Spain plans total smoking ban at bar terraces, beaches, stadiums, bus stops
Spain’s minority coalition government unveiled draft legislation on Tuesday aimed at prohibiting smoking in a wide range of outdoor public spaces, from beaches and sports...
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Spain airdrops 12 tonnes of food aid into Gaza, as famine threat intensifies
Updated Report – Friday 1 August: Spain confirmed on Friday that it had completed an airdrop of 12 tonnes of food into Gaza, where famine...
15 children from Gaza arrive in Spain for urgent medical care
15 children and one adult from war-ravaged Gaza have arrived in Spain after travelling from Egypt to receive care for complicated medical conditions. The children were...
Spain has registered its first deaths from acute hepatitis in children
Spain has registered its first two deaths from acute hepatitis, or liver inflammation, among children — an illness whose causes are unknown and is being...
First monkeypox deaths outside of Africa seen in Spain and Brazil
The Spanish health ministry released a statement on Saturday to say that up to 29 July there have been a total of 4,298 confirmed cases...
WHO declares monkeypox ‘public health emergency of global concern’
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Saturday declared the monkeypox outbreak, which has affected nearly 16,000 people in 72 countries, to be a global health...
From a Madrid sauna to Canary Islands – more monkeypox cases across Spain
After authorities in Madrid closed a gay sauna in the capital on Friday that had been identified as a possible place of the origin of...
Spain now has 7 confirmed monkeypox cases, and 22 further suspected cases
Last update: Thurs 19 May at 15.15h Spain first issued an alert on Wednesday to say it had eight suspected cases of monkeypox – referred to as...
Spain investigating three cases of child hepatitis of unknown origin
This week health authorities in Spain have been investigating three isolated and unconnected cases of children suffering from severe acute hepatitis of unknown origin. Aged...
WHO reiterates that ‘plausible endgame for pandemic’ in sight for EU
Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (8 Feb) Two years after the outbreak of Covid-19, Europe could soon enter a ‘long period of tranquility’ due to high...
