REGION OF MURCIA, COVID-19 REGION OF MURCIA

British variant expected to become the dominant form of coronavirus in Spain by March On Friday afternoon the British Prime Minister said new evidence is emerging that this strain may be more deadly The health authorities in Spain are gradually accepting that unfortunately the “British strain” of coronavirus is likely.. 22/01/2021

19 deaths as hospitalisations pass 1,000; Murcia region Covid Friday 22nd 1,398 new cases were notified within the last 24 hour period Yet again, the Region of Murcia has reported a day of breaking records in this coronavirus pandemic, but unfortunately these are not records which any health authority will be particularly.. 22/01/2021

Over-80s next on the list to receive the Covid vaccine in Spain 1.1 million doses have so far been administered to medical staff and those in homes for the elderly As the coronavirus vaccination campaign gathers momentum gradually in Spain it has been confirmed that the third group of the population to be offered.. 22/01/2021

Covid hospitalisations just under 1,000: Region of Murcia Thursday 21st 13 deaths and 1,724 new cases in the last 24 hours Although by now the daily covid figures are “just numbers” to many of the population and only become real when the “70 patients hospitalised” includes somebody known to us.. 21/01/2021

Murcian regional health minister resigns The minister resigned after admitting he had vaccinated 400 health staff including himself, who were not on the priorities list The regional health minister of the Murcia region resigned last night after regional media La Verdad revealed that the.. 21/01/2021

Spanish government refuses to authorise earlier curfew or full lockdown 15 of 17 regional governments are reported to have demanded stricter night-time lockdowns The Spanish government once again stood firm on Wednesday in refusing to bow to the pressure being exerted by regional administrations to allow the start of.. 21/01/2021

New daily high in coronavirus case numbers in Spain with 41,000 more infections The 14-day incidence rate has also reached unprecedented levels since the festive season A fortnight has now passed since Three Kings Day signalled the end of the Christmas and New Year celebrations in Spain but the latest coronavirus data continue.. 21/01/2021

More deaths in last 5 days than in whole of the first lockdown; Murcia region Wednesday 20th January 1,884 new cases have been diagnosed in the last 24 hours The coronavirus pandemic continues to harvest its victims and in the last 24 hours ten more fatalities have joined the list of those who have lost their lives to the Covid-19 pandemic so far.. 20/01/2021

Murcian health minister faces harsh criticism for vaccinating himself and office-based health service staff The Minister has apologised but refuses to resign; opposition politicians are having a field day demanding he step down and criticising the regional government A huge political row has broken out in the Murcia Region after it was revealed that the.. 20/01/2021

450 more businesses in Murcia apply for ERTE furlough schemes after the closure of the hostelry sector 1,500 workers affected, most of them thought to be bar and restaurant staff The prolongation of ERTE furlough schemes in Spain until at least 31st May, which has finally met with the approval of both employers and trades unions this week, will affect.. 20/01/2021

Valencia region closing down bars and restaurants and amplifying restrictions The new measures come into effect in Alicante province, Valencia and Castellón from Thursday 21st The Generalitat Valenciana has decided to incerase the restrictions in the three provinces of Alicante, Castellón and Valencia due to.. 19/01/2021

Murcia Region has second highest rate of covid contagions in the countryMoratalla is the worst affected municipality in the Murcia Region with a 14 day rate of 3750 cases per 100,000 Image1: Junta de Andalucía. During the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic, the Region of Murcia was consistently at the.. 19/01/2021

137 hospital admissions in the last 24 hours and 12 deaths: Murcia Region covid 19th January Image: Vaccines arriving at the Grupo Hefame storage centre The Tuesday figures for the Murcia Region are a reflection of the high number of new cases reported last week Hospitals in the Region of Murcia are now under significant pressure following.. 19/01/2021

Alicante field hospital opens 80 additional beds for coronavirus patients A similar field hospital has opened in Valencia following a huge increase in cases across the Valencia region So sharp has been the recent increase in the number of cases of Covid-19 reported in and around Alicante that beds in an emergency field.. 19/01/2021

Murcia businesses producing 345,000 facemasks and PPE items every weekProduction of quality-certified facemasks has boomed since Covid was first detected in Spain Since the coronavirus pandemic was first detected in Spain the demand for facemasks and other items of personal protection equipment has soared to levels.. 19/01/2021

