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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 is the Junta de Andalucia’s FB page. https://www.facebook.com/AndaluciaJunta/

DIGAMEXTRA DONATION DRIVE

Naythan publishes his 1000th issue, #1909, in just 9 days!
My how time flies.
To recognize this occasion, for the days leading up to that 1000th issue, DigameXtra is having a fund raising drive to help cover some recent equipment expenses.

DigameXtra Donation Info- The preferred method of donation is to drop off cash at the DigameXtra workshop in Torrox Costa, near the bus station, email for address and map. I have a secure mailbox at the door for dropoffs. Alternatively, you may use an Amazon ES eGift card to send in donations.
AmazonES eGift Card Link: https://www.amazon.es/Cheques-Regalo-Amazon-es-mail-Amazon/dp/B07SS5PFJK/
Send to-
Name: N.J. Harris
Email: digamextra@protonmail.com

Daily Tally
Monday, March 15th = €30 (Competa)
Tuesday, March 16th = €15 (Torrox Campo)

Your Contributions Are Greatly Appreciated !!!

What’s On

Tell them you saw it on DigameXtra! Tell your favourite establishments to post on DigameXtra to get next-day publicity!

Due to the Covid restrictions, to avoid disappointment I suggest you call to confirm events and times before the event. -Ed.

Happy St Patrick’s Day: This year, St. Patrick’s Day falls on Wednesday, March 17, 2021.
St. Patrick’s Day celebrates the life of Saint Patrick- the patron saint of Ireland. This influential missionary has been credited with bringing Christianity to Ireland. St. Patrick’s Day takes place on March 17 each year because St. Patrick’s death is believed to have been on March 17, 461. The Church began observing a special feast to honor him on this day starting in 1631.
*15 St. Patrick’s Day Facts*
1. St. Patrick’s Day always falls on the 17th of March.
2. The first St. Patrick’s Day parade took place in America- not in Ireland.
3. The New York City St. Patrick’s Day parade is the world’s oldest civilian parade and the largest in the United States.
4. Chicago began its annual tradition of turning the Chicago River green on St. Patrick’s Day in 1962.
5. In Ireland, St. Patrick’s Day had been viewed mostly as a religious observance, and up until the 1960s, they even had laws that forbid bars from being open that day.
6. It wasn’t until 1798 (the year of the Irish Rebellion) that the color green became officially associated with St. Patrick’s Day. Before then, another color was originally associated with St. Patrick.
7. St. Patrick’s Day switched over from a strictly holy day for Catholics to an official Irish public holiday in 1903.
8. Although St. Patrick’s Day falls within the period of Lent- a time when the Catholic Church prohibits eating meat, the ban is lifted on this specific day of celebration.
9. The annual shamrock ceremony in the White House started in 1952.
10. Each year, 5.5 million people visit New York’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral.
11. Before St. Patrick became a missionary, he had been kidnapped at the age of 16 and taken to Ireland as a slave.
12. St. Patrick is said to have been buried in the town of Downpatrick, County Down, in Northern Ireland.
13. There are two autobiographical writings from St. Patrick himself, including Confessio and Letter to Coroticus.
14. Traditionally, Catholic families go to church in the morning on St. Patrick’s Day, and partake in a meal that includes cabbage and Irish bacon.
15. Dublin’s first official celebration of St. Patrick’s Day did not occur until 1931.
Source: https://parade.com/1006852/kelseypelzer/st-patricks-day/

A Very RasTiki Paddy’s Day: Just about a year ago we never got to perform for any of you on St. Patrick’s Day because the pandemic put us all on hold for a while.
This year we’re finally back, so join us this Wednesday 17 March from 1.30pm at Biddy Mulligan’s La Cala to celebrate Paddy’s Day with us in style.
Biddy Mulligans is Irish owned + Irish managed pub. We serve great pub grub, show all Sports on our 17 Big Screens and have Live Music every Thurs – Sunday
Boulevard de la Cala 29649 Mijas. +34 952 49 48 77 FB Page

St. Patrick’s Day- Music & Special Lunch: 17 March
Sean’s Irish Cafe Bar. Lunch served 1-5pm booking advised.
Los Boliches. FB Page

Dempseys Irish Bar: St. Patrick’s Day Party 17 Mar.
We are all set and ready for you this Wednesday at Dempsey’s Irish bar to celebrate St Patrick’s day we will be open from 10am for a Irish breakfast and not forgetting our delicious Irish stew which will be on all day. Live music from Mark & Ronnie.
Local 2, Doña Lola, Calahonda 29649 Mijas. Tel.951234285 FB Page

Weekly Crochet/Knitting Group: Calling All Members and anybody who would like to join us.
We continue this Thursday 18th March from 10/10.30 am until 1ish.
But Please NOTE we are now meeting in Caleta de Velez at La Fuente and thank Sindy for welcoming us to her restaurant.
Do you Crochet? Would you like to learn? Do you fancy having coffee and chatting one morning whilst working?
We are a multilingual group of ladies that are meeting every week in Caleta de Velez on Thursdays.
The group is well over 8 years old and would love new members to come along and join us, working at your own speed and chatting making friends. And if you really don’t fancy Crochet but like to Knit, well come along with that instead.
We will teach you either craft if you wish.
Hope to see you there.
Need more information? Email Polly
madpip at hotmail dot co dot uk

Services Wanted/Offered

Check the DigameXtra Sponsor’s list whenever you need a service.
Landlords, tell your renters about DigameXtra, where they can get overnight answers to questions about local stuff without having to call you!

Nik of all Trades: Services available for home, garden and office
Gardening – from weeding to landscaping, stonework (walls, paths, etc) a speciality. Transport and tools all provided by me, no job too small or too big as I have others to call on if required, from 100€ per day per man plus any required materials at cost or fixed price quote if you prefer.
Small construction/demolition jobs – walls, fencing, guttering, tiling etc. from 100€ per day per man plus any required materials at cost or fixed price quote if you prefer.
Painting and decorating – interior or exterior, tools all supplied, materials extra at cost – from 100€ per day per man or fixed price quote if you prefer.
Evenings, weekends and holidays both Spanish and English are all included at no extra cost.
Check my website for examples of my work www.nikofalltrades.es
Email enquiries or for more information to nikash2 at hotmail dot com or just write that email address or web address down somewhere in case you may need me in the future! I am a DigameXtra sponsor and so my contact info is available everyday in the sponsors section below as well. There is also a contact form available on the website.
References/recommendations available from the UK and Spain
Based in Competa but can travel anywhere in Digameland. Quotations are completely free!

Coast Fm Gold: Want to be able to talk directly to your customers and clients?
Guess what they have been listening to and will continue to listen to……the Radio!
Coast Fm Gold has been available Online, as well as via Tunein, Google, Siri and Alexa throughout the crisis giving ’emergency announcements and telephone numbers’ and music, music, music!
Now it’s time to start up business’s again, and what a better way to let them know you have re-opened and are ready- A RADIO ADVERT! We reach all over the Axarquia- so we are local! Plus we reach around the world! We are the Eastern Costa Del Sols favourite Radio Station!
We are running ”special crisis” low advertising rates…ring us now on 691 934 626 or by email to studio@coastfmgold.com Website: http://coastfmgold.com/

Golden Leaves Funeral Plans:
Pre-planning your funeral is a thoughtful and responsible way to show you care about your family.
Funerals are no easy task. There are numerous considerations to factor in, including logistics, food and drink, casket purchase and burial grounds. A loved one’s death brings immense emotional strain to any family, and the question of financing and arrangements only exacerbates the stress.
Handling all of these challenges is difficult enough in one’s normal circumstances, but having to go through it while abroad is an enormous burden.
Golden Leaves Funeral Plans aims to support grieving families during these tumultuous times. Since our inception in 1984, we have partnered with a widespread network of funeral directors across the UK and Europe.
Purchasing a funeral plan with Golden Leaves enables you to plan, design and pay for your funeral services in advance.
As one of the leading providers of expat prepaid funeral plans in Spain, Portugal, Cyprus, Balearic Islands, and the Canary Islands, we make sure to adequately support your family in the time of greatest need.
If you are an expat family in need of prepaid funeral services please contact Ruth on phone or whats app + 34 693 715 718
Based in Javea/Alicante. Company Reg. No: 2935393
Email: Ruth.forder@goldenleaves.com

