Tourism on the move by Melia Chief Executive Gabriel Escarrer
The fundamentals of tourism remain solid. Even a pandemic that has paralysed travel for almost two years has not affected the desire to travel...
Frank Confidential
Have we all 'Let ourselves go' since Covid struck?
According to research women around the world are wearing make-up, on average, 28% less than in 2019. It seems that this is called “opting for a more natural look.”
Confidential: Limping whilst walking in the countryside
I don’t know if the same debate about obesity is raging in Spain as it is in Britain at the moment, but here it has got very political.
Shortening of quarantine to be discussed
There is currently a seven-day isolation period for positive cases who are asymptomatic or who have mild symptoms.
COVID restrictions relaxed
PSIB, Més and Podemos indicated that it is necessary to be guided by the criteria of health experts.
Over 20% of Balearic population have had Covid
Cases plummet to levels of 40 days ago and the end of the sixth wave begins to be seen.
Government to eliminate mandatory outdoor face masks next week
The schedule is for masks to no longer be mandatory outdoors from Thursday next week.
Son Espases ICUs, only 15% lower than height of the pandemic
The ICU has capacity for 80 beds, at the height of the pandemic last year there were 94 beds.
Huge volumes of COVID hospital waste threaten health - WHO
It estimates that some 87,000 tonnes of personal protective equipment (PPE), or the equivalent of the weight of several hundred blue whales, has been ordered via a U.N. portal up until Nov. 2021 - most of which is thought to have ended up as waste.
Palma hospital activates new phase of contingency plan for Covid
The number of beds has been increased and more staff have been hired.
Please no Plan BA.2
The Balearic tourism minister can look forward to total recovery of tourism this year.
UK PM Johnson must change 'culture' after party claims, Truss says
Liz Truss, is tipped as a possible future prime minister if Johnson is toppled.
Elton John has COVID, postpones U.S. tour dates
John, who has enjoyed a more than 50-year music career, is due to perform across North America until April.
Balearics detects the most contagious omicron sub strain already circulating in Denmark
The Son Espases Microbiology laboratory confirms that the BA.2 subvariant is already present in the Balearics.
Do not assume COVID pandemic reaching 'end game', warns WHO
"On the contrary, globally the conditions are ideal for more variants to emerge."
Novak Djokovic federal court hearing, in Melbourne
Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic walks in Melbourne Airport before boarding a flight.
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Getting in line online
The days of rushing out to buy newspapers are all but over.
Anna Nicholas09/05/2022 14:25