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 A baby has been born in Spain with Zika-caused microcephaly, the first to be born in Europe with the condition. https://www.thelocal.es/20160725/zika-virus-baby-in-spain-born-with-symptoms-of-disease Mon, 25 Jul 2016 19:53:27 +0200 zika-virus-baby-in-spain-born-with-symptoms-of-disease Spain's Health Minsitry has confirmed the first case of sexually transmitted Zika virus in the country, as the total number of cases rises to 167. https://www.thelocal.es/20160705/first-case-of-sexually-transmitted-zika-registered-in-spain Tue, 05 Jul 2016 14:01:58 +0200 first-case-of-sexually-transmitted-zika-registered-in-spain Spanish basketball star Pau Gasol will go to the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, he announced in comments published Saturday, after considering skipping the Games due to fears over the Zika virus. https://www.thelocal.es/20160625/spains-gasol-heading-to-rio-olympics-despite-zika-fear Sat, 25 Jun 2016 19:11:18 +0200 spains-gasol-heading-to-rio-olympics-despite-zika-fear Spanish basketball star Pau Gasol is considering freezing his sperm if he travels to the Olympic Games due to be staged in the shadow of the Zika virus. https://www.thelocal.es/20160616/spains-pau-gasol-considers-freezing-sperm-over-zika-rio-olympics Thu, 16 Jun 2016 10:28:05 +0200 spains-pau-gasol-considers-freezing-sperm-over-zika-rio-olympics Spanish basketball star Pau Gasol said on Monday he is considering skipping the Olympic Games in Brazil in August due to fears over the Zika virus. https://www.thelocal.es/20160531/basketball-star-pau-gasol-could-skip-rio-over-zika-fears Tue, 31 May 2016 10:19:34 +0200 basketball-star-pau-gasol-could-skip-rio-over-zika-fears Spanish health authorities said late on Thursday they had detected the country's first known case of the microcephaly birth defect in the foetus of a pregnant woman infected with the Zika virus. https://www.thelocal.es/20160506/spain-reports-first-case-of-zika-in-foetus Fri, 06 May 2016 11:07:16 +0200 spain-reports-first-case-of-zika-in-foetus Spain has seen the first birth to a mother infected with Zika and so far the newborn seems unaffected by the head shrinking virus. https://www.thelocal.es/20160310/first-baby-born-in-spain-to-zika-infected-mother Thu, 10 Mar 2016 13:04:26 +0100 first-baby-born-in-spain-to-zika-infected-mother Spain reported Thursday that a pregnant woman who had returned from Colombia had been diagnosed with the Zika virus, in the first such known European case. https://www.thelocal.es/20160204/spain-reports-first-zika-virus-in-pregnant-woman-in-europe Thu, 04 Feb 2016 18:17:43 +0100 spain-reports-first-zika-virus-in-pregnant-woman-in-europe Spain's health minister has said the chance of the virus spreading in Spain is "very low" as two cases were confirmed in the country. https://www.thelocal.es/20160127/spain-calls-for-calm-amid-head-shrinking-zika-virus-fears Wed, 27 Jan 2016 17:11:12 +0100 spain-calls-for-calm-amid-head-shrinking-zika-virus-fears