People Group Spain: Multiservice
At People Group Spain we offer administrative and interpretation services to ease your day to day life in Spain. Whether you need us to assist with residency applications, property management, translations or insurance, we will always be here to help.
You can find us at Calle Diputación 9, Nerja 29780
Email us at admin@peoplegroupspain
Or call us on 615 763 349.
https://www.peoplegroupspain.com

Items For Sale / Wanted / Rent

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Halting Erosion using Vetiver
From Vetiver Spain in Sayalonga
Our Nursery is open by appointment depending on the current travel restrictions. Please email or call first. We have Moringa seedlings, Organic Moringa powder and Comfrey plants. We also have some local trees and some exotic trees from Africa.
Vetiver is a rapid growing and non-invasive sterile clump grass with a height of 1-2 metres and a root system of 3-4 metres in depth. We have been providing Vetiver throughout the EU for almost 10 years now. We are located in Sayalonga where we can plant year round but our best results by far start in February. The reason is that Vetiver is indigenous to India and Vetiver loves the heat of the summer. Use Vetiver cuttings as mulch around all of your fruit trees. Decomposing Vetiver improves soil quality, keeps the weeds down and the insects away all while helping to maintain soil moisture.
Vetiver is a nutritious and replenishable animal fodder. Horses and pigs love it. We use it in our chicken pens replacing hay because it stops mites.
In the 2 photos below you will see land prepared for Vetiver and the results 2 years later.
We also use Vetiver along driveways and sidewalks. It also makes a great and inexpensive ornamental hedge.
Here is a link to a short video showing the results.
https://youtu.be/rjTmb_LL2uo
We suggest planting now, as this is the BEST time of the year to plant.
To see more images of Vetiver go to this link.
https://www.vetiverspain.org/photo-gallery.html
Presently we have some specials, which include free shipping to numerous locations.
For more information please contact us.
Please visit us or visit our website:
www.vetiverspain.com
Email: info@vetiverspain.com
Telephone: (34) 692 288 657

For Sale: Maytronics dolphin zenit 20 poolrobot.
Bought as backup robot, not used more than 5 times.
Without caddy. Will sell for 480€.
We can meet for transfer at the parking from Lidl in Algarobbo or El Ingenio.
Helmut from Algarobbo. +49 157 86001904

For Sale, 2 items:
-Black & Decker hedge trimmer in very good condition complete with cable, 45cm cutting blade with cover 25euro.
-Oil filled Apelson radiator in new condition, no longer required due to new system 10 Euro
Canillas de Albaida tel. Rob 634313809 email robbers1551@gmail.com

For Sale: Chain Saw. 16 inch. STIHL 017
Full working order, easy to start. 55€
Tony, Torrox campo. Km12
tjparton@hotmail.co.uk.
watsap +447792579150

For Sale: 3 Lights. Two matching ceiling lights 35 euros for both and the other 10 euros. Irene, Nerja
Email: irene472001 AT yahoo D0T co D0T uk

Wanted: Mic Stand. Hello Friends, Anyone have a boom microphone stand that’s surplus to requirements?
Thanks, Nick. Whatsapp: 609 706 210
Keelsway at yahoo dot co dot uk

News & Articles

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The SEPE warns of a scam- they impersonate Social Security to steal your data: {Translated from sevilla.abc.es}
-This warning comes days after the ‘hack’ to the computer system and the public body’s website suffered. The State Public Employment Service (SEPE) warns of a new cyber scam in which emails attempt to impersonate the identity of the Social Security to obtain user data and install malicious software on their terminals.
-“Remember: Before opening any email, check that it is really us,” the public body says in its communication on Twitter. In addition, the SEPE indicates that users should pay close attention to the email address: “If it does not end in ‘@sepe.es’, do not open it”.
-This comes after many users have reported receiving an email with the Social Security logo, from strange senders, claiming unpaid debts.
-This is a type of phishing already detected in the past but which has returned to the fray just after the hacking of the SEPE’s computers and website.
-The email contains a link under the heading ‘download report’ that leads to the installation of a malicious programme or ‘malware’ on your electronic device with the aim of stealing sensitive data.
-Cyber-fraud experts recommend that you immediately delete this message, which is used by criminals to impersonate a company, in this case the Social Security, in an attempt to obtain data such as your bank account details.
*Attention to detail*
-To detect this type of electronic scams, you should pay attention to details and not act impulsively by clicking on the links.
-In this type of communication there are usually some clues that invite you to suspect the veracity of the same: the sender’s address, unusual links, links that have been shortened and that have a different domain to the company.
-In addition, it is also common for these messages to contain spelling mistakes, a few words in another language and poorly written messages, something that is not common in messages from public bodies.
(In many browsers, if you hover the cursor over a link, without clicking, the destination address will appear in the lower left of the window in the Status Bar. Look and see if you recognize the location, if it is not related to the supposed sender then it is a spam link. For example, if the suspect email is supposedly from Outlook, but a link leads to a Yahoo address. -Ed.)
Source, Spanish: https://sevilla.abc.es/andalucia/sevi-sepe-alerta

France studies a new variant of coronavirus discovered in Brittany that is not detected with PCR: {Summary, translated from sevilla.abc.es}
-France studying a new variant of coronavirus detected in Britain. The most striking thing is that, according to the French newspaper ‘Le Parisien’ , the new variant cannot be detected through PCR .
-The first analyzes of this new variant do not allow to conclude “neither a greater severity nor a greater transmissibility compared to those known so far.” The DGS announced that “in-depth research is being carried out in order to better understand this variant and its impact.”
-Its peculiarity would be the difficulty to detect it. The DGS says that people infected with this strain “had typical symptoms suggesting a SARS-CoV-2 infection, but a negative result of the PCR test in nasopharyngeal samples. The diagnosis could be made by serology or by RT-PCR in deep respiratory samples ”. (Redundant info deleted.) Source, Spanish: https://www.abc.es/sociedad/abci-francia-estudia-nueva-variante-coronavirus-aparecida-bretana-no-detecta-202103161044_noticia.html

Which self-employed workers and SMEs can apply for direct aid from their autonomous community: The central Executive approved last Friday, March 12, in an Extraordinary Council of Ministers of the Royal Decree-Law 5/2021 a new package of public aid amounting to 11 billion euros for the sectors most affected by the coronavirus pandemic in our country, that is, those of the hospitality, tourism and trade. This package includes a fund of direct aid to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the self-employed of €7 billion. The autonomous communities will be responsible for its management. Full info & requirements in source article. https://spainsnews.com/which-self-employed-workers-and-smes-can-apply-for-direct-aid/

Teams and other Microsoft services drop worldwide, Spain included: {Translated from eldiario.es}
-The Teams video conferencing platform and other services from the software giant Microsoft such as 365, Azure and Dynamics 365 are experiencing interruptions around the world, the company itself reported on Monday. “Users may not be able to access multiple Microsoft services. We have identified the cause of the problem and are taking steps to mitigate the impact. This problem could affect any user,” the company said in a statement.
-The problem would have occurred after an update to the authentication system, which is why it is being uninstalled by the company itself, the firm said on its corporate Twitter account.
-The service interruptions began around 9:00 p.m. in Spain and, according to the specialized portal DownDetector.com, they reached their peak an hour later, at 00:00 this Monday, when more than 31,000 users warned that they were having problems.
-Since then, the interruptions of the service are going down and every time they affect fewer users, although there may still be errors and Spanish users are reporting them on social networks. Source, Spanish: https://www.eldiario.es/tecnologia/teams-servicios-microsoft-caen-mundo_1_7312847.html

