COVID-19

Coronavirus infections are skyrocketing in Spain just as the holidays begin. Sanidad calls for prudence in the face of an upturn that comes a few days from the Pride or San Fermin festivities and recommends the use of a mask to protect the elderly. The Head of Sanidad has called for the use of protection measures by recalling that, "in this time we have learnedo to keep the virus at […]

The new variants of the coronavirus have given way to the so-called 'new Covid-22', which has caused a notable increase in the number of people infected. The rise in infections has soared to 841 cases among those over 59. Also of concern is the rise in hospital occupancy, with a total of 9,553 hospitalized, with ICUs rising from 3.8% to 5% of the total occupancy. It is the new situation […]

The epidemiologist Oriol Mitjá, advisor on coronavirus of the autonomous government of Catalonia, has warned about a new wave after the daily increases in the cumulative incidence and relaxation of restrictions and behavior of people. The pandemic has not yet ended, contagions continue to increase and according to the latest update of the Ministry of Health, the current incidence in over 60 years of age continues to grow, being at […]

In Spain, coronavirus infections are on the rise again and this is having a direct effect in pharmacies. Sales of antigen tests are up again and some pharmacists are warning that they are running out of stock, as happened at the beginning of the sixth wave. Antigen sales have doubled since Easter. "We’re out of tests. As the National Health System is not carrying out the tests," says the manager […]

About 22,000 health facilities suffer from persistent COVID-19. More than half continue to suffer after six months of discharge, and one in five is still on work leave. These are data from the union of CSIF officials that claims that the persistent coronavirus is declared an occupational disease. The first clinical trial to treat the persistent coronavirus will be at the Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital (Can Ruti). The method […]

Considering coronavirus as a flu is a reality with the change of protocol of action against the virus and the end of the obligatory use of the mask indoors. The measure that ends with the obligatory masks has been approved this Tuesday in the Congress of Deputies and has entered into force in the Official State Gazette (BOE) today. The COVID-19 pandemic is increasingly on the horizon, despite WHO warning […]

The Ministry of Health has reported 74,679 new cases of coronavirus since the previous balance, when 34,727 positive were counted. As detailed by Sanidad, the total of Covid-19 infections since the beginning of the pandemic in Spain is already 11,736,893, while the total number of deaths amounts to 103,721. The cumulative incidence in the last 14 days per 100,000 inhabitants in the 60-69 age group is 403.56 points. The rate […]

They find a mosquito inside a vial of Moderna in a vaccination center in Malaga. Sanidad has ordered the removal of a batch of 764,900 doses manufactured in Spain and distributed in January in Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Sweden. According to the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices (AEMPS), the affected vial was identified and not administered to any person. The presence of a mosquito has only been […]

During these two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, Spanish families have had to face various expenses: buying computers for teleworking, masks, furniture or antigen tests. Also the increase in the price of electricity. In total, households have spent on average €1,712 to meet the needs arising from the coronavirus. One in three households says that after this period has left them "poorer", mainly due to increases in spending on telework […]