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COVID-19 VIRUS HOTLINE: Information hotline for those who suspect they may have the coronavirus. Anyone experiencing symptoms should stay at home and dial 900 400 061 or 955 545 060 – and only call 112 in an emergency.
For the official Andalucia Covid rules for your town, in Spanish only, go to this site, click your town, and find your rules in the lower left corner of the page. Click a category, then click the “+” sign to expand the rules: https://www.mapacovid.es
Another good, reliable source for updated Covid news, announcements and statistics are both your local
Ayuntamiento & the Junta de Andalucia’s FB and Twitter pages. @AndaluciaJunta https://twitter.com/AndaluciaJunta https://www.facebook.com/AndaluciaJunta/
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Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!: They’re returning to Fitzgerald’s Live Music Bar ‘For One Night Only’, situated under Supersol by the Nerja town bridge.
”The Silver Beats”, Spain’s #1 tribute band to John, Paul, George and Ringo….The Beatles!
All their classic legendary hits including ‘She Loves You’ ‘I Feel Fine’ ‘8 Days a Week’ ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’ ‘A Hard Days Night’ and ‘All You Need Is Love’
Saturday 5th June from 8pm. Entry €10 Meal Deal €5
Reduced Capacity, all Safety Measures in Place!
Don’t miss out on this fabulous night, book your ticket now on 951 550 585
Patty & the Postmen: Live at Bea’s Postamt, BLQ 80, Torrox Costa, Saturday 29May, 9pm.
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Revival Live Band: Upcoming events.
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Concert Blessed Spirits: From Bach to Failure. Music for flute and strings. Saturday, June 5 at 20.00 h, Price: 5€.
Centro Cultural Villa de Nerja, Calle Granada 45. FB page
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Greek House- Greek Casita Restaurant in Torrox Costa!
Located on the sea promenade, between the Safari bar and Picadero restaurants, BLQ 80 bajo. We offer you a little piece of Greece with our Greek home made specialities. New Hours: Wednesday thru Sunday 6pm till close. Closed Monday & Tuesday. Lunch available by reservation only. For reservations call telephone number 642585049. You can choose meat specialties (Gyros, Souvlaki, Bifteki, Sutsukaki, Mussaka), cheese (Feta Psiti, Feta Saganaki, Hallumi), vegetables (Greek salad, Hummus, Eggplant cream, Mezze, Tzatziki) or sea fruits ( prawns or octopus), all of this accompanied with our special Greek pita bread. We offer a lovely meal time in a quiet end exquisite atmosphere, accompanied with the best Greek music. See you soon! https://la-casita-griega.business.site/
STAYCATIONS at Casa Magel:
Now is the time to book a relaxing getaway at Casa Magel B&B.
Great idea for Birthdays and anniversaries. Personalised vouchers are available.
The weather will only get better, soon be hot & sunny and we fill up quickly.
*Our special offers are on again this year*
-Offer 1, 2 nights B&B with 1 night 3-course evening meal with drinks for 2 sharing a double room 130€.
-Offer 2, 3 nights B&B with 1 night 3 course evening meal with drinks and tapas & drinks at a local bar for 2 sharing double en suite room 175€
-You can add extra nights for 50€ a night B&B for double en suite room.
Casa Magel is situated 1 km from the typical Spanish town of Valle De Abdalajis first founded in Roman times when it was called Nescania
Casa Magel is surrounded by beautiful scenery and there are lots of walking routes. We are not far from El Chorro with the famous Caminito Del Rey, also Ardales lakes which are stunning.
Not far in the other direction, you will find The Wolf Park, a real experience to see wolves in their natural environment. Also nearby is Antequera, a wonderful town for sightseeing, with 27 churches, the old castle, lovers leap mountain and a spectacular bullring besides the many shops and restaurants.
A place not to be missed is El Torcal an amazing site of rock formations formed over 2 million years ago.
Or you can just relax around our refurbished pool with a fully equipped kitchen, bar & BBQ area with drinks & snacks available or bring your own.
The food is great, the views stunning, beds are comfy and the hosts are friendly.
Check out our website www.casamagel.com.
Ring 722879503
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Items For Sale / Wanted / Rent
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For Sale: Glass top coffee table. €10
Contact sarah.mcnulty@yahoo.co.uk
Buyer collects. Sarah, Nerja
Free: White chest of drawers.
