SPANISH NEWS

EU reaches 100 million vaccinated and agrees advance delivery of 50 million Pfizer doses Statement from EC President Ursula von der Leyen The COVID-19 pandemic remains a severe threat to people's health and livelihoods. We are in a race against time. The faster we reach our target of having 70% of adults in the European Union vaccinated.. 14/04/2021

100 more deaths as the coronavirus incidence rate across Spain dips slightly: Update April 13 The latest figures are distorted by a lack of new data from the region of Andalucía The most recent pandemic update published on Tuesday evening by Spain’s Ministry of Health appears at first sight to provide some welcome good news.. 14/04/2021

Pfizer vaccine drastically reduces Covid deaths in care homes, Catalonian study finds The study, published in the scientific journal The Lancet, was the world's first analysis of the clinical efficiency of the vaccine by Pfizer in nursing homes. A pioneering study backed by the regional government in Cataluña and researchers.. 13/04/2021

American health authorities put Janssen vaccine on hold due to blood clots300,000 doses of the vaccine, which the EMA authorised last month, were due to arrive in Spain over the next couple of weeks. The US's CDC (Centre for Disease Control and Prevention) and the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) have recommended.. 13/04/2021

Death of a Toledo teacher given AstraZeneca vaccine to be investigatedToledo University Hospital informed the Spanish Agency of Medicines and Health Products on Friday that a patient was in intensive care with a suspected adverse reaction to the coronavirus vaccine. A 30-year-old teacher who was given the AstraZeneca.. 13/04/2021

Spanish Covid immunization program hit again by AstraZeneca delivery failures Under-supply makes it impossible for health authorities to schedule their vaccination programs Yet another hitch has been encountered this week by Spain’s Ministry of Health as it attempts to accelerate the coronavirus vaccination program.. 13/04/2021

Granada pharmaceutical plant to manufacture active ingredient of Covid vaccine by Moderna The pharmaceutical plant in Granada (Andalusia) will be the first in Spain to manufacture the active ingredient of the mRNA vaccine against coronavirus.   Rovi has announced that it will be reinforcing its collaboration towards the manufacturing.. 13/04/2021

EU to buy 2 billion coronavirus vaccines to pre-empt emergence of new variants The European Commission is negotiating the purchase of some two billion Covid-19 vaccines for 2022 and 2023 with an aim to being ready for possible new variants of the virus and to vaccinate youngsters.  EU health spokesman Stefan de Keersmaecker.. 13/04/2021

Incidence rates up by 9 per cent over the weekend as a fourth wave of the pandemic hits Spain 197 more fatalities take the official coronavirus death toll to 76,525 in Spain The suspicion that increased socializing and travel over the Easter holidays could contribute to another increase in the coronavirus infection rate throughout Spain.. 13/04/2021

Janssen vaccines will be given to 70 to 79 year olds when they arrive this weekThe Spanish government is considering various possibilities regarding the AstraZeneca vaccine and will not make an announcement until it finds the ‘best possible decision’, the Health Minister has said. Spain’s first deliveries of.. 12/04/2021

Spain modifies new facemask rules to allow exceptions at beaches and swimming pools Masks must be worn to walk along the beach but can be removed for swimming and sunbathing When the Spanish government presented its new law regarding anti-pandemic measures to become statutory throughout the country a good deal of criticism was attracted.. 09/04/2021

New daily Covid vaccination record in Spain but fourth wave appears to be gathering momentum: Covid April 8 The 14-day infection rate rose by almost 4 per cent on Thursday alone as another 142 deaths were reported Forecasts made a month ago that the long-awaited acceleration in Spain’s Covid vaccination campaign could coincide with a fourth wave.. 09/04/2021

More than 3 million Spanish residents now fully innoculated against Covid-19Spain has broken its vaccination record again by administering 453,682 doses in a day. Three and a half months on from the launch of the coronavirus vaccination campaign that started on 27 December, Spain has reached a new milestone in the battle.. 09/04/2021

Spain amends AstraZeneca use again: 60 to 69-year-olds will be vaccinated with AstraZeneca All those in their 60s could now be immunized using the Oxford AstraZeneca product Yet another alteration to Spain’s policy regarding the use of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine was announced by the national Public Health Committee on Thursday.. 09/04/2021

Spain achieves new record with over 330,000 Covid vaccines administered in a day The figure was reached just before the AstraZeneca jab was suspended in the under-60s Prior to the latest news regarding the doubts over the safety of the AstraZeneca vaccine the month of April had begun in Spain with undeniable signs that the immunization.. 08/04/2021

Travelling in private vehicles without a facemask is not a fineable offence says DGT The traffic authorities in Spain dispel speculation that the tougher rules could refer to family members in cars A doubt which has troubled many people in Spain for the last year appears finally to have been resolved on Wednesday, when the national.. 08/04/2021

8,800 new cases and 126 more fatalities as possibility of fourth Covid wave increases in Spain; Data April 7 Higher vaccination figures provide greater resistance to infection as unvaccinated over-80s are urged to contact their local medical centres The indications that a fourth wave of coronavirus contagion is starting in Spain continue to mount up, and.. 08/04/2021

AstraZeneca vaccine now limited to over-60s in Spain; the rules change yet again Those who have already received the first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine face uncertainty over the second Just as the rate of coronavirus vaccination in Spain appeared at last to be gathering momentum, raising hopes that by the summer approximately.. 08/04/2021

Catalonia announces a return to border closures as Covid cases increase After three consecutive weekends of relative freedom to move around within the region, residents of Cataluña are once again restricted to their own provinces due to an increase in Covid cases. The regional government in Cataluña has.. 08/04/2021

Covid restrictions eased in the Balearic Islands as perimeter closure is removed The perimeter closure of the Balearic Islands is lifted As the measures put into place across the whole country by the Spanish government for the holidays come to an end, the Balearic Islands have decided to return to pre-Easter restrictions. &.. 08/04/2021