National
SUR
...and means that Spain in a long way from so-called herd immunity. Almost 55,000 people across the country took part in the three phases. In Malaga province, including the Costa del Sol, the results showed that 3.6 per cent of the local population
Local
ANDREA JIMÉNEZ
...a hundred people attended the demonstration, calling for protection for the pine trees in El Chaparral. Slogans chanted included, "Se nota, se siente, el bosque está presente" to reflect the sensation that the trees' presence can be felt and is ... important for the area. The association maintains that the town hall is in the process of finalising its approval of a project to subdivide the land which would allow trees in Chaparral woods to be felled to build five-storey high buildings. "The people ... He called for the local government to improve and enhance the forest area so that more people know about it and can enjoy it. The association is working with the town hall to try to "reach agreements" which will allow a modification of the PGOU to
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charo márquez
More than 5,000 people joined the application process to work as part of this summer's adapted Starlite Festival which will run from 29 July to 30 August. Despite the number of events being reduced, organisers need to fill 400 vacancies. However,
LifeStyle
Ángel Escalera
...shown that when people have to convalesce and be immobilised in their homes for long periods after surgery, they tend to smoke more. These smokers use tobacco as a sedative and to combat the boredom of not being able to leave their homes. Dr de Oña ... believes something similar occurred during the weeks of confinement. "Being shut in has a negative repercusssion, because it causes feelings of anxiety, stress and anguish. To combat those sensations, people increase the amount of cigarettes they smoke," ... says this doctor, who specialises in treatments to help people overcome their dependence on tobacco. Dr de Oña says that former smokers who have had support from their families during the lockdown have found it easier to resist the temptation to
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antonio m. romero / Charo Márquez / Eugenio Cabezas
Granada (1). The avalanche of people returning from the beaches also created tailbacks of up to 18 kilometres at Las Pedrizas and on the A-7 in the western and eastern parts of the city during rush hour. In Benalmádena, at peak times (around 12.30 and ... del Carmen and the one near the Astilleros Nereo shipping yard people were turned away or made to wait for a period of time during a period of around three hours in the early afternoon. Also in Malaga, there were also warnings of high occupation on ... for people, but almost everyone understood it," he said. The decision to close a specific beach is taken at the 112 control centre after analysing the information that these monitors, hired by the Junta, provide. They work with a mobile application
Local
JOSÉ LUIS PIEDRA
...coverings is currently regulated by the national government decree that makes masks compulsory wherever a distance of a metre and a half from other people is impossible to maintain. The new Andalusian ruling would mean that masks must be worn in all
LifeStyle
Jennie Rhodes
A law allowing people of the same sex to marry and adopt children came into force on 3 July 2005, making Spain only the third country in the world where gay marriage was legal at the time. The law was passed on 30 June by the socialist PSOE
Opinion
IGNACIO LILLO
...villages to attract people to live there without bearing in mind that work, education, business, leisure and many other facets of daily life, have a telematic element that requires a lot of broadband. The sad truth is that in the majority of places that
National
SUR
Government scientists announced on Thursday afternoon that 5.2 per cent of people in Spain have had coronavirus, after analysing over 60,000 survey samples. The figure was in line with preliminary results last month, based on fewer tests, and ... confirms that the country is a long way off the so-called herd immunity. Leading scientist Marina Pollán said a third of people who had had Covid-19 had not shown symptoms and of those, only 2.8 percent now probably had antibodies.
Local
JOSÉ LUIS PIEDRA
The Andalusian government has launched an emergency employment plan for safe beaches this summer which will see the hiring of around 3,000 people to ensure the control and implementation of protection and security measures against the coronavirus. ... people" who will recieve training before carrying out monitoring tasks and the organisation of safe distances during the summer.