Madrid Opens “Auto” Vaccination Appointments To Over 16s As Rates Spike
The Madrid regional health authorities have extended it’s self appointment vaccination system campaign to the over sixteens in a race
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El Corte Inglés, Acciona and Grupo Santander Join Vaccination Race
The race to reach the all important threshold of the 70% vaccination rate, has speeded up with the annoucement today
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Back To The Dance Floor: Madrid ‘s Nightlife Set To Stay Open Till 3am
Madrid’s nightlife sector has warmly welcomed the announcement that nightclubs will be allowed to stay open until 3am from June
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Madrid “Auto” Vaccination Centres Speed Up As Spain Team Get Jab
The Madrid regional health authorities have announced that they will be vaccinating the Spain football team after two of their
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Madrid Nightlife Set To Restart As Cases Receed.
Madrid’s legendary nightlife which has been paralysed by the pandemic looks set to restart according to the regions health chief,
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Spain Covid Rate Falls As Madrid Ends Basic Health Zone Restrictions
The latest Covid-19 infection rates published by the Spanish Health Ministry released this week show a further decrease to 129 cases per
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Spain Infection Rate Stalls As Government Accelerates One Dose Janssen
The latest government figures released yesterday, Wednesday 28th April, show that the 14 day cumulative infection rate, appears to have stalled
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Madrid Faces Further Confinement As Infection Rate Surges
The latest official Covid-19 infection rate figures released by the Ministry of Health,yesterday Thursday, 22nd April show a further increase in
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Easter Covid Hangover Starts To Bite But Vaccinations Up
The latest government figures released this week for the Covid-19 infection rate shows a continuing rise across the country with Madrid significantly
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Vaccination Rate Speeds Up But Madrid’s Infection Rate Still Rising
The latest official Spanish government´s figures for the Covid-19 infection rate show that the 14 day cumulative rate shows the numbers contiunuing
Read more Police Overwhelmed Trying To Stop Madrid Partying The Night Away
Figures released yesterday, Monday 29th March, show that Madrid´s police had their busiest weekend ever trying to curtail Madrid´s booming
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Madrid´s Covid Rate Still Highest In Spain As AstraZeneca Vaccine Suspended
The latest Covid-19 infection rate figures released yesterday, March 15th, show a continued decrease in the number of cases across the
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Spain´s Covid Infection Rate Falls To Six Month Low
The latest figures published by the Spanish Health Ministry show that the 14-day cumulative number of coronavirus cases per 100,000
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Madrid Police Struggle To Contain “Avalanche” Of Illegal Parties
Madrid´s municipal police have had another busy weekend in an attempt to curb the number of illegal parties being held
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Madrid Mulls Easing Restrictions As Cases Fall & Vaccinations Accelerate
The Madrid regional government of Isabel Diaz Ayuso is believed to be looking at reducing the number of restrictions and
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Police Raid 227 Illegal Parties Over Weekend
Madrid police have had another busy weekend breaking up 227 illegal parties throughout the capital. This is the moment municipal
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Madrid Police Seize Millions Of Fake Masks In Illegal Party Raid
The Spanish authorities have seized four million KN95 and FFP2 counterfeit face masks during a party raid at a hotel.
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Covid Patient Released After 315 Days In Hospital
This is the moment a 52-year-old woman who had Covid is applauded out of a hospital where she was treated
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Spain Covid Infection Rate Continues Downward Trend
The latest government figures released yesterday, 16th February by the Ministry of Health show a continued decrease in the number
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Curfew Set To Ease As Madrid Nightlife Itches To Return
The Madrid regional government has confirmed that the present restrictions on bars and restaurants is being eased this week. The
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Madrid Hotels 2 Billion Euros “Catastrophic” 2020 Losses
The Madrid Hotel Business Association (AEHM) estimates that losses in their sector for 2020 reached more than two billion Euros
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Ministry Of Health Confirms Downward Trend Across Spain
The Spanish Ministry of Health´s latest Covid infection rate figures for the 14-day cumulative number of coronavirus cases per 100,000
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Madrid Looks At Adding Waiters To Vaccine Priority List
Madrid´s regional premier, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, has said that the government is considering adding waiters, taxi drivers and teachers amongst
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Covid Outbreaks In Nursing Homes Takes Deadly Toll
Ten residents from a Madrid retirement home have died after an outbreak of Covid-19. The elderly residents in the Los
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Madrid Infection Rate Peaks But No Mardi Gras This Year
The Madrid regional health minister, Enrique Ruiz Escudero, has announced new 19 Basic Health Zones (ZBS) in the capital and
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Madrid Medical Team Find Skin Abrasions First Sign Of Covid
A study carried out by a specialist Spanish medical research team has concluded that abrasions in the skin could be
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Spanish Chief Of Defence Staff Resigns Over Vaccine Queue Jumping
Spain’s Chief of the General Staff, General Miguel Ángel Villarroya, resigned over the weekend over media reports that he and
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Madrid Police To Monitor Lockdown Areas With New Drone Force
Madrid City Council has announced that the municipal police will be deploying drones in order to enforce the local lockdowns
