https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The European Commission authorised the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in 12- to 15-year-olds on Friday, following the European Medicines Agency's approval of administering the jabs to adolescents earlier in the day. https://www.thelocal.es/20210529/eu-approves-pfizer-in-children-over-12 Sat, 29 May 2021 21:05:57 +0200 eu-approves-pfizer-in-children-over-12 Pfizer/BioNTech said on Friday it has asked European regulators to authorise its Covid-19 vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds, a move seen as a crucial step toward achieving herd immunity. https://www.thelocal.es/20210430/could-12-to-15-year-olds-in-eu-soon-be-given-the-pfizer-covid-vaccine Fri, 30 Apr 2021 17:38:58 +0200 could-12-to-15-year-olds-in-eu-soon-be-given-the-pfizer-covid-vaccine The EU will have enough Covid-19 vaccine doses to cover 70 percent of its adult population by mid-July due to higher production within the bloc, a senior official said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20210420/eu-will-have-vaccine-doses-for-70-percent-of-adults-by-mid-july Tue, 20 Apr 2021 13:48:29 +0200 eu-will-have-vaccine-doses-for-70-percent-of-adults-by-mid-july Europe's stuttering vaccine rollout faced multiple hurdles on Friday as EU regulators said they were reviewing side effects of the Johnson & Johnson shot and France further limited its use of the AstraZeneca jab. https://www.thelocal.es/20210410/europes-vaccine-woes-deepen-as-regulator-probes-another-jab-over-blood-clot-concerns Sat, 10 Apr 2021 11:32:26 +0200 europes-vaccine-woes-deepen-as-regulator-probes-another-jab-over-blood-clot-concerns The number of vaccinated Spaniards now surpasses the number of people who had the virus. But some regions are doing better than others. https://www.thelocal.es/20210309/update-how-is-spains-vaccination-campaign-going Tue, 09 Mar 2021 16:06:58 +0100 update-how-is-spains-vaccination-campaign-going The World Health Organization on Thursday slammed Europe's vaccine rollout as "unacceptably slow" and said it was prolonging the pandemic as the region sees a "worrying" surge in coronavirus infections. https://www.thelocal.es/20210401/europes-slow-vaccine-rollout-is-prolonging-the-pandemic-as-infections-surge Thu, 01 Apr 2021 17:58:27 +0200 europes-slow-vaccine-rollout-is-prolonging-the-pandemic-as-infections-surge There’s a lot of Covid-19 news in Spain in the lead up to the Easter break, with everything from restrictions to infection rates deciding the Spanish government’s next moves. Here are six key facts you need to know about the current state of affairs. https://www.thelocal.es/20210326/coronavirus-in-spain-a-round-up-of-the-most-important-facts-ahead-of-easter Fri, 26 Mar 2021 14:17:53 +0100 coronavirus-in-spain-a-round-up-of-the-most-important-facts-ahead-of-easter The European Medicines Agency (EMA) concluded on Thursday that the AstraZeneca vaccine was a "safe and effective" tool in the battle against Covid-19 but its investigation could not rule out whether the jab had caused rare cases of blood clotting. https://www.thelocal.es/20210318/breaking-astrazeneca-jab-is-safe-and-effective-vaccine-against-covid-19-european-medicines-agency-concludes Thu, 18 Mar 2021 18:16:51 +0100 breaking-astrazeneca-jab-is-safe-and-effective-vaccine-against-covid-19-european-medicines-agency-concludes The EU's medicines regulator said Tuesday it was "firmly convinced" the benefits of AstraZeneca's vaccine outweigh potential risks, insisting there was no evidence linking it to blood clots after several nations suspended the shot over health fears. It came as Brussels sealed a deal for 10 million more Pfizer doses. https://www.thelocal.es/20210316/astrazeneca-benefits-outweigh-risks-ema-says-as-eu-orders-10-million-more-pfizer-doses Tue, 16 Mar 2021 23:11:24 +0100 astrazeneca-benefits-outweigh-risks-ema-says-as-eu-orders-10-million-more-pfizer-doses The European Union will receive an extra four million BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine doses over the next two weeks to be deployed to Covid-19 "hotspots", European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20210310/europes-covid-19-hotspots-to-be-sent-million-four-million-more-vaccine-doses Wed, 10 Mar 2021 14:54:37 +0100 europes-covid-19-hotspots-to-be-sent-million-four-million-more-vaccine-doses The EU's disease agency has launched a Covid-19 vaccine tracking tool, providing an overview of countries' efforts in the rollout of inoculations across Europe. It came as the EU Commission said it was shifting its strategy away from relying on the AstraZeneca vaccine. https://www.thelocal.es/20210202/eu-launches-vaccine-tracker-and-shifts-strategy-away-from-astrazeneca Tue, 02 Feb 2021 15:20:19 +0100 eu-launches-vaccine-tracker-and-shifts-strategy-away-from-astrazeneca The doctor who diagnosed diphtheria in an unvaccinated boy has spoken about the dangers of a childhood illness that was supposedly wiped out in Spain nearly three decades ago. https://www.thelocal.es/20150612/diphtheria-is-like-russian-roulette-with-real-bullets Fri, 12 Jun 2015 18:37:05 +0200 diphtheria-is-like-russian-roulette-with-real-bullets