CORONAVIRUS

Lessons learnt from easing Covid-19 restrictions: Spain rushed out of confinement too quickly The UK failed to establish robust tracking mechanisms to control the level of contagions and to maintain social distance measures after confinement... 25/09/2020

Madrid extends covid restrictions from Monday but doesn´t go far enough for the national Government The national Government wants to see all of Madrid confined As anticipated, the Community of Madrid has officially announced that on Monday it will.. 25/09/2020

Spain passes 700,000 coronavirus cases since pandemic began 10,653 new cases and 84 deaths in the last 24 hours The Spanish Ministry of Health has reported 3,471 new positives diagnosed within the last 24.. 24/09/2020

445 new cases and 2 deaths; Murcia region coronavirus Thursday 24th SeptemberJumilla, Totana and Lorca are the municipalities with the highest number of cases per capita by a long way(see graphic below) The Epidemiology Service.. 24/09/2020

Quarantine period for contacts of covid patients reduced to 10 days Those who are diagnosed as covid-positive must still complete a 14 day quarantine From Thursday onwards, the period of mandatory quarantine for those.. 24/09/2020

More than 70 percent of people with covid in the Murcia Region are under the age of 50The average age of confirmed cases in the Murcia region is 37 73 percent of people affected by covid in the Region of Murcia are under 50 years old.. 24/09/2020

Andalusia man arrested for coughing into the face of head teacher after students were obliged to quarantine andldquo;Now you you are going to get infected with covid,andrdquo; he shouted The Guardia Civil has arrested a 31-year-old resident of La Carolina (.. 24/09/2020

Google Maps adds coronavirus outbreaks information to mapping facilities Google maps will now offer an additional search option for covid-19 outbreaks and incidences The popular Google maps and navigation application.. 24/09/2020

The WHO urges countries to combat misinformation and coronavirus denialIt puts peopleand#39;s lives and health at risk, they say On Wednesday the World Health Organization (WHO) urged governments to combat misinformation.. 24/09/2020

Life expectancy in Spain drops by nearly one year due to Covid pandemicMortality rates are expected to return to normal in 2021 The impact of Covid-19 on the Spanish population has caused an increase in mortality and a.. 24/09/2020

90 percent of Costa Calida hotels will be forced to close this winterThe combination of a disastrous year due to the covid lockdown, ongoing travel restrictions and now the cancellation of the Imserso programme means the winter.. 24/09/2020

80 covid tracers from the Navy and Air Force join tracing efforts in the Murcia Region The 80 personnel substitute the Army tracers who have been working from Valencia for the last two weeks Eighty covid trackers from the Armed Forces.. 24/09/2020

Spain passes 31,000 covid deaths mark and a week with 10,000 new positives a dayThe number of cases nationally has doubled in just over a month Although the Spanish Ministry of Health is keen to put out its message that the coronavirus.. 23/09/2020

Hotel occupancy in Spain down 64 percent in August Journeys taken by Spanish nationals kept the sector alive this summer Thereandrsquo;s no doubting that the hotel, hostelry and tourist sectors are.. 23/09/2020

474 new cases and 2 deaths; Murcia Region coronavirus 23rd September The number of PCR tests has once again increased The number of covid cases detected in the Region of Murcia has once again increased, as the number.. 23/09/2020

Transport restrictions prolonged for a further month in Murcia Region The same restrictions as were published in the BORM on 19th August will continue to apply for a further month. The restrictions are fairly straightforward.. 23/09/2020

Spanish government passes law establishing basis for remote working or working from home The BOE published the text on Wednesday and the law will come into force in 20 days andldquo;Distance workandrdquo; or working from home will be considered.. 23/09/2020

Spanish economy enters recession: drop of 17.8% in GDP in second quarter due to Covid-19 This is the largest quarterly fall recorded since records began in 1970 and is on an unprecedented scale The National Institute of Statistics (INE.. 23/09/2020

Covid news round-up Murcia Region Tuesday 22nd SeptemberYecla joins Ceutandiacute;, Lorquandiacute;, Mula, Totana, Alhama and two barrios or districts, in the city of Murcia applying reduced capacity on bars and restaurants.. 22/09/2020

Murcia Region reports 275 new coronavirus cases and one death; 22nd September The number of active cases has gone down today, with the recoveries exceeding the new cases The Region of Murcia reported a second day of markedly.. 22/09/2020