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Real Madrid´s Zidane Tests Positive For Covid
The coach of Real Madrid, Zinedine Zidane has tested positive for Covid-19, the club has announced in a short press release. The release
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Madrid Infection Rate Rises In Vaccine Roll Out
The Spanish Ministry of Health has announced that a total of 966,097 doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been administered
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Spain´s Third Wave Breaks Record But Madrid Stable
The Spanish Health Ministry´s latest figures for Covid infections in the country showed a record 84,287 new cases over the
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Madrid Hospitals Overflow With Covid Patients As Third Wave Hits
Video footage has emerged from a hospital visitor who filmed a ward filled to almost double its capacity amid a
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Madrid´s Covid Vaccination Programme Accelerates
Despite the distruption which saw widespread road closures from the heavy snowfall due to Storm Filomena, the Madrid regional government
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Spain´s Covid Infection Rate Reaches New High As Madrid Tightens Curfew
The Spanish Government has reported a record high of 38,869 new coronavirus cases in a single day, which is the
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Further Basic Health Restricted Areas Announced
The Madrid regional government have announced 8 more “basic health areas” and 5 municipalities to be confined in an effort
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Spain Suspends UK Incoming Flights
The Spanish government has announced the suspension of flights arriving from the United Kingdom from tomorow Tuesday 22nd December, apart
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British Scouts Raise 500 Kg Of Food For Madrid Food Bank
2020 has been a difficult year for many with the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic hitting many families in
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Spain Mulls Banning UK Flights After Virus Mutation Spread Fear
The Spanish government has expressed deep concern over the coronavirus mutation discovered in Britain but has so far resisted banning
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Spain’s Vaccine Rollout To Start On Boxing Day
The Spanish Minister Of Health, Salvador Illa has announced that the country will begin it’s vaccine roll out programme on
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Madrid Tightens Christmas Restrictions
The Madrid regional government has announced further restrictions on movement and gatherings over the festive season. Speaking today, Madrid´s Health
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Sanchez & Regions Muse Hardening Of Christmas Measures
Speaking this week to the Spanish Congress of Deputies, the Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, raised the spectre of toughening the
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Madrid To Plant Urban Forest In Memory Of Covid Victims
Madrid´s City Council has announced that it will honour the coronavirus victims of the region with a memorial forest. Madrid´s
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Spain Relaxes PCR Entry Requirements
The Spanish Health Ministry is to relax some of the requirements to allow travellers to enter Spain. The relaxation of
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Madrid Police Issued 275 Covid Rule Breaking Fines A Day
The Madrid regional government has issued the latest law enforcement figures relating to the Covid restrictions imposed on the region.
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Sanchez Pledges 2.5 Million Vulnerable People To Be Vaccinated By February
The Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez has announced that the government´s Covid-19 vaccine programme will be rolled out in three
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Isabel Zendal Emergency Hospital Opens Today
The president of the Madrid regional government, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, inaugurated the Isabel Zendal Emergency Hospital today, Tuesday, December 1,
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Madrid Reduces Lockdown Zones As Spain Rates Continue To Fall
The Madrid regional government has announced a further reduction in the number of the regions’s “basic health areas” that are
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Sanchez Heralds 2021 Vaccines And Funding In Euro Conference
Spanish premier Pedro Sanchez heralded a successful outcome to the latest European Council meeting held last week. The virtual Council
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Madrid Set To Impose Perimetral Closure For December Puente Week
The Madrid regional government is expected to make an announcement for the closure of its’ borders from December 4th to
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Madrid Begins To Lift Restrictions As Spain Cases Fall
Although Spain´s national average for coronavirus cases remains high the downward trend is showing signs of accelarating with the 14-day
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British Ambassador’s Halloween Fundraising Pumpkin Surprise
The British Ambassador to Spain, Hugh Elliott, who is also the Patron of the Madrid based British Benevolent Fund has
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Spanish Parliament Approves State Of Alarm
The Spanish government on Thursday secured congressional approval for a six-month extension to the state of alarm declared last week to contain
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Madrid Region Set To Close Borders
The Madrid regional government is set to implement a perimetral lockdown to cover the whole of the autonomous community which
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Doctors Find 80% Of COVID-19 Patients Deficient In Vitamin D
Doctors in Spain have found that over 80 percent of COVID-19 patients have shown deficient levels of a prehormone produced
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Madrid Mulls Curfew As State Of Alarm Ends
The political battle between central and regional government’s moves to a new phase as the central government’s imposition of a
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Madrid High Court Rules Against Lockdown Restrictions
The central government’s flagship order to curb the spread of the second wave of the coronavirus has been dealt a
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