock’ with 12 local active COVID-19 cases

Restaurants and cafes opened for the first time in two and a half months as buses started to work today as the lockdown continued to

1 Jun, 2020 @ 16:20

Coronavirus·Gibraltar·Lead

Chief Minister thanks Gibraltar in Parliament for COVID-19 response

With the number of active COVID-19 cases rising to 11, the Gibraltar Parliament met today for the first time since March 20.

28 May, 2020 @ 21:59

Coronavirus·Gibraltar·Lead

Gibraltar Government urges extra care at beaches while COVID cases rise

There are not enough fully-trained lifeguards to start taking care of the beaches, said the Chief Minister after a few sea rescues in recent days.

27 May, 2020 @ 22:09

Gibraltar

Hundreds dispersed from beach party as people test lockdown freedoms

There are now five active cases of COVID-19 on the Rock, two which are cross frontier workers as 300 people were dispersed after drinking at

23 May, 2020 @ 16:07

Coronavirus·Gibraltar·Lead

10 things you probably didn’t know about Gibraltar’s new Governor

Sir David Steel, Vice Admiral and Second Sea Lord, will be Gibraltar's new Governor from June after being today confirmed to be taking the post.

19 May, 2020 @ 21:46

Gibraltar·Lead

Gibraltar to test 1% of population each day from next week to get a firmer grip on cases

ALMOST 5,000 swab tests have been carried out on front-line workers and people with COVID-19 symptoms on the Rock as the Nightingale Facility closes.

15 May, 2020 @ 21:50

Coronavirus·Gibraltar

Gibraltar hopes to completely ‘unlock the Rock’ by August in phased plan

A phased plan to 'Unlock the Rock' from the COVID-19 lockdown which has seen 147 confirmed cases in the territory was unveiled today by the

11 May, 2020 @ 20:04

Coronavirus·Gibraltar·Lead

Gibraltar tests 12% of their population as border traffic increases in first working week

Active cases fell back down to three today on the Rock, as 3,962 people have been swab tested, amounting to 12.4% of the total population.

9 May, 2020 @ 19:40

Coronavirus·Gibraltar·Lead

Air quality continues to improve in Gibraltar as major roads to close from June 1

The number of active cases remains at a standstill at 11, with 133 people who have recovered since the virus first appeared on the Rock.

5 May, 2020 @ 21:01

Coronavirus·Gibraltar·Lead

‘UNLOCK THE ROCK’: Gibraltar eases COVID-19 restrictions on businesses from May 2 onward

LOCALS will be able to head to shops on main-street this Saturday for the first time in Gibraltar since the general lock-down that started on

30 Apr, 2020 @ 20:06

Coronavirus·Gibraltar·Lead