Court ruling could declare thousands of fixed radar fines across Spain invalid: A court in Cordoba has declared a fine for a speeding charge that was captured by a fixed radar point was invalid and accused Spain’s roads authority, the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT), of not sticking to the rules. Photo:SUR. Full article: http://www.surinenglish.com/national/202103/16/court-ruling-that-could-20210316124025.html

Rain and snow possible as Malaga province braces for a cold snap this weekend: According to the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet), it is very likely that continental air originating from Siberia will arrive in the province over the weekend, bringing with it freezing temperatures and rain. What is more striking is that snow is possible even at altitudes of just 300-400 metres, meaning Ronda, Antequera, Sierra de las Nieves and areas closer to the sea could all see snowfall. Until Friday, temperatures are expected to stay quite stable, with highs of 19C, lows of 11C and little chance of rain. The forecast then shifts drastically on Saturday and Aemet is predicting highs of just 14C in Malaga city and 7C in Ronda and Antequera. Full article: http://www.surinenglish.com/local/202103/16/rain-snow-possible-malaga-20210316130858.html

COVID Mobility Restrictions Info Reference

OPTION 1: https://www.mapacovid.es/

OPTION 2: For a more frequently updated version visit this site. Unfortunately this map does not zoom in using the mouse wheel, so it can be difficult to see the smallest towns. https://sevilla.abc.es/andalucia/sevi-mapa-covid-19-andalucia-restricciones-y-medidas-contra-coronavirus-municipio-202102101441_noticia.html?

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
Saturday: Competa, Mezquitilla@Algarrobo behind the Sala Ottowa
Sunday: Velez Malaga, Nerja Car Boot

Taxi
Nerja 952 524 519
Torrox: 952 531 030
Frigiliana: 952 533 231

Phone numbers for emergencies
Emergency Svcs.: 112
National Police: 091
Guardia Civil: 062
Ambulance: 061
Fire Station (Bomberos): 080
Emergency English Help Line: 902 102 112

Local Police
Torrox: 952 539 828
Nerja: 952 521 545
Frigiliana: 952 533 126
Torre del Mar: 952 549 238

Local News in English, The Sur: http://www.surinenglish.com/
Spain National News in English, El Pais: https://elpais.com/elpais/inenglish.html
EU News in English, EuroWeekly: https://www.euroweeklynews.com
Local Weather: https://www.accuweather.com/en/es/torre-del-mar/306652/weather-forecast/306652
Bus Info: https://www.alsa.com/en/web/bus/our-destinations/regional
Currency Converter: http://www.currency-converter.com/
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DigameXtra No. 1900 Tuesday, March 16th, 2021

On March 16, 2021March 16, 2021 By Naythan

Welcome to DigameXtra !

DigameXtra Featured Sponsor

Announcements

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 is the Junta de Andalucia’s FB page. https://www.facebook.com/AndaluciaJunta/

DIGAMEXTRA DONATION DRIVE

Naythan publishes his 1000th issue, #1909, in just 9 days!
My how time flies.
To recognize this momentous occasion, for the days leading up to that 1000th issue, DigameXtra is having a fund raising drive.

Daily Tally:
Monday, March 15th = €30 (Competa)

Your Support Is Greatly Appreciated !!!

What’s On

Tell them you saw it on DigameXtra! Tell your favourite establishments to post on DigameXtra to get next-day publicity!

Due to the Covid restrictions, to avoid disappointment I suggest you call to confirm events and times before the event. -Ed.

La Casa Hotel nd Restaurant Torrox Pueblo:
Just to let you all know, our opening times in the restaurant until further notice.
Friday and Saturday night we will be open until 9.30 with reservations.
-This weekend Friday and Saturday we have a special offer of 2 Irish Fillet steaks and a bottle of House wine for just 50 euro. A la Carte Menu available too and also our 3 course set menu at just 14.95 per person.
For bookings 952535471/662039741
LA CASA Hotel & Restaurant
Calle Baja, Plazuela De Barajas 3
Torrox, 29770, Malaga, España
Tel: +34 952 535 471 or +34 659 002 036

Services Wanted/Offered

Archgrove Services: A family run light haulage/transport company with bases in Archez, Spain and near Oxford, UK.
We provide a one stop service for all your transport needs and pride ourselves on reliability, flexibility, good communication and a very much ‘can do’ approach. No job is too small and there is always a solution.
Our services include:
-Regular runs between UK and Spain
-Transport of personal property from full house moves to vehicles down to small single items
-Courier Services
-Man & Van services
-Packing, including supply of packing materials
-UK Home shopping with UK delivery address
-Storage of property and vehicles in UK and Spain
-Any jobs in Western Europe and Scandinavia considered
Fully Insured with Haulage, Goods In Transit and Public Liability policies.
If we can be of service please contact Steve & Gail. We are on Facebook and always available to chat through your needs and provide a free no obligation quote if required. FB-Link
UK: 0044 7868 435052
SPAIN: 0034 951 066 093
Email: archgroveservices@gmail.com Our contact is also in the DigameXtra Sponsor’s Section everyday.

SPW Construction Services: Professional high quality building service, fully qualified tradesmen to all trades.
Extensions, retaining walls, driveways, swimming pools, damp problems, roofs, blocked drains.
Replacement kitchens and bathrooms, Tiling and terraces. Plumbing, electrics and plastering, painting.
Architect service, building licence applications.
Handyman service now available for those smaller jobs.
For free consultation and estimate contact us on 622 938 440
or email: scottparkwilson AT yahoo DOT co DOT uk
Scott/Arenas
Our contact is also in the DigameXtra Sponsor’s Section everyday. Home Page and FB-Link

Items For Sale / Wanted / Rent

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For Sale: Stainless Chafing Dish with 3 bins and 2 alcohol burners. Price €50
Marco & Lizet, Torrox Costa. More pics on request.
Tel: 676933241

For Sale, 2 items:
– Roof Box. Thule Liberty 700 roof box and roof rails. 75 euros.
-Trailer. Much loved and well used trailer but still plenty of life left in it. Length 200cms by width 125cms. Height 50cms and 90cms to the top of the rails. Top rails are removable and tailgates drops down. Comes with Trailer ITV paperwork. 350 euros.
Contact Ken on 628747975. Competa Campo but easy access on a tarmaced road.

For Sale, 3 items:
-Alpujarra rug. Very good condition, having had light use.
Thick pile rug, multi coloured 165 x 260. 30€
-Alpujarra rug. Very good condition, having had light use. Blue/tan/cream striped 170 x 230. 25€
-Girl’s Princess Dresses. Little girl’s Rapuzel, Frozen Anna and Cinderella dresses. Suitable approx 6-8 years. All in very good condition. 15€ the lot
Phone/Whatsapp Harold or Linda, Torre del Mar 647420188

Recommendations & Requests

Lost Connection: Would John Hayes or his wife Denise Elizabeth Hayes please contact me. Or would anyone pass on the message, that I need to speak to them.
Very important. Re their TIE card. I have lost all data from my phone and have no contact number for them. Thank you
Pamela Walshe 609040709 Algarrobo

Recommendation for Archgrove Services: Thank you so much Steve at Archgrove Services for your excellent service. Great communication throughout the whole process, no problems whatsoever bringing our furniture from Swansea to Nerja. I would definitely use your services again. Brilliant.
Vicky, Nerja, hvafaustinAThotmailD0TcoD0Tuk (Archgrove contact info can be found everyday in the Sponsor’s Section of DigameXtra.)

