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{ Translations by www.DeepL.com/Translator }
ANDALUCIA
Children under six in Andalucía are being vaccinated against flu for the first time this week: People aged between 65 and 79 can also make appointments for a flu jab from today, Monday 17 October, and they will receive the fourth dose of the Covid-19 vaccine at the same time. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/andalucia/children-under-andalucia-20221017093732-nt.html
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Andalusia to vaccinate 12 year olds against papilloma from this January, girls & boys: {Translation}
– Andalusia will vaccinate 12-year-olds against papilloma. It will do so, explained the president of the Junta, Juanma Moreno, from 1 January 2023, in two and a half months’ time. The treatment was already being administered to young girls, as the Andalusian president recalled, and now it will also seek to protect the 47,000 boys who live in the community and were born in 2011, so they will now be 12 years old.
– The community is launching this treatment “because we want to make a vaccination calendar as broad and extensive as possible in Andalusia and to do it as we are doing, progressively, and attending to the pathologies that we are finding”, said Moreno.
– According to the Andalusian president, the same preparation will be used for boys as for girls, the Gardasil 9 vaccine, which “will serve to prevent the diseases caused by this virus”. Because, Moreno stressed, papilloma is a disease that has grown in recent years in the community, something that the Andalusian Health Service (SAS) wants to tackle.
– In this way, the application of the vaccine, Moreno estimated, will have a positive impact on Andalusia’s health accounts because it will mean “a saving of 345 euros for each child vaccinated for Andalusian families”. (How does that work??? -Ed.)
– Following on from this announcement, Moreno recalled that, from 2020, Andalusia has incorporated meningitis and influenza for children aged between six months and four years into the community’s vaccination schedule. “I can say without fear of contradiction that Andalusia is one of the regions with the most complete vaccination schedule in Europe,” said the Andalusian president.
***Lesions and cancer***
– The Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), according to the Regional Ministry of Health, “is currently the most common sexually transmitted infection worldwide, with 8 out of 10 people becoming infected during their lifetime”. Its effects can range from benign skin lesions – warts – in the genital area to cancer. In fact, according to the Health Department, in Europe “one out of every three people with HPV-related cancer is a man”.
– The vaccine that will be given to 12-year-old boys is the same one that has been given to girls since 2007. Gardasil 9, according to the department headed by Catalina García, is “the most complete” as it “offers protection against 90 percent of the types of papillomavirus circulating in Spain”. Source, Spanish: https://sevilla.abc.es/andalucia/andalucia-vacunara-papiloma-jovenes-anos-enero-20221017132418-nts.html
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Solar plants now produce more clean energy than wind turbines in Andalucía: The latest data shows that they account for 41.2 per cent of the electricity from clean energy sources in the region, compared with 37.8% generated by wind. There are 43 photovoltaic plants of more than 10 megawatts as well as 45,600 private solar panel installations which are connected to the grid.
There are 157 wind energy parks in Andalucía and between them the turbines produce 3,534 megawatts at present. Photo: dreamstime. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/andalucia/solar-wind-power-20221017100833-nt.html
AXARQUIA
Iznate prohibits the use of potable water for street cleaning and filling of swimming pools: {Translation, summary}
– The La Viñuela reservoir is currently at 9.70% of its total capacity, with 16.30 hm cubic metres of stored water. Last year at this time it was at 20.61% and stored 34 hm cubic metres.
– The decree prohibits the use of drinking water for washing streets, public squares and façades; filling private swimming pools; watering gardens and fruit trees; washing cars outside authorised establishments; and the use of public fountains for watering purposes, ornamental fountains without a closed water circuit, showers and public fountains. These measures aim to reduce the supply of drinking water in Iznate by 20%.
– Failure to comply with the measures adopted will result in an administrative infraction, which will be classified as minor, serious or very serious depending on the damage caused. In the worst case, the sanction could lead to the suspension of the water supply. Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/iznate-prohible-el-uso-de-agua-potable-para-el-baldeo-de-calles-y-el-llenado-de-piscinas-privadas/
NERJA
Wildfire in Nerja stabilized 6:30pm Monday: Operations continue to work in “Colmenarejo” for Controlled Status.
– Earlier: 17.10.2022 15.45 hours.
Declared in Nerja, in “Colmenarejo”.
