Lifting of Covid-19 restrictions: a step-by-step guide
Catalonia’s plan to ease coronavirus measures and resume activities
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Current affairs and social issues
Negative PCR tests required to enter Spain from Monday
Travellers will have to acquire a Covid-19 test before travel
Catalonia might begin vaccinations in late January
Doses expected to be given to 70% of population by end of 2021
Reopening of social life in Catalonia gets underway
Indoor and outdoor areas of bars can open, as well as sports venues, cinemas, theaters and concert halls
Sánchez announces vaccine plan for all of Spain with 13,000 administration points
“Single strategy” plan will begin in January and aims to give “equal access” to all priority groups
Nightlife platform improvises public night club to protest against closure
Group warns up to 75% of companies in sector could close after u-turn means they cannot open in first de-escalation phase
Annual ‘Gran Recapte’ food drive raises over €3 million in donations
Financial contributions in lieu of food items can be made online until December 16
New system of financial aid for freelancers to be finalised next week
Online portal will be open for registration for a number of days
Tortured under Franco, forgetting is not an option for Carles Vallejo
Former political prisoner reflects on his arrest and exile as well as historical memory
Health department will carry out mass PCR testing in strategic areas
Self-testing kits will be available in pharmacies in hunt “to find the virus”
What Covid-19 measures will be in place over Christmas?
Catalonia will be in the third of the four-stage restriction de-escalation plan by December 25
Largest Francoist monument in Catalonia to be taken down next summer
Authorities announce move to remove Tortosa monolith on 45th anniversary of dictator's death
Bars to reopen with no outdoor limit as Catalonia prepares to gradually lift Covid restrictions
Gyms will also able to open as government issues changes to original plans announced earlier in the week
Hundreds protest Moroccan actions in Western Sahara outside consulate in Barcelona
Dozens of Moroccans counterprotest across the street with the two groups separated by police
Bars, culture, and sport to partially reopen when first measures are lifted next Monday
The de-escalation of the second wave Covid-19 restrictions will be done gradually
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