Loan of Pet Cage: Can anybody out there help?
I am helping care for these puppies. Had them for around 7 weeks. They are now 10 weeks old and have grown out of their cage. Can anyone lend me a large one for a few weeks until we can find foster/forever homes please? Thank you
Amanda amandawood96 @ yahoo.co.uk
Algarrobo

Car Hire: We needed an automatic car from a local hire company urgently when our car was temporarily out of action. We contacted Estrella on Algarrobo Costa and they delivered a car, 2 grades up for same price as one ordered, to a prearranged location in Competa village. The paperwork and details were exchanged very quickly. A very professional and obliging company. Tel. 0034952511209, Isabel.
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Andalusia halts AstraZeneca’s vaccination of 123,210 doses after Health Ministry decision: {Translated from sevilla.abc.es}
Updated 15/03/2021 23:38
-The Ministry of Health and Families of the Andalusian Regional Government has paralysed the AstraZeneca vaccination after the decision taken this Monday afternoon by the Ministry of Health to suspend the administration of these vaccines for two weeks pending the report issued by the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) on the suitability of continuing their inoculation. Thus, Andalusia will not administer the 123,210 AstraZeneca doses that remained to be inoculated and has proceeded to cancel as of this afternoon the appointments that were already closed. Of these doses, 40,500 had arrived today at the reception centre and had not yet been distributed, while 82,710 doses have been located and stopped at various vaccination points.
ABV Lot 5300
-As of today, a total of 211,600 AstraZeneca doses have been administered in Andalusia, of which 46,030 correspond to the ABV 5300 batch, and so far no serious adverse reaction alert has been identified in the Andalusian Pharmacovigilance Network linked to these doses. The Andalusian Regional Government decided last Friday to stop administering the remaining 1,200 doses of this batch as a precautionary measure.
-The Regional Minister for Health and Families, Jesús Aguirre, was informed of this decision at the extraordinary Interterritorial Committee held this afternoon and expressed his “total confidence” in the decision taken in this regard by the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC), while trusting that “this situation will be reversed as soon as possible”.
-People who have already received the first dose of AztraZeneca’s vaccine do not have to follow any specific protocol a priori, nor is active surveillance necessary.
-On the other hand, the Junta de Andalucía will continue as normal during the next few days the current vaccination protocol with the administration of Pfizer and Moderna to the corresponding groups.
Source, Spanish: https://sevilla.abc.es/andalucia/sevi-andalucia-paraliza-vacunacion-123210-dosis-astrazeneca-tras-decision-ministerio-sanidad-202103152054_noticia.html

Andalusia warns of Government cuts in the next shipments of vaccines against Covid: {Translated from sevilla.abc.es}
Updated: 15/03/2021 21:02
-The Minister of Health and Families, Jesús Aguirre, has asked the Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, by letter this Monday for explanations for the decrease in the arrival of vaccines to 15.5% of the national total, when “the Andalusian population is at 18%”, because “we do not know the criteria that the Ministry is using”.
-Last week 175,430 vaccines arrived in Andalusia and this week 157,000, which means “about 20,000 fewer vaccines, an issue that worries us”, adding that among those immunised “we are at 4.12%, that is to say, both vaccines have been given”.
-Aguirre indicated that for the last week they have had the figures for the possible arrival of vaccines, especially from Pfizer, for March and April, while he explained that today he has sent a letter to the Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, signed by him, because “we have noticed in the last two weeks that in Andalusia we were receiving the number of vaccines according to population and we have noticed a drop proportional to that which we have had lately in the number of vaccines”.
-“We had already noticed this in the last two weeks, but when we received the list from Pfizer in April we saw that we had dropped to 15.5% when the Andalusian population is at 18%,” lamented the Minister of Health, who added that he “does not know what criteria the Ministry is using” and that it “has not told them anything”. “We don’t know why this drop in Andalusia’s share of vaccines is being made,” he said.
-He added that “it is very important because the vaccine is a scarce commodity and we are fighting as hard as we can to ensure that as many vaccines as possible come to the region”, while indicating that “in this new distribution, Asturias, the Basque Country, Galicia, Catalonia and Valencia have benefited”. Meanwhile, “we have lost a percentage of vaccines in proportion to those that were arriving until now, Andalusia, Murcia and Navarre, and hence the letter to the minister,” he added.
-“We ask for maximum transparency in the distribution of vaccines and that it be done according to population data, as has been done so far, and we do not understand why such a significant drop in the percentage of vaccines in some autonomous communities and increases without us having debated it within the relevant bodies,” Aguirre insisted.
Source, Spanish: https://sevilla.abc.es/andalucia/sevi-coronavirus-andalucia-andalucia-advierte-recortes-gobierno-proximos-envios-vacunas-contra-covid-202103151330_noticia.html

Andalucía adds 480 cases of Covid-19 and nine deaths in a day: The Andalusian region has added another 480 positive cases of coronavirus this Monday, 15 March, a daily figure higher than that of last Monday (454), according to data from the Junta de Andalucía.
The regional government’s Ministry of Health has also reported nine deaths, a low figure but higher than that of Sunday (five).
The cumulative incidence rate of the disease has risen for the second day in a row and stands at 121.7 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days, 0.2 points more than the day before but 9.2 points below the rate from last Monday (130.9).
The 480 positives registered this Monday come after the 842 on Sunday, 890 on Saturday, 1,065 on Friday, 1,095 on Thursday, 977 on Wednesday, 579 on Tuesday and 454 last Monday.
Seville is the province that has registered the most positives with 140, followed by Almeria with 116, Malaga with 84, Cadiz with 57, Granada with 48, Cordoba with 21, Jaén with 11 and Huelva with three.
Of the nine deaths, five are added in Cadiz, two in Granada, one in Cordoba and another in Malaga.
Andalucía has 1,145 patients in hospital with the coronavirus this Monday, 39 more than on Sunday, but 170 fewer than a week ago. Some 286 are in a intensive care unit, five more than the day before and 52 less than seven days ago.
Source: http://www.surinenglish.com/local/202103/15/andalucia-adds-cases-covid-20210315171814.html

British man dies after falling into two-metre hole in Nerja: A 74-year-old British man has died after falling into a two-metre deep hole when he was walking home with his wife in Nerja. His wife also fell and lay unconscious for nine hours, until she woke and called the 112 emergency services.
The tragic incident happened on 6 March on the San Juan de Capistrano development, located to the north of Nerja.
The accident happened on a path that connects the San Francisco and Vía Real areas. Photo:SUR/EUGENIO CABEZAS. Full article: http://www.surinenglish.com/local/202103/15/british-dies-after-falling-20210315100935.html

Covid-19 vaccines for UK nationals in Spain – what the British Embassy says: An Embassy spokesperson said: “The Spanish Government’s Vaccination Strategy is clear that, as a matter of public health, all people living in Spain are eligible for the vaccine, regardless of nationality or residency status. At the current time, those in the priority groups are being vaccinated – irrespective of nationality or type of sickness insurance. The Vaccination Strategy is updated regularly to include new priority groups as the number of doses available gradually increases.
“Those UK nationals who are already registered in the public health system should be contacted by their regional health service to arrange an appointment. The Spanish authorities are asking insurance companies to coordinate with regional health services in order to provide vaccines to their customers. We are in touch with the Spanish authorities regarding progress of the rollout and what that means for UK nationals. Meanwhile UK Nationals living in Spain can contact their local health centre or insurer for more information.” Full article: https://english.elpais.com/society/2021-03-15/covid-19-vaccines-for-uk-nationals-in-spain-what-the-british-embassy-says.html

