The Junta announced this morning that it will carry out massive screening in any municipality with over 500 cases per 100,000 cases of Covid.
Andalusia
Regional news from Andalucia
Fire on Bus Blocks A-7
by Hugh MacArthur •
A bus on the A-7 caught fire in the early hours of Saturday morning where it passes through the municipality of Sorbas in Almería – fortunately nobody was hurt.
Camper Van Deaths
by Hugh MacArthur •
Two people died in a traffic accident involving a lorry and a camper van on the A-381 in the province of Cádiz. The camper van had been travelling in the wrong direction.
Junta on Madrid Second Homes
by Hugh MacArthur •
The Prime Minister of the Regional Government of Andalucia (Junta) said that they would be monitoring second homes on the coast owned by Madrileños.
Regional 24h Contagion Figure
by Vivienne Hughes •
Today, Andalucía added a further 1,617 Covid-19 cases discovered through PCR testing, which is the second highest daily figure during this virus reassugence.
Girl Found in Irrigation Pond
by Vivienne Hughes •
The lifeless body of a child was pulled out of an irrigation pond in El Ejido (Almería) yesterday within a large area of plastic greenhouses.
Substation Explosion
by Vivienne Hughes •
A fright in the night can best describe the explosion at an electricity substation in Andújar (Jaén) around midnight yesterday.
Scorchio!
by Martin Myall •
Whilst Sevilla and Córdoba are set for a roaster of a day, the Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (Aemet) has also warned that Granada will have high temperatures.
Fisherman Overboard Rescued
by Vivienne Hughes •
A fisherman had a lucky escape after falling overboard without a lifejacket and was soon lost to sight. He was spotted later by a passing ship.
Mosquito & Meningoencephalitis
by Martin Myall •
We’ve been following this situation waiting to see a definitive rather than supposed origin of this illness in Sevilla, but now it’s confirmed: The West-Nile Virus.