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More than six million people in Spain now have the full protection offered by the Covid-19 vaccines being used by the country’s health authorities. After a slow start to the campaign in the first quarter of the year, the speed of the process is getting faster every week, and yesterday saw Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez venture to put a date on the end of the health crisis: August 18. “We are just 100 days from achieving group immunity,” he announced. “That’s to say, managing to vaccinate 70% of the Spanish population, thus immunizing them.” Group or herd immunit...

Covid incidence falls in Spain but concerns grow over a possible fifth wave Experts disapponted by enthusiastic celebrations of the end of the state of emergency  The Ministry of Health coronavirus update which was made public on Monday afternoon indicated a further improvement in the situation throughout Spain, with incidence rates and hospital and ICU patient numbers all continuing to show a steady decrease, but the tone of the press conference given by Fernando Simón, the Director of the Coordination Centre for Health Alerts and Emergencies (CCAES), was far from optimistic. On the face o...

Spain: Expert warns that virus surge could follow parties ARITZ PARRA, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail People crowded on the beach in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, May 9, 2021. Barcelona residents were euphoric as the clock stroke midnight, ending a six-month-long national state of emergency and consequently, the local curfew. Spain is relaxing overall measures to contain the coronavirus this weekend, allowing residents to travel across regions, but some regional chiefs are complaining that a patchwork of approaches will replace the six-month-long national state of emergency that ends at m...

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has told the World Health Organization that it has tested 25,986 people for the coronavirus through April but still has yet to find a single infection. The WHO said in a weekly monitoring report that North Korea’s testing figures include 751 people who were tested during April 23-29, of which 139 had influenza-like illnesses or severe respiratory infections. Experts have expressed skepticism about North Korea’s claim of a perfect record in keeping out COVID-19, given its poor health infrastructure and a porous border it shares with China. North Korea has...

The Latest: N Korea again claims no coronavirus infections The Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 17 1of17In this Saturday, April 24, 2021, photo, a clothing shop clerk wearing a protective mask waits for customers at the Ramadan bazaar in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announced Monday that the whole country will be placed under a near lockdown for about a month but all economic sectors will be allowed to operate.Vincent Thian/APShow MoreShow Less 2of17Health workers and volunteers in personal protective suits wait to receive patients outside...