IPTV News- Mobdro used users computers for botnet and DDoS attacks: The Mobdro takedown continues. While any number of advertising companies could have been working with Mobdro, that wasn’t the only way the app generated income. As reported in April 2019, Mobdro was criticized in a security study for including a system that made it possible for a “threat actor” (whoever Mobdro was selling your connection info to) to log in to a user’s device and then navigate away from the device to the Internet, effectively posing as the user online. (Many free VPNs do the same thing, using your computer to forward data to the final receiver, to hide themselves from being the source of pirate content. To an investigator it would appear as if YOU were the source of the pirate content. Remember, on the Internet, if you receive something for free, then YOU are the product! -Ed)
While this sounds scary, this was actually a ‘feature’ that Mobdro users opted into, to avoid seeing any advertising in the app. Users who made that choice found themselves being asked to consent to a EULA before their idle devices could be utilized by the Luminati proxy network. From there on in, their IP addresses and bandwidth could be used by others, as per the agreement.
“Through the computer infrastructure and power, [the operators of Mobdro] were able to sell user information to a company related to botnet and DDoS attacks,” Europol explains in a new press release.
Counter to these claims, Luminati denies any illegal activity.
Full article: https://torrentfreak.com/mobdro-luminati-proxy-service-suspended-service-to-pirate-app-210315/

Spanish Politics- Deputy PM Pablo Iglesias makes surprise move to run in the Madrid regional elections: In the most recent development, Spain’s second Deputy Prime Minister Pablo Iglesias, who is the leader of the leftist Unidas Podemos party, on Monday morning said he is quitting the Socialist Party-led coalition government in order to run as the Podemos candidate in an early election announced for the Madrid region.
Iglesias said he made the decision “to prevent the far right from taking over the institutions.” He added that he will be reaching out to Íñigo Errejón, leader of the leftist Más País and one of the original founders of Podemos, to make a joint run for the regional premiership in order to defeat the incumbent, Isabel Díaz Ayuso of the Popular Party (PP). Full article: https://english.elpais.com/politics/2021-03-15/deputy-pm-pablo-iglesias-makes-surprise-move-to-run-in-the-madrid-regional-elections.html

Fed-up passengers denounce at least 15 public transport firms in Spain: Ministry of Transport, confirmed today, Monday, March 15, that at least 15 public transport companies have been denounced and sanctioned after slashing the frequency of their buses.
Hundreds of passengers have reportedly taken to social media over the last few days to air their anger at having to use “overcrowded public transport” because of the cuts.
The minister also told the radio station that the government is “finishing some adjustments” to plans for the Armed Forces to step in “to transport citizens” and reinforced night timetables in light of new restrictions.
He warned that all companies at fault have been sanctioned and “sanctions will continue for those that do not comply with the service”. Full article: https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2021/03/15/fed-up-passengers-denounce-at-least-15-public-transport-firms-in-spain/

Butane Gas Bottles Increase In Price By 4.69 Per Cent From Tomorrow, Tuesday 16: The price of a 12.5kg butane gas bottle will increase by 4.96 per cent from tomorrow, Tuesday 16, making the price €13.96 per bottle, the third consecutive price rise, the highest the price has been since January 2019. Full article: https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2021/03/15/butane-gas-cylinders-increase-price-4-69-per-cent-tomorrow/

Google caught defrauding users, faces $5 billion lawsuit in U.S. for tracking ‘private’ browser use: Google was sued on Tuesday in a proposed class action accusing the internet search company of illegally invading the privacy of millions of users by pervasively tracking their internet use even through browsers set were in “private” mode. Full article: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-alphabet-google-privacy-lawsuit-idUSKBN23933H

UK vicar claims Meghan Markle, Prince Harry’s secret wedding never happened: A UK vicar has thrown cold water on Meghan Markle’s claim that she and Prince Harry secretly tied the knot in their backyard days before their lavish public exchange of vows – insisting he was assured “no wedding took place.” Full article: https://pagesix.com/2021/03/15/meghan-markle-prince-harrys-secret-wedding-never-happened-vicar/

Football News- Real Madrid Crisis As Only 11 Players Fit For Champions League Match: The details are outlined by Diario AS, with boss Zinedine Zidane once again having just 11 senior outfield players to call upon for the clash. Full article: https://www.football-espana.net/2021/02/26/real-madrid-injury-crisis-continues-only-11-fit-senior-outfield-players-for-real-sociedad-clash

COVID Mobility Restrictions Info Reference

OPTION 1: https://www.mapacovid.es/

OPTION 2: For a more frequently updated version visit this site. Unfortunately this map does not zoom in using the mouse wheel, so it can be difficult to see the smallest towns. https://sevilla.abc.es/andalucia/sevi-mapa-covid-19-andalucia-restricciones-y-medidas-contra-coronavirus-municipio-202102101441_noticia.html?

For the latest COVID-19 statistics visit:

World– https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
World– https://www.ft.com/content/a26fbf7e-48f8-11ea-aeb3-955839e06441

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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Frigiliana: 952 533 231

Phone numbers for emergencies
Emergency Svcs.: 112
National Police: 091
Guardia Civil: 062
Ambulance: 061
Fire Station (Bomberos): 080
Emergency English Help Line: 902 102 112

Local Police
Torrox: 952 539 828
Nerja: 952 521 545
Frigiliana: 952 533 126
Torre del Mar: 952 549 238

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DigameXtra No. 1899 Monday, March 15th, 2021

On March 15, 2021March 15, 2021 By Naythan

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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 is the Junta de Andalucia’s FB page. https://www.facebook.com/AndaluciaJunta/

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My how time flies.
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Due to the Covid restrictions, to avoid disappointment I suggest you call to confirm events and times before the event. -Ed.

Phoenix Club: Our social club is open for coffee, cake and a chat but due to restrictions, all our trips are on hold until further notice.
We are collecting foodstuffs for the Spanish Red Cross on a weekly basis, so if you can add a couple of items to your weekly shop and bring it down to us, it would be very much appreciated. They really need baby food, nappies and foodstuffs such as rice, flour and pasta.
We are selling off all our books and DVDs at 4 for €1. Our books are languishing and crying out to be read. We also have jigsaws for sale at €1 each. Come along and pick up a bargain on any Tuesday
Our greetings cards are for sale on the first Tuesday of every month, all handmade so if you are looking for a beautiful handmade card, pop along and have a look.
We meet at La Vega bar and restaurant every Tuesday and you can find the bar just behind the Repsol garage on the way out of Torre towards Benajarafe. We are now open from 11.30 – 1pm.
For further information, please contact Gail on 951067723/626370695 or email phoenixsocialclub@yahoo.co.uk for more information

Bands & Acts: Please submit your gig promos. Your music is your business, you need to get as much exposure as possible, don’t rely on venues to promote you! Entertainers may post their shows for free as long as they are subscribed to this newsletter. What are you waiting for?

Services Wanted/Offered

CycleNerja: Bike rental and cycle hire in Nerja, Torrox & Frigiliana. Free Bike delivery and collection service is available anywhere in Nerja, Torrox & Frigiliana and the inland villages. Professional Carbon Race Bikes, 29er Mountain Bikes & Electric Mountain Bikes. Free delivery subject to a minimum rental value of 90,00 euros. Contact via https://cyclenerja.com/ Contact also located under our banner in the DigameXtra Sponsor’s Section every day.

Hanningtons Kitchens and Bathrooms: We have been installing kitchens and bathrooms here on the Costa for 13 years. We pride ourselves on our professionalism, highest standards of work and customer service.
Whether you are thinking of updating an existing kitchen or bathroom, or whether you wish to create the kitchen or bathroom you have always dreamed of, we are here for you, every step of the way.
With an unrivaled knowledge of the best local materials and suppliers we are able to work to all tastes and budgets.
Our full range of services includes
– Installations and Refurbs
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– Plastering, woodwork and floor levelling
Visit our FB page on the link below to be inspired
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Mandy’s Paintbox: Painter for 30 years. Painting work undertaken. Inside and outside large or small. Furniture painted or sprayed. Kitchens cabinets, wardrobes doors any colour any surface. Check out the before and after photos all the furniture was spray painted.
Call for advice WhatsApp 680739577
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My contact details can be found everyday in the Sponsor’s Section at the bottom of the issue. Here are “before” and “after” pics from my latest job.

