Travel

The Directory: Health and fitness staycation essentials in Andalucía

Andrew Forbes

...offers Health & Fitness breaks hosted with professional coaches. Guests looking to maximise privacy and social distancing will appreciate the private villas, and the guest rooms and suites distributed among the sub-tropical gardens with independent ... access, without the need to pass through a busy hotel foyer. Puente Romano is also home to probably the most exclusive health and fitness training facility on the coast, with cutting-edge design, new Technogym equipment, and studios for spinning, ... pilates, yoga and boxing. Puente Romano Health & Fitness also has an on-site clinic managed by Executive Health, providing comprehensive health diagnostics and expert advice on nutrition. This includes advanced body screening, providing information on

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Junta activates 'Plan 7,000' in Andalucía in the face of 'the worst data of the pandemic'

JOSÉ LUIS PIEDRA

Madrid to allow regions to introduce stay-at-home lockdown measures in the face of the "devastating" third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. He reiterated his request to the Minister of Health, Salvador Illa, on social networks to "reconsider" his decision

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"After water purification, vaccination has saved the highest number of lives"

ALBERTO GÓMEZ

Daniel Ocaña does not find it surprising that some people are sceptical about the coronavirus and are opposed to a vaccine: "That happens with every health alarm," he says. This doctor, a member of the Vaccine Advisory Committee of Andalucía and the ... In Andalucía we try to programme these things. The health system has its limits. Last year 1.2 million people were vaccinated against flu and another half a million against pneumococcus. But GPs have to carry on with their other work as well. ... cardiovascular pathologies, arrhythmia... Does it worry you that so many people seem to be sceptical about vaccines? That happens every time there is a health alarm, some people will be negative about it. But the main problem with regard to vaccination is

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Spain’s health minister gives control to regional governments to ban travel and further limit gatherings - if needed

Spain’s Ministry of Health has authorised the autonomous communities to harden the festive movement and gathering plans if they deem the situation requires it in their local areas. The announcement will allow the regional governments to apply

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Spain to roll out Covid-19 vaccinations nationally on 27 December

MELCHOR SÁIZ-PARDO / ÁLVARO SOTO

Spain's Minister of Health, Salvador Illa, has announced that coronavirus vaccination Spain will begin on Sunday, 27 December, the date set by the European Union to begin the immunisation process. The minister revealed that on the 26 December or

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'Mushrooms don't cure Covid but they do have a host of health benefits'

ALEKK M. SAANDERS

...cultures have been enthusiastic about edible fungi, both in culinary and health contexts. Mushrooms are low in calories and fat. They contain a modest amount of fibre and are rich in antioxidants, including a number of B vitamins. In traditional Chinese

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Pfizer delays the delivery of Covid-19 vaccines to Spain scheduled for today

EFE

The pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has told Spain’s Ministry of Health that the next delivery of coronavirus vaccines scheduled for today, Monday, will be delayed until Tuesday. In a statement, the Ministry of Health explained that Pfizer Spain had

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Doctors perform thyroid surgery using a new and less invasive technique

ÁNGEL ESCALERA

A patient has recently undergone thyroid surgery using a new technique. The successful procedure, which is known as 'transoral thyroidectomy' and is carried out via the mouth, was performed at the HLA El Ángel hospital by Thai surgeon Thanyawat Sasan

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Southern Spain's Sierra Nevada ski resort opens this week

EUROPA PRESS

...of its usual capacity. The start of the winter season was originally scheduled for 28 November but the health crisis and movement restrictions to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Andalucía forced the postponement. However, from 18

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Only five small towns in Malaga province have remained free of coronavirus since the start of the pandemic

ROSSEL APARICIO

In the countdown to the Christmas celebrations there are only five small towns in the Malaga provice that have remained virus-free since since the start of the pandemic in March. The fortunate towns are Atajate, Benadalid, Canillas de Albaida, Fara