Spain defends hantavirus response after new cruise ship infections
Spanish authorities said on Monday that they had taken ‘all measures’ necessary to stop hantavirus spreading among passengers evacuated from a cruise ship linked to...
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Hantavirus cruise passengers flown home from Canary Islands under strict precautions
Military and government aircraft began flying passengers home on Sunday after the cruise ship at the centre of the hantavirus outbreak docked in Spain’s Canary...
WHO chief heads to Canary Islands to oversee hantavirus cruise evacuation
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) was set to travel to Tenerife on Saturday to help oversee the evacuation of passengers affected by...
Spain says it has ‘legal tools’ for quarantine as hantavirus cruise ship to ‘anchor offshore’ Tenerife
Spain’s Health Minister Mónica García has said the government is prepared to use its full legal powers — including quarantine measures — as a cruise...
Record €13.3m payout in Spain after childbirth negligence leaves boy with lifelong disabilities
A Spanish court has awarded a record €13.3 million in compensation to a woman who suffered what has been described as obstetric violence during the...
Canary Islands reject virus-hit cruise ship as Madrid pushes ahead with docking plan
The president of Spain’s Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, has firmly opposed plans to allow a cruise ship affected by a deadly hantavirus outbreak to dock...
Spain’s Sánchez urges China to play bigger global role while warning trade imbalance is ‘unsustainable’
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Monday called on China to take on a stronger role in tackling global challenges, while warning that its trade...
Pedro Sánchez rejects heart illness rumours, accuses right-wing of smears
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has publicly denied rumours circulating online that he is secretly undergoing treatment for a serious heart condition, dismissing the claims...
Spanish doctors begin first week of strikes against ministry’s reform, calling for profession-specific rules
Doctors in Spain commenced a strike this week to express their opposition to the Estatuto Marco (‘framework statue’) being imposed by the Ministry of Health,...
Five babies were hospitalised in Spain after consuming contaminated formula, health report states
Five babies in Spain were hospitalised after suffering bouts of vomiting linked to the consumption of the same Nestlé infant formula that was found to...