11 deaths in the last 24 hours; Murcia Covid Monday 18th 971 new cases have been diagnosed in the last 24 hour period Sunday is normally the quietest day of the week for diagnoses as less staff are dedicated to undertaking PCR tests, but the Murcia Region still managed to report 971 new cases in the latest.. 18/01/2021

Visitors and companions not allowed at Santa Lucía and Rosell Hospitals Visits to those receiving care in the hospital have been suspended The increase in Covid cases in the Region of Murcia has resulted in many changes to procedures in the last couple of weeks, to which the health authority has now added a prohibition.. 18/01/2021

Murcian Government requests that curfew time be brought forward The regional president also wants the state to put measures in place so that the regional government can apply full lockdowns where it is deemed to be necessary. Throughout last week a topic which surfaced several times across Spain was that of.. 18/01/2021

Bars and restaurants closed down in every municipality except Aledo and Librilla Only the terraces of premises in these two municipalities may open to 75% capacity From midnight on Tuesday onwards, the bars and restaurants in every municipality of the Region of Murcia must remain shut completely, apart from in the two tiny municipalities.. 18/01/2021

Second doses of Pfizer vaccine administered in the Murcia Region As of Sunday, the regional health authority had administered 37,530 vaccines (94% of the vaccines delivered to date) After a slow start to the vaccine campaign, the Murcia Region had caught up with the vaccinations programme scheduled by the end.. 18/01/2021

Three new cases of the British variant detected in the Region of Murcia On Friday the national Ministry of Health announced that a sample of covid positives would be subjected to genome testing to ascertain which variants are circulating in Spain and how widely the British variant is present The regional health department.. 17/01/2021

1,446 new cases and 9 fatalities; Covid Sunday Region of Murcia Hospitalisations continue to climb to record levels The Sunday figures for the Region of Murcia continue to register high new cases, although the new diagnoses are slightly lower than at the end of the week. 1,446 new cases were diagnosed during.. 17/01/2021

11 covid deaths end a week in which cases have doubled in the Murcia RegionThis has been the worst week of the pandemic so far for the Murcia Region Last Friday the Murcia region had 6,964 active cases, a figure which has this week risen by 7,452, so more than double, to 14,416. Fatalities last Friday were 771, a.. 16/01/2021

Spanish Health Ministry carrying out survey to determine spread of the British Covid variant Madrid says it has 48 confirmed cases and is also studying a possible case of the “South African “ variant The latest central government coronavirus data issued on Thursday confirm the detection of 88 cases in Spain of the “British.. 15/01/2021

1831 new covid cases on Friday as hospital admissions in Murcia region reach record level Yet again the region breaks its record for maximum number of active cases; 14,416 This week has seen a brutal upturn in the number of new coronavirus cases being reported in the Murcia Region, propelling Murcia from the lower end of the “covid.. 15/01/2021

Face-to-face consultations with specialist doctors suspended in Murcia Region Pressure continues to increase as covid hospital admissions reach highest point to date Pressure on the Murcian Health Service, the SMS, continues to grow by the hour as the number of coronavirus cases diagnosed increases. During the last 24.. 15/01/2021

Pfizer will reduce deliveries of Covid vaccine to Europe from next week Spain is currently receiving around 350,000 doses a week and this will now be cut All around the world there is a scramble to obtain further supplies of coronavirus vaccines, and in Europe several countries have been criticised for the slow roll.. 15/01/2021

Murcian health service cancels all staff leave as covid situation deteriorates The region now has the highest number of cases at any point in this whole pandemic and hospitals are already struggling to cope During the last week the Region of Murcia the number of coronavirus cases detected has been the highest since the pandemic.. 15/01/2021

Murcia regional government publishes decree prohibiting social interaction in the BORM The decree prohibits any social gathering outside of the immediate domestic household bubble Following the announcement last night that the Murcian regional Government would be prohibiting social interaction outside of the immediate family bubble.. 14/01/2021

Hostelry sector ignores request from regional president and hundreds protest in Murcia Last night the regional president specifically called for responsible action and banned such gatherings from Thursday onwards Image: Hostemur Several hundred restauranteurs, bar owners and hoteliers belonging to the regional hostelry association.. 14/01/2021

