SPANISH NEWS

Clinical trials of Spanish Covid vaccine suspended  Permission to trial the Spanish vaccine in humans has been withheld after adverse affects were observed in a macaque monkey One of the leading projects to develop a Spanish vaccine against Covid-19 has run into major difficulties, it was reported.. 02/08/2021

Canaries High Court rejects plan to require Covid passports for entry into restaurants Personal health information should remain private says the highest court in the Canaries There continues to be a great deal of debate throughout Spain on whether requiring the presentation of a “Covid passport” or similar documentation.. 30/07/2021

Spanish PM recognizes that herd immunity will not be achieved in August Two Spanish regions have already fully vaccinated 70 per cent of their target populations The spread of the Delta variant of Covid-19 and the continuing high Covid incidence rates in Spain as the immunization campaign makes good progress led the.. 30/07/2021

Spain Covid update July 29: second consecutive drop in incidence rate 46 more Covid fatalities in Spain but two thirds of the population have now received at least one vaccine dose The latest daily coronavirus update published by the Ministry of Health on Thursday evening reports the second consecutive slight drop.. 30/07/2021

Great news for expats in Spain eager to see family as UK relaxes quarantine rulesVaccinated travellers will not have to isolate when flying to the UK from amber list countries, including Spain, from Monday, August 2 The UK government has relaxed quarantine rules for travellers from amber list EU countries, including Spain.. 29/07/2021

Spanish government rejects demanding Covid passports for entry into bars and restaurants Vaccination certificates are already required for entry into certain venues in the Canaries and Galicia In response to the concerns expressed by various regional governments of late the Ministry of Health in the Spanish government has come out firmly.. 29/07/2021

Spain Covid update July 28: first fall in the incidence rate for over 5 weeks 73 fatalities represent the highest daily death toll in Spain since early June The latest daily update published by the Ministry of Health on Wednesday evening at last showed a drop, albeit a slight one, in the national 14-day incidence rate, with.. 29/07/2021

Spain ups the tempo of Covid vaccination as 3 million doses arrive this week The Spanish government hopes to provide a first dose to 90 per cent of 20 to 29 year olds by mid-August Having received promises of large batches of coronavirus vaccines over the coming month from Pfizer, Moderna and Hanssen, the Ministry of Health.. 28/07/2021

254 deaths in Spain could be related to Covid vaccines say Ministry of Health If confirmed the figure would represent 0.0009 per cent of doses administered Just 7 cases are confirmed of death from blood clots after receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine Data published on Tuesday by the Ministry of Health report that up to July.. 28/07/2021

Spain donates 750,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to Latin America Only 2.46 per cent of the population of Nicaragua are fully vaccinated as opposed to 55 per cent in Spain It has been announced this week that Spain has made its first donation of coronavirus vaccines to South American countries, shipping 750,000.. 28/07/2021

Spain Covid update July 27: 26,000 more cases and 55 fatalities The upward curve in the incidence rate flattens out with 55 per cent of the population of Spain fully vaccinated The latest daily update published by the Ministry of Health on Tuesday evening at last provided concrete evidence that the spread of.. 28/07/2021

US government advises against travel to Spain and Portugal Spiralling Covid infection rates lead to Spain joining the UK on Level 4 warning status It is rapidly becoming apparent that the summer of 2021 will not see the revitalization of international tourism sector in Spain to anything like the extent that.. 27/07/2021

Police break up unauthorized Ibiza house party with 600 guests Sant Antoni parties on as people flout Covid regulations despite increasing incidence rates The local police force of Sant Antoni in Ibiza report that in collaboration with officers of the Guardia Civil they broke up an illegal house party at the.. 27/07/2021

Complaints from vaccinated non-Spaniards in Catalunya unable to obtain Covid passports Those not registered in the Catalan public health service have no access to online application procedures Reports continue to proliferate regarding non-Spaniards who face problems related to coronavirus vaccination in this country, with some finding.. 27/07/2021

Delta variant accounts for 68 per cent of Covid cases in Spain In the Comunidad Valenciana the Delta strain is responsible for 96 per cent of new coronavirus infections Data regarding the different strains of coronavirus present in Spain take time to filter through as the results of genetic sequencing are generated.. 27/07/2021

Spain Covid update July 26: 61,000 cases and 47 deaths over the weekend The rate of infection in Spain is close to matching the third wave peak in late January Optimism that the fifth wave of Covid infection in Spain might be nearing its peak was tempered on Monday evening by the publication of the latest update from.. 27/07/2021

Current restrictions on non-passengers entering Spanish airports to continueFor the foreseeable future, only those travelling on flights will be allowed into airport terminals in Spain Spain’s new Transport Minister has confirmed that there are currently no plans to ease the restrictions at airports, which means that.. 26/07/2021

Constitutional Court of Spain could invalidate the second pandemic state of emergency Another 327,000 fines for curfew breaking and other offences could be annulled throughout Spain Following the ruling issued last week by Spain’s Constitutional Court that the initial lockdown imposed by the government on 14 March last year.. 26/07/2021

Germany places the whole of Spain on red list for travel Only the UK provided more foreign visitors to Spain than Germany in 2019! The international tourism sector in Spain was dealt yet another blow last Friday when the German government added the whole country – including the Balearic Islands.. 26/07/2021

Spain overtakes the UK with 54 per cent fully vaccinated against Covid Over 30 million people in Spain have received at least one coronavirus vaccine dose The coronavirus immunization campaign got off to a slow start in Spain, dogged by supply problems and a series of scandals in which prominent figures were shown to.. 26/07/2021