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President of the Council of Formentera, Alejandra Ferrer

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Formentera at Covid risk level 4

The cumulative incidence per 100,000 in Formentera is well above the figure for the Balearics as a whole.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter22/01/2021 14:53

Health personnel in Mallorca

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Balearics coronavirus figures for Friday

Decreases in the numbers of patients on wards and in ICU in Mallorca.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter22/01/2021 13:43

Care home worker receives the vaccine

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Balearics receive two thousand fewer vaccine doses

The health service says that the temporary reduction in supply will not affect the vaccination programme.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter21/01/2021 14:35

Covid testing in the Balearics.

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Mallorca has turned the corner with fewer cases

Although there is a deceleration, Javier Arranz is not in favour of a relaxation of measures.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter21/01/2021 13:32

Oriol Lafau, mental health coordinator for the Balearics

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"Living from day to day", the only recipe for a Covid society

The mental health coordinator for the Balearics on the frustration caused by the pandemic.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter19/01/2021 17:18

Nurse Laura Bomillo fills a syringe with a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in Madrid

International

Spain's new coronavirus cases hit weekend record of 84,287

Over the past 14 days the cases spiked to 689 per 100,000 people.

Reuters19/01/2021 13:48

Death toll continues to rise.

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Eleven deaths from coronavirus in the Balearics in last 24 hours

The number of people in Mallorca being attended to by primary care is coming down.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter19/01/2021 13:33

Araceli Hidalgo receives a second dose of the vaccine against COVID-19

International

Spain's elderly get second COVID-19 shot as infection rates soar

In the first wave some 20,000 residents were killed by the virus between March and May.

Reuters19/01/2021 10:52

Health worker receiving Covid vaccine

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Three-quarters of available doses of the vaccine have been given

Eighty-eight per cent of frontline health workers have had a first dose of the vaccine.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter18/01/2021 14:24

Spain report record covid cases

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Spain reports record 40,197 COVID-19 cases

Spanish officials have repeatedly said a return to home confinement should not be necessary.

Reuters16/01/2021 11:45

Front line medical staff continued to be vaccinated yesterday in the Balearics

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More Pfizer vaccines finally arrive: three days late!

The Balearics now has nearly 10,000 doses but less than half had been administered by yesterday evening, one of the lowest rates in the country.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter15/01/2021 11:55

Health personnel in Mallorca

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Balearics coronavirus figures for Thursday

The total number of people in Mallorca being attended to by primary care has come down by a hundred.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter14/01/2021 15:19

Bars and restaurants to close at 16.00 and brought forward a curfew to 22.00 due to increase of covid-19 cases

International

Spain reports record number of new daily COVID-19 cases, Madrid blames UK strain

Spanish authorities have said a return to home confinement is not necessary.

Reuters14/01/2021 11:30

Meeting of the Inter-Territorial Council of the National Health System

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Balearics demanding no more delays to delivery of vaccines

Over 6,000 doses should have arrived on Monday; they are now due on Thursday.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter13/01/2021 20:05

Intensive care, Son Llàtzer Hospital, Mallorca.

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Balearics coronavirus figures for Wednesday

Increased numbers of cases in thirty of Mallorca's municipalities.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter13/01/2021 15:32

Spread of the coronavirus disease in Spain

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Soaring COVID-19 cases in Spain prompt more regions to toughen response

The Spanish authorities have delegated regional authorities the deployment a mix of restrictions.

Reuters13/01/2021 15:17

Patricia Gómez, Balearic health minister

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Health minister suggests that latest measures may have to be extended

Patricia Gómez says that fifteen days are not usually enough to see the effect of measures.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter12/01/2021 15:31

Fernando Simón

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Spain's COVID-19 incidence jumps after record weekend surge

The number of new cases measured over the past 14 days spiked to 436 per 100,000 people on Monday.

Reuters12/01/2021 12:38

Gorillas sit after two of their troop tested positive for COVID-19

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Gorillas at San Diego Zoo Safari Park diagnosed with COVID-19

The positive results were confirmed on Monday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Veterinary Services Laboratories.

Reuters12/01/2021 12:02

Alcampo and Decathlon, Mallorca

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Mallorca businesses facing fifteen days of closure

There was heavy traffic on roads leading to shopping centres on Monday.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter11/01/2021 16:48

Deya, Mallorca

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Coronavirus cases rise in 30 of Mallorca's municipalities

Up to January 5, Deya had the highest 14-day cumulative incidence of cases.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter11/01/2021 16:30