Wanted: Pool Cleaner. We urgently need, due to our own incapacity brought on by too many years, someone to look after our pool. A weekly visit during the summer months, and fortnightly in winter. We really need someone with
experience of pool cleaning, and if you think you can help, we would much appreciate hearing from you in the first instance at
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Items For Sale / Wanted / Rent

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For Sale: Beautiful modern Glass Coffee table 40 euros.
145cm long, 85cm wide, 51 cm high. In excellent condition.
Patricia, Torrox Costa. Buyer collects. 952 531156 or
email: patricianerja at hotmail dot com

For Sale: Cream leather 3 seater sofa. 2.6 mtr in length used but in good condition no tears of any sort cushions back and seating all zip off, price 75 Euro.
Buyer must collect Canillas de Albaida no track just of main road. Contact Rob 634313809
Email: robbers 1551@ gmail dot com no spaces

No Longer Available– For Sale: Samsung M31 smartphone. Dual sim, Android 11, 6.4″. Camera 64 mega pixels, 6 GB ram, 64 GB ROM, Battery 6000 mAh. Black, it’s 2 months old in excellent condition bought on Amazon.es 200 euro call Erika 635149472 Torrox

CORRECTION– For Sale: Lawn Mower Petrol Engine. In very good condition. Brand is Hurricane. Price €175
Lizet, Torrox Costa, Tel. 676933241

SOLD– ~~For Sale: 90cm round smoked glass table~~ ~~on chrome pedestal. Space needed so just €30. Buyer to collect from easy access house Almayate village.~~
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Andalucia COVID News: {Translated from sevilla.abc.es}
Updated 14/03/2021, 23:40
-The Regional Minister for Health and Families, Jesús Aguirre, has warned this Sunday of two cases under study in Andalusia that could be of the South African variant of Covid-19, which would be added to the case already confirmed with this strain, and has called for caution. “New variants are new complications,” he said.
In an interview on Canal Sur Radio on the one-year anniversary of the decree of the first state of alarm in Spain as a measure to curb the spread of the coronavirus, the minister explained that there are two people arriving from Tanzania and Senegal who are awaiting the results of the test for Covid-19.
Aguirre stressed the importance of isolating these people and tracing their contacts. “New variants are new complications,” he said.
-Against this, he emphasised the “great hope” of the vaccine against Covid-19, of which he hopes to have 300,000 doses per week in April, which would be “a month of take-off” in the administration of doses. However, he regretted the “uneasiness” caused by “not having a certain number of vaccines”, which leads to altering the groups and vaccination plans.
-He pointed out that Pfizer has confirmed some 190,000 doses per week in April, to which should be added those sent by Moderna and the latest approved by Johnson & Johnson (Janssen), although he has “little hope” that a large quantity of the latter will arrive.
-He also stressed that “the clearest solution is the vaccine” and pointed out that there are no hospital admissions among the elderly population in homes that have been vaccinated. “After a year they are going out on the street, seeing their relatives and we have no positives,” he stressed. Source, Spanish: https://sevilla.abc.es/andalucia/sevi-coronavirus-andalucia-estudian-nuevos-casos-cepa-sudafricana-andalucia-nuevas-variantes-nuevas-complicaciones-202103141808_noticia.html

New Study- People with blood type A are more likely to test positive for the novel coronavirus: New evidence shows that the COVID-19 virus, SARS-CoV-2, is highly attracted to the blood type A antigen expressed in the respiratory tract. Full article: https://ashpublications.org/bloodadvances/article/5/5/1305/475250/The-SARS-CoV-2-receptor-binding-domain

World COVID News
-Irish authorities recommended use of the AstraZeneca vaccine be halted temporarily, amid reports of “serious blood clotting events” from the Norwegian Medicines Agency, though there’s no conclusion of a link between the vaccine and the cases. The suspension has not been formally implemented yet, but the government has always followed its advisors’ recommendations up to now.
-Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen vaccine will start being distributed in Europe from late April, with a target of 200 million doses in the region by the end of summer. The company is teaming with other laboratories to produce its vaccine, including Sanofi Pasteur in France
-Dubai is conducting a clinical trial on 2,500 patients to assess the accuracy of a breath test to detect the virus within one minute. The test is developed by the National University of Singapore’s Breathonix Pte Ltd., which previously conducted a Singapore-based pilot study that involved 180 patients and achieved a sensitivity of 93% and specificity of 95% with a machine learning algorithm.
-Japan is reportedly mulling an end to the virus emergency in the Tokyo area amid falling hospitalization rates. The move would help pave the way for the Tokyo Olympics committee to consider allowing as much as 50% of spectator capacity at game venues this summer, according to the Sankei newspaper. Sankei cited a cabinet minister as saying the emergency may have lost its effectiveness in improving the situation.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ireland-suggests-astrazeneca-halt-hong-kong-woes-virus-update/ar-BB1eyDJs

IPTV News- Texas Man Ordered to Pay $1.6 Million Damages for Selling 10 Pirate IPTV Boxes on Facebook: The court agreed that the man sold at least ten pirate TV boxes via Facebook. “Screenshots of the defendant’s Facebook profiles for his business show that he has boasted about selling the TV boxes to eight different customers, and ABS’s investigator ordered and received the TV boxes from the defendant twice,” Judge Brown writes. “The minimum penalty of $10,000 for each of the defendant’s ten violations, for a total of $100,000, is just and reasonable to achieve the statutory goals of compensating ABS, punishing the defendant, and deterring others from engaging in such misconduct in the future.”
The largest damages amount comes from the trademark infringements, which violate the Lanham Act. ABS-CBN requested a total of $1,500,000 in statutory damages, which the court deemed reasonable as well. Full story: https://torrentfreak.com/texas-man-ordered-to-pay-1-6-million-damages-for-selling-pirate-boxes-on-facebook-210314/

Football News- FA Cup final to be used as pilot event for spectator return: The FA Cup final and the World Snooker Championship will be among a group of sporting and cultural events used as pilots to test the large-scale return of spectators to venues.
The FA Cup final on May 15 is the most high-profile of the events announced by DCMS. Decisions on capacity for any of the events have not yet been taken. Full article: https://www.sportsmole.co.uk/other/fa-cup/news/fa-cup-final-to-be-used-as-pilot-event-for-spectator-return_439173.html

Nerja Tells Companies to Apply for Tourism Certificate: The news was announced by the Councillor for Tourism, Gema Garcia, who said: “The council is going to offer advice so that more local companies linked to this important sector of our economy benefit from this free badge that recognizes effort in the continuous improvement of the services offered to our visitors.” Full article: https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2021/03/13/nerja-tells-companies-to-apply-for-tourism-certificate/

Bad News For Bitcoin Despite Value Surge: In what some see as a coming trend, India will propose a law banning cryptocurrencies, fining anyone trading in the country or even holding such digital assets, a senior government official told Reuters, in a potential blow to millions of investors piling into the red-hot asset class. If the ban becomes law, India would be the first major economy to make holding cryptocurrency illegal. Even China, which has banned mining and trading, does not penalise possession. An India government panel in 2019 recommended jail of up to 10 years on people who mine, generate, hold, sell, transfer, dispose of, issue or deal in cryptocurrencies. Full article: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-cryptocurrency-ban/india-to-propose-cryptocurrency-ban-penalising-miners-traders-source-idUSKBN2B60R0

Lottery- El Gordo de la Primitiva draw on Sunday March 14, 2021: The result of Gordo de la Primitiva Today’s Sunday, March 14, 2021 is: 20, 32, 34, 39 and 48, the key number being 4. Source: https://spainsnews.com/el-gordo-de-la-primitiva-draw-on-sunday-march-14-2021/

COVID Mobility Restrictions Info Reference

OPTION 1: https://www.mapacovid.es/

OPTION 2: For a more frequently updated version visit this site. Unfortunately this map does not zoom in using the mouse wheel, so it can be difficult to see the smallest towns. https://sevilla.abc.es/andalucia/sevi-mapa-covid-19-andalucia-restricciones-y-medidas-contra-coronavirus-municipio-202102101441_noticia.html?