Contact sarah.mcnulty@yahoo.co.uk
Must be collected. Sarah, Nerja
For Sale: A five-drawer chest of drawers and matching three-drawer bedside cabinet in solid pine. Good condition but minor marks on smaller unit. €55 for the two. email: derektubby@gmail.com or phone: 952 11 53 88
Many thanks and thanks for continuing the service over the years. Derek, Competa. CORRECTION- The dimensions of the five-drawer chest are 109 wide x 44 deep x98 high (centimetres) and not as shown on the bottom of the photo. Kind regards, Derek, Competa
Recommendations & Requests
Help with Covid vaccination: Hi Digamites, looking for advice on getting covid jab: I am resident, age 64 (plus husband age 60) both with private health insurance. Have registered for jab at Torrox Pueblo Health Centre with all the appropriate paperwork over 6 weeks ago but have heard nothing. Have visited to chase up but told its not the time yet. We’re very confused as to when we’ll get it. We have also checked on Salud Responde app which says we do not meet the criteria yet. Anyone in the same situation? Anyone have advice? Thanks in advance for your help, Gill and Simon, Torrox, sigillyespana@gmail.com
Disposal: We have some aluminium glass doors for disposal along with some other items too large for us to transport in our vehicle to the local refuse site in Velez Malaga. We live in Benamocarra.
If there is a company who can take it for us at a reasonable cost please contact
elise(underscore)broughton(at)hotmail(dotcom)
or phone 608394280. Whatsapp and Messenger also. Thanks. Elise & Martin
News & Articles
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The whole of Malaga province remains at Covid health alert level 1: All the health districts in Malaga province will remain at a coronavirus alert level 1, it was decided at a virtual meeting of the Territorial Committee for High Impact Public Health Alerts this Wednesday, 26 May. Malaga is the only Andalusian province with all the health districts at level 1. With a cumulative incidence rate of 125.9 per 100,000 inhabitants in two weeks, the province has seen a decrease compared to seven days ago. Full article:
http://www.surinenglish.com/local/202105/27/whole-malaga-province-remains-20210527094153.html
Health reproaches the communities for not complying with the agreements after the chaos with the second doses of AstraZeneca: The Ministry of Health has asked the autonomous communities to go all together, “giving the same information” to citizens, and that we all “respect the agreements of the Interterritorial Council and the Public Health Commission.”
The matter concerns the chaos generated with the second dose of those under 60 who were administered a first COVID-19 vaccine from AstraZeneca / Oxford- the Ministry advocates that the second be from Pfizer / BioNTech. It was able to approve it by majority in the Public Health Commission, but some communities reject it and have recommended that their citizens opt for AstraZeneca through an informed consent of the risks. The “instruction” is very clear, they say from the Ministry. Full article: https://spainsnews.com/health-reproaches-the-communities-for-not-complying-with-the-agreements-after-the-chaos-with-the-second-doses-of-astrazeneca/
Covid infections surge in more than half of England as Indian variant becomes dominant: Of the 315 local areas in England, 168 (53%) have seen a rise in rates, 132 (42%) have seen a fall and 15 are unchanged, new Public Health England data shows. Full article: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/covid-infections-surge-more-half-24201271
Easyjet Issues Statement After Cancelling Majority Of Flights: easyJet has issued a statement after telling customers on social media that “the majority” of its flights are being cancelled due to ongoing problems caused by the coronavirus crisis.
The airline’s customer service team made the comments on the company’s verified Twitter account in response to several queries about planned flights.
One tweet by the verified easyJet account issued earlier this morning read: “The majority of our flights are being cancelled due to the ongoing pandemic. Flights will continue to be reviewed. We continue to review our schedule and will make amends where we can in order to reflect the changes in demand and restrictions.” Full article: https://www.dailypost.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/easyjet-issues-statement-after-telling-20679136
Renfe Adds Eleven New Trains Connecting Andalucian Cities: {Translation}
-Renfe will be restoring new services from 31 May on Avant services between Seville and Cordoba, Malaga and Granada, as well as the Media Distancia service to Cadiz. With the incorporation of these trains, the offer on the three corridors has been restored to between 75 and 85% of what it was before the health alert.
-On the Avant Sevilla-Córdoba-Málaga service, three new trains will be added to reinforce the last-minute service between Seville and the capital of Malaga, as well as from Seville to Cordoba at the end of the day. From Monday onwards, twelve trains will be running on this route on working days, thus increasing the service to 85% of the usual pre-Covid service.
-The timetables from 31 May onwards are as follows: departures from Seville at 6.50am; 8.00am; 12.45pm; 3.30pm and 7.35pm; while departures from Malaga will be at 6.45am; 9.10am; 2.15pm; 6.20pm and 8.13pm. In addition, there will be a Seville-Cordoba, departing at 21.35 and a Cordoba-Seville, at 6.50.
