Tag: Infectious diseases

Czechia introduces quarantine bonus for workers to reveal their contacts

Czechia introduces quarantine bonus for workers to reveal their contacts

The Czech Republic has introduced a quarantine bonus to all workers, in a further attempt to control the coronavirus pandemic in the country, with an incidence rate in this country of 800 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, the highest in the European Union. President Milos Zeman has signed a law this Friday that will allow workers […]

Germany closes its borders this Saturday to citizens from countries with variants of coronavirus

Germany closes its borders this Saturday to citizens from countries with variants of coronavirus

The nationals and citizens of those countries residing in Germany, passengers in transit and transporting goods, escape this restriction. Germany will ban from this Saturday the entry into the territory of citizens from countries with high rates of infection by variants of coronavirus, according to the Interior Ministry. The countries affected by the measure are […]

The United Kingdom bans flights from Portugal and 14 South American countries

The United Kingdom bans flights from Portugal and 14 South American countries

The Government of the United Kingdom announced this Thursday the ban on flights from Portugal and fourteen South American countries to try to prevent the spread of a new variant of the coronavirus detected in Brazil. The British Minister of Transport, Grant Shapps, reported that arrivals will be suspended from this morning from Argentina, Brazil, […]

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, […]

The Canary Islands closes Tenerife but does allow entry to tourists staying in hotels

The Canary Islands closes Tenerife but does allow entry to tourists staying in hotels

A tourist from Catalonia or Madrid may travel to Tenerife, despite the fact that yesterday the closure of the island was decreed, in the next two weeks, but a resident of Gran Canaria who wants to spend Christmas with his family, who lives on the island, will not be able to do so. A Norwegian […]

The Government urges those who leave the Constitution bridge to remain confined in the second residence

The Government urges those who leave the Constitution bridge to remain confined in the second residence

The mobility restrictions due to the health crisis caused by the coronavirus do not seem to affect the majority of Catalans who want to enjoy the next Constitution bridge since, according to data from the Government, trips to second homes could increase. To circumvent the municipal perimeter lockdown, which begins Friday, drivers could choose to […]

The beauty centers of Catalonia suffer 10 million losses a week and demand to reopen

The beauty centers of Catalonia suffer 10 million losses a week and demand to reopen

The sector represented by the professional aesthetic centers and the cosmetic industry has come together to show the firm commitment to the safety of the aesthetic centers, workers and clients and defend and claim their future, after s that in Catalonia aesthetic centers remain closed due to the restrictions derived from the pandemic. Aesthetics centers […]

Tourism estimates that 9 million tests would be needed to reactivate Valencian airports

Tourism estimates that 9 million tests would be needed to reactivate Valencian airports

The opening of international corridors in the Valencian Community in the midst of a pandemic would require the completion of nine million tests at Alicante and Valencia airports between November 2020 and September 2021, half for visitors entering and the other half for those leaving. A study prepared by the Hosbec employer association, in collaboration […]

The airline industry affirms that there is twice the probability of hitting the primitive than of getting infected in an airplane

The airline industry affirms that there is twice the probability of hitting the primitive than of getting infected in an airplane

  The US Department of Defense carried out a study to evaluate the possibility of contagion of Covid inside an airplane and concluded that a passenger would have to fly 54 hours with a sick person to become infected. Manufacturers Airbus and Boeing also assessed the risk. They filled a device with mannequins, one of […]