Media: 2 light heavyweights, 3 heavyweights, 1 ground load, 1 coordination aircraft, 100 Forest firefighters, 4 Operations technicians, 2 Environmental agents. 3 fire engines. FB
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The ITV mobile unit for mopeds will return to Nerja: Wednesday, Oct 19, on the esplanade of the market, at the end of Calle Cisne, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
People interested in carrying out inspections of their mopeds must request an appointment, which can be requested through the website www.itvcita.com or by phone at 959 999 999. FB
VÉLEZ-MÁLAGA
Youth of Vélez-Málaga presents the schedule of activities for Halloween: {Translation, summary}
– J. Hipólito Gómez gave a breakdown of the programme of activities that will take place in the San Francisco Market; from 4.30 to 7.15 p.m. there will be terrifying cooking workshops, given by the chef Roberto Soler. From 4.30 p.m. to 7.45 p.m., the same space will host various entertainment activities such as face painting, storytelling, a mini disco, as well as a terrifying children’s room.
– There will also be a new edition of Escape City ‘The Secret of Cervantes’, which will start at the San Francisco Market and will take place in the streets of the historic centre. Participants will be divided into groups of 12 people who will set off every 10 minutes from 17:00 to 19:00. This activity is recommended for people over 12 years of age.
– Those interested in participating in these activities must register in advance at the Casa de la Juventud at the Vélez-Málaga Indoor Swimming Pool complex, from 10:00 to 14:00 hours, or by calling 610 938 776.
– To end the activities on Sunday 31st October, the traditional ‘Passage of Terror’ will be held at the Casa de Asociaciones, from 20.00 to 0.00 hours. Admission will be on a first come, first served basis and in small groups. This activity is recommended for people over 12 years old. Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/juventud-de-velez-malaga-presenta-la-programacion-de-actividades-con-motivo-de-halloween/
CULTURE
Cancel Culture- Twitter & Instagram Ban Kanye West, So He Buys His Own Social Media Platform- Parler:
– Social network Parler announced Monday a deal for Kanye West to buy the platform popular with US conservatives.
– “In a world where conservative opinions are considered to be controversial we have to make sure we have the right to freely express ourselves,” the billionaire artist and fashion mogul said in a statement released by Parler.
– Parler, which describes itself as “a guiding force in the fight against Big Tech, Big Government, censorship, and cancel culture,” announced in September that it was restructuring to focus on users who risk being ousted from the internet. Photo: minuoar. Full article: https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20221017-kanye-west-agrees-to-buy-social-network-parler
OTHER
VW’s Dieselgate Update- Ruling annulling a “dieselgate” car purchase contract could lead to 700,000 lawsuits throughout Spain: {Translation}
– A dealer in Ibi (Alicante) will have to refund a customer the money he paid for his Audi A4 because it was affected by the so-called “dieselgate”, the Volkswagen emissions scandal.
– This is the first time that a court has declared a vehicle purchase contract null and void on the basis of the ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU).
– Previously a Madrid judge ordered Volkswagen to pay 16 million euros in ‘dieselgate’ fines.
– Volkswagen only offered a keyring and a cap to those affected by ‘dieselgate’, according to OCU.
– The Court of First Instance and Instruction number 1 of Ibi has declared the nullity of the sale of an Audi A4 sold in Alicante. And it obliges the dealer who sold the vehicle to return to the buyer the 34,440 euros he paid 10 years ago for the vehicle. A vehicle affected by the so-called “dieselgate” case, in which Volkswagen installed software in vehicles capable of modifying the results of emissions measurements and thus concealing the fact that, in reality, the level of pollution they produced was well above the legally established levels.
– The judgment admits that it has been “duly accredited that the plaintiff’s vehicle emitted more polluting gases than those that the Volkswagen Group accredited for its homologation, so that the plaintiff had to go repeatedly to the dealer’s workshops to have repairs carried out”. It also admits that the seller did not act in good faith:
– The Agrupación de Afectados por Volkswagen will use this ruling to ask for a refund of the price of the vehicle from its more than 4,000 affected customers, which in the Valencia region amount to 100,000, a good part of the estimated 700,000 that could be claimed throughout Spain, according to its lawyer, Sergio Méler, as the deadline has not expired.
***Class action next month***
– For all these reasons, the ruling considers “to declare the contract of sale dated 28 February 2010 null and void due to a defect in the consent of the plaintiff, restoring the parties to the situation prior to the effects of the contract, with the return of the goods and price, all with the imposition of the defendant of the costs incurred”.
– A class action lawsuit against the Volkswagen Group that will start next month, claiming the nullity of the contracts of the affected vehicles, starting with the SEAT brand.
– Alberto Rey, President of the Agrupación de Afectados por Volkswagen, wanted to remind that all buyers of these vehicles, whether first or second-hand, whether or not they have been repaired, can now request the nullity of the contract and the return of the money invested in the vehicle. Source, Spanish: https://cadenaser.com/comunitat-valenciana/2022/10/17/una-sentencia-en-ibi-que-anula-el-contrato-de-compra-de-un-audi-a4-por-el-dieselgate-podria-desembocar-en-700000-demandas-en-toda-espana-radio-alicante/
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