-The Avant Seville-Córdoba-Granada service will have two more trains, one in each direction, from Monday onwards, making it possible to replace 75% of the usual daily service on this route before the health alert.
-From 31 May there will be six Avant trains running between Seville and Granada, three in each direction. Departures from Seville will be at 7.45am, 9.15am and 7.20pm, while departures from Granada will be at 6.40am, 1.20pm and 5.20pm.
*Seville-Cádiz medium distance*
-Renfe will re-establish six more trains on the Media Distancia service between Seville and Cadiz as of Monday, increasing the daily offer to 85% of the pre-COVID timetable.
-From 31 May, the schedule between Seville and the Bay of Cadiz will have 22 trains departing from Seville at 6.40am; 8.30am; 9.45am; 10.45am; 12.45am; 14.45; 15.45; 16.45; 17.45; 20.10 and 21.50 hours; while departures from Cadiz will be at 5.40; 6.30; 9.40; 11.40; 12.40; 14.40; 15.40; 17.40; 18.40; 19.40 and 20.40 hours.
Source, Spanish: https://www.elmira.es/articulo/andalucia/renfe-suma-11-nuevos-trenes-que-unen-sevilla-malaga-cordoba-granada-cadiz/20210526192430278156.html
Juanma Moreno Tests Positive For Coronavirus: Juanma Moreno, The president of the Junta de Andalucía, has tested positive for coronavirus, this afternoon, Thursday 27, reportedly after coming into contact last Monday with another person who had tested positive, according to malagahoy.es. Photo:Junta de Andalucia. Full article: https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2021/05/27/juanma-moreno-tests-positive-for-coronavirus/
Rare Giant Tortoise Is NOT Extinct: A giant tortoise found in 2019 in the Galapagos Islands is from a species thought to be extinct for more than one hundred years.
The female is a Chelonoidis Phantasticus, also known as the Fernandina Giant Tortoise, and the last time anyone saw a similar tortoise was in 1906. Full article: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/05/26/americas/galapagos-turtle-not-extinct-intl-hnk/index.html
Fakebook News- Facebook and Instagram to now give users options to hide Like counts across all posts and to hide their own public Like counts from others: Facebook this week will begin to publicly roll out the option to hide Likes on posts across both Facebook and Instagram, following earlier tests beginning in 2019. Full article: https://techcrunch.com/2021/05/26/facebook-and-instagram-will-now-allow-users-to-hide-like-counts-on-posts/
Lottery- Results of the Primitiva of Thursday, May 27, 2021: The winning combination of the Primitiva draw held this Thursday, May 27, 2021, has been formed by the numbers 12, 14, 37, 39, 41 and 47. The complementary number is 06, and the refund, the 9. In the Joker draw the chosen number has been the 6302415, awarded 1 million euros. Source: https://spainsnews.com/results-of-the-primitiva-of-thursday-may-27-2021/
Lottery- Bonoloto draw for Thursday, May 27, 2021: The result of the Bonoloto of today thursday may 27 of 2021 is: 08, 23, 27, 33, 40 and 43, the complementary number being eleven and the refund on 7. Source: https://spainsnews.com/bonoloto-draw-for-thursday-may-27-2021/
COVID Mobility Restrictions Info Reference
https://www.mapacovid.es/
For the latest COVID-19 statistics visit:
World– https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
World– https://www.ft.com/content/a26fbf7e-48f8-11ea-aeb3-955839e06441
Spain Coronavirus Data from Spain’s Ministerio de Sanidad, Official C-19 Pages:
https://www.mscbs.gob.es/en/profesionales/saludPublica/ccayes/alertasActual/nCov-China/situacionActual.htm
AND
https://cnecovid.isciii.es/covid19/
Coronavirus Cases in Andalucia, Axarquia, Costa del Sol & Malaga Province:
http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/institutodeestadisticaycartografia/salud/COVID19.html
UK Coronavirus:
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/uk/
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Weekly Markets
Monday: Torrox Costa
Tuesday: Nerja, Salobrena
Wednesday: Rincon de la Victoria, Algarrobo Costa
Thursday: Velez Malaga, Torre del Mar, Frigiliana
Friday: Almunecar, Salobrena, La Herradura- Summers only
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Nerja 952 524 519
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Frigiliana: 952 533 231
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Guardia Civil: 062
Ambulance: 061
Fire Station (Bomberos): 080
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Torrox: 952 539 828
Nerja: 952 521 545
Frigiliana: 952 533 126
Torre del Mar: 952 549 238
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