For the latest COVID-19 statistics visit:

World– https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
World– https://www.ft.com/content/a26fbf7e-48f8-11ea-aeb3-955839e06441

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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Useful Links, Info & Numbers

Taxi
Nerja 952 524 519
Torrox: 952 531 030
Frigiliana: 952 533 231

Phone numbers for emergencies
Emergency Svcs.: 112
National Police: 091
Guardia Civil: 062
Ambulance: 061
Fire Station (Bomberos): 080
Emergency English Help Line: 902 102 112

Local Police
Torrox: 952 539 828
Nerja: 952 521 545
Frigiliana: 952 533 126
Torre del Mar: 952 549 238

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DigameXtra No. 1898 Sunday, March 14th, 2021

On March 14, 2021March 14, 2021 By Naythan

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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 is the Junta de Andalucia’s FB page. https://www.facebook.com/AndaluciaJunta/

What’s On

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Due to the Covid restrictions, to avoid disappointment I suggest you call to confirm events and times before the event. -Ed.

Dana & Gianni: Live in concert Sunday 14th of March from 3pm. Bio Beach club, El Morche, Torrox.
Jazz, blues, soul…international and originals songs.
Info and booking 657 36 45 95 (dana10marzo@gmail.com)

Services Wanted/Offered

Band Wants Gigs: Please give a Gnome a gig
(a Gnome is not just for Christmas!)
The Stolen Gnomes– lively songs and tunes, Soul, Blues and Popular songs with a Celtic twist, available for bookings.
https://www.reverbnation.com/stolengnomes/videos. https://www.facebook.com/groups/139459666234954/permalink/1698136220367283/

Items For Sale / Wanted / Rent

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For Sale: Lawn Mower Petrol Engine. In very good condition.
Brand is Hurricane. Price €175
Lizet, Torrox Costa, Tel. 676933241

SOLD- ~~For Sale: 90cm round smoked glass table~~ ~~on chrome pedestal. Space needed so just €30. Buyer to collect from easy access house Almayate village.~~
~~Contact JeanB~~

For Sale, 2 items:
-2x 4.2metre fishing rods. Complete with reels. Excellent condition. Complete with Rod stands and carrying bag. Price for rod and reels 100 euros. Will sell separately at 60 and 40 euros.
-Carrying bag seat and rod stands 25euros.
Ring Dennis on 657116294 (Caleta)

News & Articles

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Covid infections fall below 1,000 in Andalusia and ICU admissions drop: {Translated from sevilla.abc.es} Updated 13/03/2021 19:03
-The pandemic is showing signs of slowing down in Andalusia, where the latest data on new infections and hospitalisations are in line with those before the third wave began, after the Christmas holidays.
-The Regional Ministry of Health and Families reports this Saturday that, currently, 1,159 patients confirmed with Covid-19 remain hospitalised in Andalusian hospitals (21 less than on Friday), of which 286 are in ICU (Intensive Care Units), 22 less. You have to go back to the first half of January to find better records.
-Hospital pressure continues to fall on a day in which the spread of infections has been significantly reduced. Thus, in the last 24 hours, 890 new positives have been confirmed by PCR and rapid antigen tests, a record that falls below one thousand after two days above this level.
-In the last 24 hours, the pandemic has left 22 new deaths in the autonomous community (7 in Huelva, 4 in Seville and Cadiz, 3 in Malaga, 2 in Almeria, 1 in Cordoba and Jaen and none in Granada).
-In cumulative data, the balance of the pandemic, which was declared just over a year ago, leaves 8,895 dead in Andalusia, 486,380 infected and 354,292 recovered.
-Health also reports on the progress of the vaccination campaign in the autonomous region, where 1,088,716 doses have already been administered and 348,273 people have already been immunised, having received the two prescribed vials.
-The 14-day cumulative incidence rate in Andalusia (cases of coronavirus diagnosed in the last two weeks per 100,000 inhabitants) is 121.4, according to the latest data updated by the regional Institute of Statistics and Cartography (IECA), a proportion of Covid-19 patients that is below the national average, which is 130.51.
-This indicator is a basic indicator of whether the pandemic is under control or far from it. It is calculated by dividing the number of cases appearing in a period by the number of individuals free of the disease at the beginning of the period.
-There are two provinces that exceed the regional average rate, Almería (221) and Granada (179.9), precisely where, according to the health authorities, the greatest presence of the British strain of the virus, the most contagious, has been detected. The next highest incidence was detected in Cordoba (122), followed by Seville (119), Cadiz (101.5), Malaga (98), Jaen (95) and at a great distance Huelva (48.5).
-By communities, the spread of infections ranges from 224.84 in Madrid, 177.75 in Asturias and 175.52 in the Basque Country, maximums and 50.56 in the Valencian Community, 48.11 in the Balearic Islands and 46.08 in Extremadura, minimums. Source, Spanish: https://sevilla.abc.es/andalucia/sevi-contagios-covid-bajan-millar-andalucia-ultimo-y-reducen-ingresos-202103131213_noticia.html

Europe Confronts a Covid-19 Rebound as Vaccine Hopes Recede: The European Union’s fight against Covid-19 is stuck in midwinter, even as spring and vaccinations spur hope of improvement in the U.S. and U.K.
Contagion is rising again in much of the EU, despite months of restrictions on daily life, as more-virulent virus strains outpace vaccinations. A mood of gloom and frustration is settling on the continent, and governments are caught between their promises of progress and the bleak epidemiological reality.
So far, there is nothing like the acute hospital crisis that overwhelmed healthcare systems in parts of Italy and Spain a year ago. Instead, the bloc’s public-health crisis has become chronic, with authorities struggling constantly to tamp down the flames. Full article: https://www.wsj.com/articles/europe-confronts-a-covid-19-rebound-as-vaccine-hopes-recede-11615558520

German COVID cases could revisit December peak in April:
German health experts warned on Saturday against any further easing of coronavirus lockdown measures as the number of cases jumped again, raising the possibility that infections could again reach peaks seen around Christmas by mid-April. Full article: https://news.trust.org/item/20210313131558-9pe16

Three people in Norway treated for “bleeding, blood clots” after AstraZeneca COVID-19 shots: Norway halted the rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine on Thursday, following a similar move by Denmark. Iceland later followed suit. All three individuals were under the age of 50.
“They have very unusual symptoms: bleeding, blood clots and a low count of blood platelets,” Steinar Madsen, Medical Director at the Norwegian Medicines Agency told broadcaster NRK.
Before Denmark and Norway stopped their rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine, Austria stopped using a batch of the shots while investigating a death from coagulation disorders and an illness from a pulmonary embolism. Full article: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-norway/three-health-workers-who-received-astrazeneca-vaccine-treated-for-blood-clots-norway-says-idUSKBN2B50GZ

Bronze age burial site in Spain suggests women were among rulers: Researchers in Murcia find exquisite objects at women’s graves later used as sites for elite warrior burials.
A burial site found in Spain – described by archaeologists as one of the most lavish bronze age graves discovered to date in Europe – has sparked speculation that women may have been among the rulers of a highly stratified society that flourished on the Iberian peninsula until 1550BC.
Since 2013, a team of more than a dozen researchers have been investigating the site of La Almoloya in the southern Spanish region of Murcia.
The society, which thrived from 2200BC onwards, was highly organised with a wealthy elite that was probably sustained by some sort of tax system. “In western Europe there was nothing of the like,” said Risch, pointing to the rest of Spain where people at the time were living in self-sufficient communities of 50 to 100 people.
By the 16th century BC, all of El Argar’s settlements were abandoned, believed to have been racked by internal uprisings. “Shortly after the woman dies, the whole settlement is burned down,” said Risch. “And not until the Greeks and Phoenicians arrive on the Iberian peninsula did we see anything similar, either in architecture or in political dimension.”
Full article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/11/bronze-age-burial-site-in-spain-suggests-women-were-among-rulers

Bitcoin Rebound- Passes $60,000 For First Time: The cryptocurrency hit an all-time high of $60,012 at 11:49 GMT before dipping back down below the $60,000 mark, according to the website CoinMarketCap. Source: https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/bitcoin-passes-60-000-for-first-time-2390104

COVID Mobility Restrictions Info Reference

OPTION 1: https://www.mapacovid.es/

OPTION 2: For a more frequently updated version visit this site. Unfortunately this map does not zoom in using the mouse wheel, so it can be difficult to see the smallest towns. https://sevilla.abc.es/andalucia/sevi-mapa-covid-19-andalucia-restricciones-y-medidas-contra-coronavirus-municipio-202102101441_noticia.html?

