CORONAVIRUS

Valencia and the Balearics want free PCR tests for international tourists this summer and safe corridors The regional governments fear that non-vaccinated tourists could be deterred from travelling by the extra cost of testing As the summer approaches those involved in Spain’s tourist industry are understandably keen to ensure that the sector.. 22/04/2021

Spanish Health Ministry rejects option of voluntary vaccination with AstraZeneca for under-60s Spanish residents under 60 will have no choice but to wait their turn and take what they’re given as the health authorities have refused to allow them to voluntarily receive the AstraZeneca vaccine regardless of the possible risks. Several.. 22/04/2021

Sharing is caring: Spain to send Covid vaccines on to Latin America The Spanish and French governments have both committed to doing their bit for global health by donating a portion of their vaccines to less fortunate countries. Spain will send between 5 and 10 per cent of the coronavirus vaccines it receives this.. 22/04/2021

95 per cent of local medical centres will re-open in the Cartagena Health Area within the next few days Adaptations are being made to centres as normality gradually returns to the Murcia health service Little by little, despite the continuing threat of the coronavirus pandemic and the overstretching of health service resources, a semblance of normality.. 22/04/2021

First Janssen coronavirus vaccine doses arrive in the Region of Murcia The single-dose vaccine will help to accelerate the immunization of those in their 70s Following the European Medicines Agency’s advice that the single-dose Janssen coronavirus vaccine is sufficiently safe to be used on the general population.. 22/04/2021

Covid situation in Murcia region remains stable: Covid update April 21 One further fatality takes the Murcia coronavirus death toll up to 1,588 The Region of Murcia continues to escape the worst of the fourth wave of coronavirus infection which has seen incidence rates soar in various of the country’s 17 regions.. 22/04/2021

Spain records first slight drop in Covid incidence rate since 17th March while reporting 10,232 new cases The risk is categorized as extreme in six of the 17 regions of Spain as 148 more fatalities are reported After the surge in confirmed cases of coronavirus which followed the Easter holiday period in Spain evidence is now accumulating to suggest that.. 22/04/2021

Janssen vaccines on their way to the Spanish regions following EMA go-ahead Spain’s first 146,000 doses of the new coronavirus vaccine had been sitting in storage for a week while the authorities deliberated on its safety. The Spanish Health Ministry has given the order for the first batch of the single-dose vaccine.. 21/04/2021

Spain to test safety of Pfizer as second Covid jab for patients having received one dose of AstraZeneca Many under-60s in Spain have received one AstraZeneca dose but are no longer eligible for the second In the light of the ongoing concerns over the safety of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine the Ministry of Health in Spain has announced a testing.. 21/04/2021

Man suffers heart attack while awaiting coronavirus vaccination in Murcia The condition of the patient is described as stable in the Arrixaca hospital The condition of a man who suffered a heart attack while queuing to receive his coronavirus vaccine in the city of Murcia on Tuesday morning is described as being stable.. 21/04/2021

Spain will maintain the recommended time interval between first and second Covid vaccine doses The gap between jabs remains at 21 days for Pfizer and 28 days for Moderna Spain’s Ministry of Health decided on Tuesday against extending the interval between doses of the Pfizer and Moderna coronavirus vaccines to 56 days, despite it having.. 21/04/2021

Huelva province on alert for Brazilian strain of Covid due to outbreak among sheep shearers The Andalusian and Spanish authorities have been informed of an outbreak in Extremadura amongst sheep shearers from Uruguay, that could spread to other areas. Huelva’s health authorities and epidemiological surveillance system are on alert.. 20/04/2021

Covid vaccination in Murcia gathers momentum but is still progressing more slowly than elsewhere in Spain 15.3 per cent of the population of the Region have received at least one Covid vaccine dose Image: Mass vaccination centre in Águilas during a visit by the Mayoress In spite of another 16,000 coronavirus vaccine doses having been administered.. 20/04/2021

Full-time schooling returns to infant and primary education in Murcia Pupils will attend class five days a week for the last two months of the school year Despite the rise in coronavirus infection rates in most of Spain since the start of the Easter holiday period the Region of Murcia has so far been relatively unaffected.. 20/04/2021

Gap between Pfizer and Moderna vaccine doses could be widened to 8 weeks in Spain The Spanish government proposes another modification of vaccination policy In another unexpected modification of the Spanish government’s guidelines regarding the coronavirus immunization procedure it has been proposed that the interval between.. 20/04/2021

Spanish health insurance companies to collaborate in speeding up Covid vaccination campaign Vaccine deliveries are expected to rise to 3.5 million doses per week during the spring It has been announced that the Spanish government has bowed to pressure from national business confederations and is to allow businesses and health insurance.. 20/04/2021

Covid infection rates rise again in Spain but the fourth wave is currently little more than a light swell 121 more fatalities as the official Covid death toll in Spain passes 77,000 The latest coronavirus update published on Monday evening by Spain’s Ministry of Health provided a mix of encouraging and discouraging news, with another rise in the.. 20/04/2021

One-third of Covid patients in Spain who were put on ventilators didn’t survive during first wave The death rate among Covid-19 patients in Spain who required ventilation during the first wave of the pandemic was 33 per cent, a new study presented at the 2nd National Covid-19 Congress has found.   The ‘CIBERESUCICOVID’ study.. 20/04/2021

Covid rate in Murcia ten times lower than in Madrid; Covid update April 19 More than half of the municipalities in the Murcia region are below the level at which the virus is considered to be under control. The feared fourth wave is showing little sign of life in the Murcia region at the moment and the number of new cases.. 19/04/2021

Region of Murcia Covid restrictions April 21 to 27 Puerto Lumbreras is the only municipality confined during this period These restrictions take effect from midnight on Tuesday April 20 and remain in place until midnight on Tuesday April 27. This week the restrictions remain the same as last.. 19/04/2021