MURCIA NEWS

Covid rate in Murcia ten times lower than in Madrid; Covid update April 19 More than half of the municipalities in the Murcia region are below the level at which the virus is considered to be under control. The feared fourth wave is showing little sign of life in the Murcia region at the moment and the number of new cases.. 19/04/2021

Region of Murcia Covid restrictions April 21 to 27 Puerto Lumbreras is the only municipality confined during this period These restrictions take effect from midnight on Tuesday April 20 and remain in place until midnight on Tuesday April 27. This week the restrictions remain the same as last.. 19/04/2021

Vaccination of 70-79 year olds in Mazarron is going ahead on Wednesday Claims on social media that this is not happening are false The pandemic has been an unsettling experience for all of us and has certainly brought home the importance of the internet as a means of rapid communication and sharing of information... 19/04/2021

64 arrests across Spain as police dismantle nationwide narco-boat and drug supply network The organisation’s ringleaders had operational bases in Málaga, La Línea de la Concepción (Cádiz) and Calpe (Alicante). The Guardia Civil has broken up an important criminal network that smuggled hashish into Spain.. 19/04/2021

Murcia changes to phone notification of Covid vaccination appointments as region plays vaccination catch-up Faulty SMS messages help to relegate Murcia to the bottom of the vaccination rankings in Spain In the light of the problems encountered so far by the regional health service of Murcia in notifying and confirming Covid vaccination appointments for.. 16/04/2021

Murcia reports 82 more Covid positives as the number of active cases rises slightly: Covid update April 15 Another fatality takes the Covid death toll in Murcia to 1,582 The expected post-Easter rise in Covid incidence continues to be a minimal one in the Region of Murcia, at least for the time being, and the latest daily update published by the regional.. 16/04/2021

Bomb threat hoax at San Javier school after teacher accused of disrespecting Islam A student hoax is suspected but all threats of this kind must be taken seriously Classes were suspended for a couple of hours on Thursday morning at the Ruiz de Alda secondary school in San Javier after an email was sent in both Spanish and Arabic.. 15/04/2021

Mass vaccination of Mar Menor residents continues Next week the campaign will focus on those aged 70-74 for Pfizer vaccinations Although the Murcia region has received significantly less vaccines than had been scheduled for delivery this week due to a combination of the Janssen vaccine not being.. 15/04/2021

Remains of 10-metre-high tower built by Iberian tribes found in Santomera The tower was built at least 2300 years ago by tribes inhabiting pre-Roman Murcia A team of archaeologists investigating the mountains of the Sierra del Balumba in the municipality of Santomera have identified the remains of one of the largest known.. 15/04/2021

Chinese state-owned company presents Mazarrón solar power plant; its fourth plant in the Murcia region China Three Gorges continues to invest in the sunshine of the Costa Cálida The China Three Gorges Corporation, a Chinese state-owned company which was behind the construction of the largest hydroelectric power plant in the world (the Three.. 15/04/2021

Major restoration of the Embarcadero de Hornillo in Águilas set to begin this year The emblematic jetty is a monument to British engineering dating from 1903 Restoration of the Embarcadero del Hornillo, the iconic loading jetty which was built by British engineers in the first years of the 20th century to facilitate the export.. 15/04/2021

Murcia reports 58 more Covid positives but the number of active cases drops Two more fatalities take the Covid death toll in Murcia to 1,581 While Covid incidence rates continue their generalized upward trend in almost all of Spain as a fourth wave of infection threatens the country after the Easter holidays, in the Region.. 15/04/2021

Region of Murcia Covid restrictions April 14 to 20 Puerto Lumbreras is the only municipality confined during this period These restrictions take effect from midnight on Tuesday April 13 and remain in place until midnight on Tuesday April 20. This week the main changes to the restrictions are.. 14/04/2021

Last year Murcia exported 112,000 tons of peppers 155 million euros worth of peppers were sold abroad, mainly to Germany, France, the UK and Italy Among the many fruit and vegetable crops grown in the Region of Murcia one of those experiencing the most growth in export sales is peppers.. 14/04/2021

1,200 jobs to be created by new Amazon logistics plant in Corvera The plant will open alongside the airport in Corvera this autumn Online retail is one of the few sectors of the global economy which can be said to have benefited from the coronavirus pandemic over the last 15 months or so, and in the Region of Murcia.. 14/04/2021

Murcia reports 116 more Covid cases but no further fatalities: Update April 13 The increase in infection rates in Murcia remains a very gradual one Coronavirus incidence rates continue their generalized upward trend in almost all of Spain as a fourth wave of infection threatens the country after the Easter holidays, although.. 14/04/2021

Fire guts an abandoned building in Cieza which has been home to itinerant fruit pickers No casualties reported as the former meat factory was unoccupied at the time Firefighters were called out on Monday evening to an old meat processing plant in Cieza which has more recently been occupied by homeless people and foreign agricultural.. 14/04/2021

Traffic remains almost non-existent at Corvera airport: passenger numbers down by 97.4 per cent in March Traffic at the Region of Murcia International Airport was just 2.6 per cent of the level reported in March 2019 The almost total cancellation of international travel in Europe during the winter continued to have a devastating effect on the Region.. 13/04/2021

Murcia vaccination campaign continues with 75-79 and 65-69 age groups The Murcia health service anticipates 60,000 more jabs this week despite AstraZeneca supply problems Image: Vaccination in Mazarrón on Tuesday Despite the uncertainties caused by continuing difficulties in the supply of the AstraZeneca.. 13/04/2021

Over 1,100 fines for failing to obey pandemic restrictions in the municipality of Murcia this weekend 100 more offences in Cartagena as people continue to break curfew and fail to wear facemasks The Policía Local in the city of Murcia report that they issued 1,134 fines to members of the public for failing to obey pandemic restrictions over.. 13/04/2021