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A person swimming in a pool in Palma under the current regulations

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Palma updates municipal Covid regulations

Regulations for swimming pools, gyms, EMT buses and libraries and museums have been upated.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter03/03/2021 10:02

A police officer receives his first dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in Madrid

International

Spain lowers coronavirus tally after recount, infection rate falls

The two-week incidence of the virus fell to 168 per 100,000 people from 176 the day before.

Reuters03/03/2021 09:52

Healthcare worker at Son Espases Hospital in Palma.

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Son Espases Hospital now has just one Covid ward

To help reduce waiting lists, operations will be carried out, morning and afternoon, in subsidised centres.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter03/03/2021 08:40

Covid Vaccines.

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The side effects of the Covid vaccines in Mallorca

Dr Arranz: "The side effects from AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Moderna are more frequent than from vaccines that have been around for decades, but they also clear up faster.."

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter03/03/2021 08:02

Packets of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine

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Spain to buy 17 mln more doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine as part of EU contract

The government intends to have 70% of the 47 million population vaccinated by the summer.

Reuters02/03/2021 15:35

Travellers arriving in Minorca.

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Balearics to tighten PCR test requirement for national travellers

Apart from the Balearics, there are three Spanish regions with incidence rates below 100.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter02/03/2021 12:43

Intensive care, Mallorca

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Number of Covid deaths in February joint second highest

The same number of deaths as January, but February is of course a shorter month.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter01/03/2021 17:06

Vaccination in Spain

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Government promising audit of vaccination process

The call for a parliamentary commission to consider the vaccination process is unlikely to now get sufficient support.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter01/03/2021 16:56

Bars getting ready for the big reopening

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Latest restrictions in Mallorca and how they affect you

Find out what has been eased from the lastest Covid-19 restrictions which take effect on Tuesday March 2 after Mallorca was downgraded from Level 4 to Level 3.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter01/03/2021 15:13

Intensive care, Son Llàtzer Hospital, Mallorca.

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Balearics coronavirus figures for Sunday

The cumulative incidence is decreasing on all the islands; in Minorca it is below ten.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter28/02/2021 13:18

Intensive care, Son Llàtzer Hospital, Mallorca.

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Balearics coronavirus figures for Saturday

Something of a milestone for Palma, where active cases are now below 1,000.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter27/02/2021 15:00

Juli Fuster, director-general of IB-Salut in the Balearics

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Vaccine supplies to the Balearics increasing next month

The number of doses to be supplied over the next fortnight will equate to around 80% of those already delivered.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter26/02/2021 16:02

Intensive care, Mallorca

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Balearics coronavirus figures for Friday

In less than a month, the total number of people being attended to by the health service has fallen by over 7,000.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter26/02/2021 13:58

Vials of Pfizer's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine

International

Fraudsters offer 400 million 'ghost' COVID vaccines in EU

Most of the shots offered to EU governments by traders were purportedly the AstraZeneca vaccine.

Reuters25/02/2021 13:45

Vaccine passports may be required for foreign travel

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EU to talk vaccination passports today to resurrect tourism after COVID-19

Time is short for countries in the south, where the hospitality sector needs to know what it should prepare for in the coming months.

Reuters24/02/2021 17:20

A worker shows a vial of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine

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Spain to get four times as many vaccine doses in Q2 than in Q1

Almost two million Spaniards have received at least one vaccine dose.

Reuters24/02/2021 12:57

A plane passes a sign as it comes into land at Heathrow Airport

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Digital health checks vital to travel recovery, Heathrow says

The airport, west of London, is forecasting 25 million passengers in the second half of the year, meaning it would be operating at about 50% capacity.

Reuters24/02/2021 11:04

Health worker at Son Espases Hospital, Mallorca

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Balearics coronavirus figures for Tuesday

Mallorca's 14-day cumulative incidence has dipped to 93.75 per 100,000.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter23/02/2021 14:06

Testing in Mallorca

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Balearics coronavirus figures for Monday

Just 29 new cases; six municipalities have increased numbers of cases.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter22/02/2021 14:04

Juli Fuster, director-general of IB-Salut, and Maria Antonia Font, director-general of Balearic public health

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Mass vaccination scheduled to start in mid-March

The Balearic health service has a target of vaccinating 70% of the population by June.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter19/02/2021 15:59

Covid testing

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Balearics coronavirus figures for Thursday

The number of patients on wards in Mallorca is down a further thirteen.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter18/02/2021 15:02

The Guardia Civil at Barajas airport in Madrid

International

Spain to make quarantine obligatory for travellers from South Africa, Brazil

"We need to learn from what happened in previous waves ... because once the numbers go up it's very hard to bring them down again."

Reuters18/02/2021 10:34