Covid Passports Extended Until 28 February The Superior Court of Justice of the Valencian Community (TSJCV) has authorised the extension, until 28 February, of the requirement of the so-called ‘Covid Passport’ to access all establishments and spaces where it was already required, meaning all bars and restaurants, irrespective of capacity, and other leisure venues. The court considers that the extension of the certificate requirement is justified … Read More
Twelve fugitives revealed in new Most Wanted campaign A new appeal has been launched to trace and bring to justice 12 of the UK’s most wanted fugitives believed to be hiding in Spain. The offenders, all men, are wanted for crimes including murder, large scale drugs trafficking and supplying firearms and ammunition. The NCA’s Most Wanted campaign is run in conjunction with independent charity CrimeStoppers, Spanish law enforcement, … Read More
The Minister of Health announces that the self-diagnostic antigen tests will have a maximum price of 2.94 euro The Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, has reported the agreement reached to limit the maximum price of the COVID-19 self-diagnostic antigen tests to 2.94 euro after the completion of the meeting of the Interministerial Commission on Drug Prices . The Interministerial Drug Price Commission is the competent body for setting the prices of drugs that are financed in the National … Read More
Orihuela Medieval Market Cancelled Orihuela’s Department of Festivities has made the decision this week to cancel the Medieval Market 2022, scheduled to take place between the 4th and 6th of February, due to the “exceptional situation derived from the crisis caused by the avalanche and expansion of infections by this new wave of COVID-19”. The department considers the event to be “high risk”, due … Read More
Vaccination of 5 to 8 year olds in the Valencian Community starts Thursday The second phase of the paediatric vaccination campaign against the coronavirus that begins this week in the Valencian Community focuses on the 186,088 boys and girls aged between 5 and 8 who study in schools in the Valencian Community. The operation, coordinated by the Public Health and Education departments started last Monday with the request for authorisations to vaccinate and … Read More
Goal of vaccinating 80 percent of the population over 60 years with booster doses met The Ministry of Health has promoted the fulfilment of one of the objectives set in the Conference of Presidents on July 22: to ensure that 80 percent of those over 60 in Spain have their booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine before the end of the year. This percentage was achieved last Tuesday and in the statistics of yesterday Wednesday it had … Read More
Torrevieja Closes 2021 with 8,361 People Unemployed A total of 8,361 people were unemployed in Torrevieja at the end of 2021, which translates into a decrease of 17.75% compared to the end of 2020, according to data from Labora. The services sector experienced a decrease of 16.93% and the construction sector fell 14.55%. Compared to the month of November, unemployment decreased by 5.51%, with a decrease of … Read More
Ximo Puig has met with experts to analyse the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Valencian Community The president of the Generalitat, Ximo Puig, has held a telematic meeting with experts from different areas of knowledge to discuss the situation of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Valencian Community. The meeting was also attended by the Minister for Universal Health and Public Health, Ana Barceló. Among the people who have participated are the deputy director general of … Read More
Ximo Puig guarantees hotel and leisure establishments all the support to enforce the COVID passport requirement The president of the Generalitat, Ximo Puig, has guaranteed the hotel and leisure sector all the support of the Valencian Government to enforce the COVID passport requirement. In this sense, he has advanced the possibility of collaborating with the Prosecutor’s Office in the face of coercion and threats from denialists or groups has been opened. This was explained after … Read More
Ximo Puig announces an agreement so that pharmacies can notify the health department of positive antigen tests The president of the Valencia region, Ximo Puig, has announced an agreement so that the pharmacies of the Valencian Community can notify positive cases of COVID-19 face-to-face antigen tests and register them in the database of the Conselleria de Sanidad Universal y Salud Public with the consent of the people who have made them. This has been explained by … Read More
Reminder of the rights of consumers during sales The Ministry of Consumer Affairs has recalled that the rights of consumers in this period are also applicable to purchases made over the Internet. The department headed by Minister Alberto Garzón makes this warning after decreeing the new measures related to capacity and indoor establishments as a result of the pandemic caused by Covid-19 and due to the foreseeable increase … Read More
The marsh harrier comes out of danger of extinction The protection program of the Ministry of Climate Emergency and Ecological Transition allows the consolidation of the marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus) population, which in 2021 reached a total of 33 pairs distributed in the three provinces of the Valencian Community. In this way, the species, considered in Danger of Extinction in the Valencian Catalogue of Threatened Fauna Species, moves … Read More