Spain reducing coronavirus quarantine for close contacts to 10 days It is widely accepted that compliance with the current 14 day quarantine is low The Ministry hopes that the level of compliance will be greater if.. 22/09/2020

Catalonia reducing quarantine period to ten days from next week Last week the Ministry of Health confirmed its intention to wait and see what decisions the rest of Europe took before making a decision about whether.. 22/09/2020

Nocturnal leisure clubs and discos can re-open as cafe bars in Seville The town hall has accepted the suggestion to maintain employment Itandrsquo;s just a week since the hospitality sector in Seville launched a proposal.. 22/09/2020

Cancellation of Imserso trips another blow for the Spanish hostelry sectorThe Imserso holidays programme takes the elderly on bargain breaks during the low season for hoteliers The Spanish Government has bowed to the inevitable.. 22/09/2020

Monday Covid news round-up for the Region of Murcia Lorca and Jumilla remain in confinement, quarantines in schools continue to grow, figures for covid fall as PCR test numbers lower on Sunday Click.. 21/09/2020

Coronavirus cases rise by more than 30,000 across Spain this weekend On Friday 11th September the total number of coronavirus cases in Spain was 566,326. By Friday 18th September the figure had risen to 640,040, an increase.. 21/09/2020

Madrid launches a certificate to justify entry and exit within the 37 areas confined due to covid Workers will have to produce this as a justification for leaving one of the confined areas The scale of the movement restrictions which began in.. 21/09/2020

Catalan president recommends against travel to Madrid He also asked the Madrid Government to take stricter measures to stop anyone from Madrid travelling unless they could provide a negative test The.. 21/09/2020

US experts say principal form of Covid spread is via the air Constantly updated information on Covid as we learn more helps to better understand why basic social distancing and masks are so important Weandrsquo.. 21/09/2020

234 new covid cases in Murcia due to low number of PCR tests on SundayJumilla and Lorca will remain in phase 1 confinement for a further week andldquo;Onlyandrdquo; 234 new cases of covid have been detected in the Region.. 21/09/2020

566 new cases and one death; Covid Murcia Region Sunday 29th September 312 people moved from active case status to cured on Sunday The number of coronavirus cases in the Region of Murcia continues to rise stadily and.. 21/09/2020

555 new cases and 2 deaths in the last 24 hours; Murcia coronavirus Saturday 19th This includes a full list of cases by municipality for the last 7 days Yesterday the Region of Murcia reported 670 cases of coronavirus, so itandrsquo.. 19/09/2020

Covid cases in Spain rise by 14,389 in the last 24 hours, with 90 deaths 633 people have been hospitalised in the last 24 hours Daily coronavirus data published by the Ministry of Health on Friday afternoon continues to.. 18/09/2020

Madrid introduces movement restrictions affecting 850,000 people Nearly a million people will be mass-tested Madrid once again finds itself in the eye of the storm as the turning circle of covid starts to spin.. 18/09/2020

2 deaths and 675 new covid cases in the last 24 hours; Murcia Friday 18th SeptemberThis is another record total for cases in a single day and brings the active cases up to 7,097 Yesterday the regional Minister for Health, Manuel.. 18/09/2020

162 deaths and 11,291 new cases in 24 hours; Spain coronavirus 17th September WHO warns that current level of transmission in Europe is andldquo;very seriousandrdquo; The Spanish Ministry of Health has notified an increase of 11.. 17/09/2020

Aguilas announces cancellation of 2021 Carnival due to coronavirusThe Mayoress said it was andldquo;the hardest decision she had ever been forced to makeandrdquo; Following several discussions between all those involved.. 17/09/2020

Covid news round-up for the Murcia Region Thursday 17th September 23 health centres on red alert; 19 teachers and 52 pupils quarantined in first days of return to school; Murcia will reach 1,000 cases a day in October.. 17/09/2020

Five deaths and 447 positives; Coronavirus Region of Murcia 17th September Jumilla now has an accumulated incidence rate of 933/100,000 of population, more than 4 times the regional average of 212. On Thursday regional Health.. 17/09/2020

Spanish Health Minister says quarantine period will not be reduced without solid scientific evidenceThe Madrid government, however, has already requested permission to reduce its quarantine period to 7 days The Spanish Minister of Health, Salvador.. 17/09/2020