Rapid tests to be used for Covid-19 positives' close contacts instead of PCR
Health department allows for medicine and nursing students as well as retired professionals to be hired again
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Distribution of 500,000 Covid-19 rapid tests to begin on Friday
Public health secretary unsure whether new measures will only last two weeks
1,000 gig-goers at Barcelona's Apolo to take part in rapid test experiment
Aim is to investigate how events in enclosed spaces can go ahead safely during pandemic
20,000 PCR tests planned for schools by mid-October
Antibody tests for any student who is positive to prevent whole classes self-isolating
What factors could explain Covid-19's deadly impact in Catalonia?
Age, population density, health care, or preparedness hold the key to understanding what went wrong
Business world calls for government help to perform tests on workers
Many small-medium sized businesses don’t have resources to carry out coronavirus tests on staff the way large firms can
Significant drop in daily Covid-19 cases and deaths in Catalonia and Spain
143 more diagnoses on Sunday, lowest figure since March 12
First 12-tonne batch of medical supplies arrives in Barcelona from China
Mayor calls delivery "good news" at a difficult time for city and said equipment will be distributed immediately to employees providing essential services
Spain to replace 659,000 faulty rapid tests bought in China
Huawei might 'scale down' donation of masks after EU diplomacy head Borrell comments on Chinese 'struggle for influence'
Catalan pupils score above Spain, EU and OECD average in PISA tests
The latest PISA survey shows that pupils in Catalonia have performed above the Spanish, European Union and Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) average in all subjects for the first time since the report series was launched in 2000. Catalan students had never reached a score of 500 in the three Pisa tests, always struggling with scientific and mathematical skills, but this time around they passed all of the exams. The average mark in Science is 504 points (12 points more than in the previous edition three years ago), 500 points in maths (7 more) and 500 in reading comprehension, losing a point compared to 2012. The average in Spain, the EU or the OECD is not 500 points or over for any of the three tests. According to the Catalan Minister for Education, Meritxell Ruiz, the results support the “transformation of the educational model” Catalonia has been undergoing since the introduction of the Education Act of Catalonia (LEC, going by its Catalan initials) in 2009.
Two Catalan banks fail the stress tests in worst case scenarios but would be approved if all provisions would have been taken into account
Unnim and CatalunyaCaixa would have 4.5% and 4.8% of core capital respectively. However, the provisions that all Spanish banks must have to face difficult times have not been taken into account as they did not exist in other European banking systems. With these funds taken into account, Unnim and CatalunyaCaixa would have approved the tests with 6.2% and 6.3% respectively. CaixaBank, the most important Catalan bank passes the test with 6.4%.