Elena G. Sevillano

Police believe the eight-year-old child, named Joe, became increasingly disoriented as he headed further into the rainwater drain. If a neighbor had not heard his cries, authorities say he may not have been discovered

The move has little practical impact on returning travelers, but the tourism industry fears it could have a negative effect on bookings at a delicate time due to a new spike in cases

The government has launched an €8m campaign to attract visitors from Germany, as doubts remain over whether Britain’s ‘amber’ travel list will be updated this summer

While the regions are under a perimetral lockdown in a bid to curve coronavirus contagions, the country remains open to European travelers, many of whom have already booked vacations in the Balearic Islands

The move comes after a number of cases of blood clots were reported among people who had received the Covid-19 medication

The 14-day cumulative number of cases per 100,000 inhabitants has fallen to 189 but remains far from the government’s goal of 50

Many Spaniards living abroad are complaining about the hassle and expense of observing the new requirements introduced by their government ahead of the holiday season

Pedro Sánchez stated on Sunday that the campaign could begin as early as January, and that the government will “guarantee fair access to the vaccine or vaccines”

The Health Ministry on Tuesday added 411 victims to the official death toll but reported 17,395 new cases, one of the lowest figures seen in recent weeks

The threshold of 150 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, considered to be the maximum alert level, was passed on August 20. Since then the virus has not stopped spreading

Experts say the restrictions on movement, many of which are already in place, will not be enough to stop the spread of the coronavirus without measures aimed at reducing capacity and social activity

The latest report from the Health Ministry included 217 new fatalities and indicated a rise in the hospital occupancy rate of Covid-19 patients

The number of confirmed infections in Spain now exceeds 800,000, while 139 new fatalities have been added to the total since Friday

Health Minister Salvador Illa warns that “much tougher measures” will be needed if action is not taken soon

A complete lockdown may be inevitable, epidemiologists believe, with the measures currently in place being too little, too late

In the first two weeks of September, Madrid alone recorded 29% more deaths than the average for the same time period

Infections continue to rise, according to Health Ministry data, with 11,193 new cases detected – 31% of them in Madrid

Madrid accounts for a third of all new cases, with one in five hospital beds occupied by a Covid-19 patient

In the Balearic Islands, authorities are extending restrictions on mobility to parts of Ibiza

The daily increase is the highest seen since the end of April, but heath official Fernando Simón sought to play down the figures at a press conference on Thursday

The Health Ministry has reported a total of 3,172 new coronavirus infections across Spain, of which 1,690 were detected in the last 24 hours

Medical centers are preparing for a surge in patients, as the number of Covid-19 outbreaks in the country rises to 580

The number of infections, deaths, hospitalizations and patients in intensive care continues to rise, with the cumulative rate of Covid-19 now nine times higher what it was in mid-June

According to the latest figures, 1,525 coronavirus infections were detected in the last 24 hours

Quarantine measures and travel warnings have been introduced against the country, which now has the fifth-highest incidence of Covid-19 on the continent

Norway will impose a quarantine on travelers and France has asked its citizens not to go to Catalonia