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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

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

Toxic algal blooms likely to become increasing problem in Mediterranean as climate change warms the planet Ostreopsis microalgae blooms have been called “the mother of all plagues” The Spanish tourist industry is one of the sectors of the national economy which has been most dramatically affected by the coronavirus pandemic, but while there.. 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

Greenpeace hangs banner on Triana bridge in Seville urging council to implement environmental pollution plan Pollution is a big problem in the city in Andalusia, where the average temperature has risen by two degrees over the last 50 years. Greenpeace activists took over Triana bridge in Seville on Monday morning (19 April) to hang up a huge banner urging.. 19/04/2021

64 arrests across Spain as police dismantle nationwide narco-boat and drug supply network The organisation’s ringleaders had operational bases in Málaga, La Línea de la Concepción (Cádiz) and Calpe (Alicante). The Guardia Civil has broken up an important criminal network that smuggled hashish into Spain.. 19/04/2021

Unstable conditions return to much of Spain this week: rain, thunderstorms and changeable weather The Spanish Weather Agency (AEMET) forecasts a week of widespread showers in most parts of Spain though temperatures will remain at normal levels for the season, especially during the day, and could be lower than usual at night.   AEMET spokesman.. 19/04/2021

Four mass vaccination centres across the Valencia region help to boost vaccination rate this weekThe centres are located in Valencia, Alicante, Elche and Castellón On Monday (April 19), the Comunidad Valenciana began mass vaccination in 4 major centres across the three provinces in order to administer around two million vaccines, accounting.. 19/04/2021

Close quarters vulture observation hide to open in the mountains of Huelva The black vulture is the fastest raptor bird species in the Iberian Peninsula Plans have been unveiled by the department of Agriculture, Farming, Fishing and Sustainable Development in the regional government of Andalucía to create a concealed.. 16/04/2021

Giant wels catfish caught in the River Guadalquivir near SevillaA wels catfish is reported to have devoured a fox terrier in the province of Cáceres The huge wels catfish has been illegally introduced to Spanish rivers to encourage angling tourism Images: Archive, not the example caught on this occasion.. 16/04/2021

Spanish regions fear pandemic restriction chaos as the end of the state of emergency approaches Regional governments believe their powers to restrict travel will be limited after 9th May As coronavirus incidence rates across Spain continue to rise gradually considerable concern has been expressed by various regional authorities this week over.. 16/04/2021

Spain to implement EU Covid passport scheme during June in bid to boost tourism The “green certificate” scheme will be introduced with only 30 per cent of Spaniards vaccinated The Spanish government has confirmed that it will be implementing the EU’s “immunity passport” scheme in June of this year.. 16/04/2021

Slow rise in Spanish infection rate continues as Covid claims 126 more lives: Covid update April 15 The fourth wave is growing at a far slower rate than the surge in contagion after Christmas The level of coronavirus contagion in Spain continued its gradual increase of the last couple of weeks with the publication of the Ministry of Health&rsquo.. 16/04/2021

Andalusia becomes first region to administer two million Covid vaccinations The Andalusian president (see image) has said on Twitter that the region is keeping its pace up and intends to give as many vaccines as possible but called on the Spanish government to provide more doses.   Andalusia has become the first Spanish.. 16/04/2021

Spain fast approaching milestone of 12 million vaccinations The vaccination rate is picking up in Spain, and by Thursday (15 April), the health authorities across the country had administered 11,885,085 doses of vaccine against coronavirus.   The figure amounts to 87.4 per cent of the 13,591,805 vaccines.. 16/04/2021