09 Aug 2020

From North Devon to South Spain in seven decades… Epilogue: ¡La carne de burro no es transparente! (You’re blocking the sunlight!)

• A view from the mountains
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Life quickly settled down in Montejaque where I was living with my German wife, Rita, who I sometimes refer to in these blogs as the Meter Maid

23 May 2020

Travel firms ranked from best to worst in the UK for response to COVID-19 pandemic

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A new ‘coronavirus travel survey’ released by MoneySavingExpert.com (MSE) has ranked travel companies in the UK for how they have been treating…

17 May 2020

COVID-19 CRISIS: 169 new coronavirus cases in Spain’s Andalulcia taking total since start of pandemic to 16,432

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The Junta’s Ministry of Health and Families reports that 169 new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Andalucia in the past day bringing the…

16 May 2020

COVID-19: Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to ask for State of Alarm extension until June 24

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Spain’s Prime Minister is to ask Congress to extend the country’s State of Alarm for one month more extending it until June 24 as the…

15 May 2020

COVID-19 CRISIS: 245 new cases of coronavirus in Spain’s Andalucia reported as total number of cases since the outbreak started passes 16,000 mark

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The Junta’s Ministry of Health and Families reports that 245 new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Andalucia in the past day bringing the…

15 May 2020

COVID-19 CRISIS SPAIN: Air passenger traffic plummets by 99.4% after travel restrictions were introduced to prevent the spread of coronavirus

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AENA, Spain’s national airport operator, has announced a dramatic 99.4 per cent fall in the number of passengers, compared to the same period…

14 May 2020

COVID-19 CRISIS: Number of new cases of coronavirus in Spain’s Andalucia almost doubles in a day as a total of almost 10,000 patients are reported ‘cured’

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The Junta’s Ministry of Health and Families reports that 194 new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Andalucia in the past day bringing the…

11 May 2020

COVID-19 CRISIS: Just 75 new cases of coronavirus confirmed in Spain’s Andalucia in last 24-hours as number of cured patients now exceeds 9,200

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The Junta’s Ministry of Health and Families reports that 75 new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Andalucia in the past day bringing the…

10 May 2020

COVID-19 CRISIS: Almost 400 patients with confirmed coronavirus remain hospitalised in Spain’s Andalucia with 97 of them in intensive care

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The Junta de Andalucia’s Ministry of Health and Families reports that 175 new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in southern Spanish…

08 May 2020

COVID-19 CRISIS: 180 new cases of coronavirus reported in Spain’s Andalucia takes total number infected past 15,000 milestone as death tally passes 1,300

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The Junta’s Ministry of Health and Families reports that 180 new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Andalucia in the past day bringing the…

08 May 2020

COVID-19 CRISIS: 61 Malaga municipalities register ZERO cases of the coronavirus in the last 14 days

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Almost two-thirds of the 103 municipalities in the province of Malaga in Spain’s Andalucia have registered ZERO cases of coronavirus in the…

07 May 2020

COVID-19 CRISIS: 231 new cases of coronavirus reported in Spain’s Andalucia in a day while more than 8,000 patients now reported ‘cured’

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The Junta’s Ministry of Health and Families reports that 231 new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Andalucia in the past day bringing the…

21 Apr 2020

CORONAVIRUS CRISIS: Just four new deaths in Spain’s Andalucia as number of cured patients rises to more than 3,400

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The Junta’s Ministry of Health and Families reports that 134 new cases of Coronavirus have been confirmed in Andalucia in the past day bringing the…

16 Apr 2020

CORONAVIRUS CRISIS: Total death toll in Spain’s Andalucia reaches 912 with 2,634 patients reported cured

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The Junta de Andalucia’s Ministry of Health and Families reports that 212 new cases of Coronavirus have been confirmed in the autonomous region in…

15 Apr 2020

CORONAVIRUS CRISIS: Total death toll in Spain’s Andalucia reaches 865 while 289 new cases reported

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The Junta’s Ministry of Health and Families reports that 289 new cases of Coronavirus have been confirmed in Andalucia in the past day bringing the…