Tag: COVID-19

Catalan doctors and Quim Torra criticize that the Generalitat does not increase restrictions against the coronavirus

Catalan doctors and Quim Torra criticize that the Generalitat does not increase restrictions against the coronavirus

The decision of the Catalan government not to modify the current coronavirus restrictions for Christmas it has received numerous criticisms in the last hours from various health experts. Despite the fact that the Minister of the Interior, Miquel SÃ per, referred last Sunday, in an interview in Rac1, to the possibility of advancing the curfew […]

The Generalitat will terminate the contract with Ferrovial to track the coronavirus in Catalonia

The Generalitat will terminate the contract with Ferrovial to track the coronavirus in Catalonia

The Generalitat will terminate on January 31 the controversial contract with Ferroser Auxiliary Services, subsidiary of Ferrovial, for tracking coronavirus cases in Catalonia. From then on, the Public Health Agency Autonomic will assume the management of the control of the close contacts of patients diagnosed with Covid. As the Secretary General of Health explained today, […]

December 2020: the month with the highest volume of parcel shipments in history

December 2020: the month with the highest volume of parcel shipments in history

The pandemic has been a challenge for the logistics sector. The shopping boom on line, confinements and Christmas, have conspired to make this, the month the December with the largest volume of parcel shipments in history. The Correos group figures the volume forecast for the months of November and December at 48 million packages, which […]

Spain also suspends its flights and the United Kingdom is isolated due to the new strain of coronavirus

Spain also suspends its flights and the United Kingdom is isolated due to the new strain of coronavirus

At the end of last January, when the coronavirus was spreading across China but had not yet reached Europe, British Airways decided to suspend all its flights with the Asian country. It was the first airline to take this measure, which was to last until March. By then the virus had already roamed Europe, and […]

Precariousness, agglomeration and hope in Florida

Precariousness, agglomeration and hope in Florida

In Florida, cradle of international footballers like Jordi Alba and Adama Traoré, the current maximum reference is a Catalan boy of Moroccan descent who has become the voice of the street after having entered and left juvenile centers. At 21, the rapper Morad has put the Blocks of Florida, an iconic place in the most […]

The Barceló Formentor will be a Four Seasons for 165 million euros, the largest hotel sale of the year

The Barceló Formentor will be a Four Seasons for 165 million euros, the largest hotel sale of the year

The Barcelo Group has just sold the historic Formentor hotel, on the island of Mallorca, to the Andorran fund Emin Capital for 165 million euros, in what is the biggest sale of the year for a hotel in Spain. The group co-chaired by Simón Pedro Barceló has not taken long to unlink the operation from […]

They ask for greater public investment in rural areas due to the urban exodus generated by the coronavirus

They ask for greater public investment in rural areas due to the urban exodus generated by the coronavirus

The growing migration from cities to rural areas and second homes as a result of the coronavirus crisis should prompt administrations to â € Ëœmobilizeâ € â„¢ urban planning to respond in real time to the new needs generated by the urban exodus. This is the main conclusion reached by experts in the field of […]

A Barcelona municipality stands up to Amazon together with Correos

A Barcelona municipality stands up to Amazon together with Correos

The Viladecans Town Hall (Barcelona) and Post They have teamed up to create their own trading platform with weapons similar to those of the American giant Amazon. Buy08840 (name that refers to the postal code of the municipality) is a public initiative and a pioneer in Catalonia with the image and likeness of the large […]

The agglomerations exceed the ‘covid plan’ of the Generalitat

The agglomerations exceed the ‘covid plan’ of the Generalitat

The Generalitat had a plan. For several weeks it intended to carry out a de-escalation that would guarantee a return to normality after the second wave of coronavirus and force drastic mobility measures. The project contemplated a specific action on Christmas days, as explained last Monday by the Minister of the Interior Miquel SÃ mper, […]

Catalonia will not go to the next phase of its de-escalation plan in the measures against the coronavirus

Catalonia will not go to the next phase of its de-escalation plan in the measures against the coronavirus

The Generalitat has decided to stop the de-escalation in its measures to stop coronavirus infections. In this way, Catalonia will continue next Monday in section 1 of the plan started on November 23, which consists of four phases to be reviewed every 15 days. As reported by TV3, the Catalan Executive has made this decision, […]