1901 new Covid-19 cases in Murcia Region on Thursday; hospital admissions soarThere are nearly 100 people in intensive care in the region today Image; Number of new cases by day at the top, and hospitalisations below, clearly showing the aggressive surge in new cases and hospital admissions Although the total of new.. 14/01/2021

28 more beds being prepared in Rosell Hospital due to rising Covid-19 cases On Wednesday both Murcia and Spain reported the highest new cases in a single day of the pandemic so far The Ministry of Health is preparing the progressive opening of 28 more beds on the first floor of the Santa María del Rosell University.. 14/01/2021

Covid death toll in Spain could be as high as 80,000 says National Statistics Institute Spain registered 20 per cent more deaths from all causes in 2020 than in 2019 The latest daily Covid bulletin published yesterday by Spain’s Ministry of Health reported a further 195 fatalities concerning patients diagnosed with Covid-19.. 14/01/2021

Spanish government rejects calls for full lockdown again The government refuses to endorse a single nationwide set of pandemic restrictions Regional governments continue with different approaches to curb the third wave of contagion As regional governments throughout Spain tighten up their pandemic.. 14/01/2021

Murcia region prohibits social gatherings for 14 days Social contact must be limited to those who live in the same household Today the Murcia region announced the highest number of covid cases for a single day since the pandemic began, more than 2,000 cases diagnosed in a 24 hour period. Although.. 13/01/2021

Spain extends ban on non-Spanish residents entering Spain from UK until 2nd February Spain’s borders are open to European Union and Schengen-area countries Only British nationals with residency in Spain or Spansih nationals returning home to Spain will be admitted. The Spanish Government has announced that the ban on.. 12/01/2021

All hospitals in the Region cancel non-urgent surgery due to soaring covid rates Some ICU units are already full and new areas are being prepared for further admissions On Tuesday the Murcia region reported the highest number of cases for a single day since the pandemic began, following on from a record week last week in which.. 12/01/2021

Murcian college of doctors calls for full lockdown The medics who must care for those who are falling sick say a full lockdown is required for at least a fortnight in order to avoid disaster The official College of Doctors in the Region of Murcia has requested that a full lockdown be imposed by.. 12/01/2021

Covid vaccine rollout rate in Murcia and across Spain still sluggish Image: health personnel being vaccinated in Murcia Region Figures reported by the Murcian regional health service and the national government are totally different After a slow start to the Covid vaccination program in Spain, with the onset.. 12/01/2021

Hostemur fears that Murcia could lose a third of its bars and restaurants following enforced closures The hostelries association claims again that it is being victimized as bars close in most of the Region The forced closure of all bars and restaurants in 36 of the 45 municipalities of the Region of Murcia, which was announced by the regional government.. 12/01/2021

British variant not yet impacting in Spain; soaring Covid cases due to Christmas socialising The government Health Emergencies director insists that increased socializing has caused the third wave of infection The Director of Spain’s Coordination Centre for Health Alerts and Emergencies, Fernando Simón, stated on Monday that.. 12/01/2021

Vaccinations begin for hospital workers across the Murcia Region On Monday the vaccinations programme will begin in the health centres of the region The health personnel of the hospitals of the Region began to receive the first dose their coronavirus vaccines on Thursday and Friday, and as of next Monday, the.. 09/01/2021

Travellers from Spain will have to provide PCR before entering UK from next week Those travelling back to the UK from Spain must now provide a negative PCR test in order to enter the UK Travelling internationally is becoming increasingly difficult as the coronavirus pandemic intensifies around the world and those who are non.. 08/01/2021

First case of British Covid variant found in the Region of Murcia The 25 year old patient had travelled to the Region of Murcia for the festive period The Murcian regional health authority confirmed on Friday that the first case of the so-called “British variant“ (SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 variant) of the.. 08/01/2021

Unemployment in Murcia Region 22 per cent higher than at the end of 2019 This exactly mirrors the trend nationally as coronavirus takes its toll on employment The longer the pandemic continues to disrupt normal business trading, the greater the risk that businesses will be unable to continue trading without shedding.. 05/01/2021