For the latest COVID-19 statistics visit:

World– https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
World– https://www.ft.com/content/a26fbf7e-48f8-11ea-aeb3-955839e06441

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/

Churches & Worship

EVANGELICAL CHURCH (services in English language)
Each Sunday at 11:00 am we meet for worship at the Christian meeting Hall in Calle Ros Alfe´rez 7. Torre Del Mar. (not far behind the Catholic Church) We are an Evangelical Church, bible believing Christian’s coming together for live worship, prayer, and sharing our faith. All who love Christ are welcome and all who want to know more about the Christian faith are equally welcome. The meetings are friendly, joyful, reverent and orderly. Our one united desire is to glorify God.
My name is Peter and below is my email address.
petcac @ gmail. com (no gaps)

Fellowship of Jesus Christ the King
Unfortunately we have taken the decision to close the church until further notice, we have taken this action to keep everyone safe.
God Bless you all
Pasaje San Miguel, Nerja , 29780.
Email: fojctk@gmail.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/FOJCTK
Prayer Requests: ftk.prayer.request@gmail.com

El Puente Christian Fellowship – Sunday Service
El Puente Christian Fellowship is a loving, multi-national, Bible believing community of Christ, who meet each Sunday at 11 am to worship The Lord. We enjoy a time of worship with contemporary songs and traditional hymns, and a message brought to us by one of the Elders or a visiting speaker.
The church meeting hall is situated underneath Maroma Inmobiliaria Puente Don Manuel, Cruce de Periana – 29713.
Full directions and further information can be found on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/El-Puente-Christian-Fellowship-105285888299225/ or please contact us by email on elpuentechristianfellowship@gmail.com. For those who cannot join us in person, we aim to stream Sunday services via the Facebook page (subject to a good internet connection!).

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Taxi
Nerja 952 524 519
Torrox: 952 531 030
Frigiliana: 952 533 231

Phone numbers for emergencies
Emergency Svcs.: 112
National Police: 091
Guardia Civil: 062
Ambulance: 061
Fire Station (Bomberos): 080
Emergency English Help Line: 902 102 112

Local Police
Torrox: 952 539 828
Nerja: 952 521 545
Frigiliana: 952 533 126
Torre del Mar: 952 549 238

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DigameXtra No. 1897 Saturday, March 13th, 2021

On March 13, 2021March 13, 2021 By Naythan

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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 is the Junta de Andalucia’s FB page. https://www.facebook.com/AndaluciaJunta/

What’s On

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Due to the Covid restrictions, to avoid disappointment I suggest you call to confirm events and times before the event. -Ed.

Trapiche market is open again:
It is a farmers’ and artisan market hosted at the beautiful Jardines del Trapiche venue. It’s a great place to find unique and personal gifts as well as your every day essentials.
Lots of stalls to discover, you will find old favourites, and new ones too!
The market is open from 9:30am-1:30pm every Tuesday
Carretera Benamargosa, 0.5 Km, 29718 Velez-Malaga.
There are stalls with vintage clothing; hand turned olive wood bowls and other items; natural worm fertiliser for the garden; hand-painted Andalucian tiles and ceramics; handmade cards and embroidered items that can be made to order; original artwork and photography; fresh fruit & veg; delicious cakes, pies, pastries & artisan chocolates; garden & house ornaments; large selection of fiction and non-fiction books; handmade jewellery and more. We’re spoilt for choice! You can also support Axarquía Animal Rescue with their tombola and meet some of the animals available for adoption. View houses in your area, discuss property management or selling your house with BluCee Real Estate.
Facebook page link for Trapiche Market
We look forward to seeing you there, and if you’d like more information about having a stall at the Trapiche market please contact Anita on +34 627 877 164 or email: anitajjordan @ hotmail.com

Services Wanted/Offered

Tony Roam Transport & Removals Departure and Arrival Dates:
16 years Removals To & Fro Spain / UK Spain.
-Next Trip leaving UK to Spain 23rd March
-Next Trip leaving Spain to UK 7th April
Guaranteed Scheduled and also unscheduled all year every month on time.
We also offer a door to door at dates and times you choose.
Transportation, Removals & light haulage company that have guaranteed scheduled trips all year from UK to Torrox and back at the same time every month.
Also additional unscheduled to suit your needs.
Full or part loads undertaken.
Full or Part loads up to 20 cubic meters up to 2.5 tonne.
Up to £25,000.00 insurance with British Insurance Company.
Evidence of insurance can be supplied by email on request. Hard Copies always carried on the vans.
We live just behind Torrox Pueblo in Spain and in South Wales UK and have vans going back and forth UK to Spain to UK by way of Santander or Bilbao / Portsmouth or Plymouth Ferry.
For more information and prices for all to see please visit our website www.euroam.co.uk
email: tonyroam@btconnect.com
Tel Spain 0034636393542 – UK 00447973362003.
Face book Tony Roam – WhatsApp Either Number

Car Clean Malaga:
Is your car looking tired? Does the interior need some TLC? Selling your current car & want to get the best price for it? We can help!!
At Car Clean Malaga we strive to achieve the highest level of finish on our customers cars possible. We are able to correct defective paintwork, faded headlights, scratches, stone chips and make interiors clean & fresh. We have invested thousands of euros in the best tools available to carry out these jobs as speedily as possible, ensuring you get the most efficient and cost effective results carried out for you!
Warren will come and see your vehicle and discuss with you what you need and a budget you have to work with.
Once your vehicle is booked in with us you can rest assured you will be pleased with the end results!
We can also offer this service to motorhomes, caravans, motorbikes, small cars, 4x4s & vans!
Call or WhatsApp Warren on 618-346-098 or email at warren@carcleanmalaga.com for your FREE no obligation quote. Based in Comares.

MS Bespoke Joinery: With many years experience in the Joinery trade, I am able to offer a professional and personalised service to meet your individual requirements.
Wardrobes– if you are looking to maximise your wardrobe space, or modernise your existing Spanish wardrobes, then sliding doors is an ideal solution.
All wardrobes are fitted from floor to ceiling, with doors that slide effortlessly and silently, with soft-close mechanism.
Home Office– if you are working from home, it is important to make your space as comfortable and practical as possible, allowing you to maximise your productivity.
Murphy Beds– if space is at a premium, a wall bed is a really smart way to create a very flexible room – one that converts from a comfortable bedroom, to a work or play area, in less than a minute.
Beds can be installed with cabinets, in a large selection of designs, sizes and finishes.
Kitchens – From ultra-modern, glossy, handle-less cabinets to traditional Shaker style.
A comprehensive range of fully-fitted kitchen cabinets available to suit all budgets, offering style and practicality.
All kitchen-related trades catered for, to ensure a smooth transition from conception to completion.
For more information and a no-obligation quote,
contact Mick at CoExGal@aol.com
or by phone at +44 7575 597060 or +34 696161951
https://www.msbespokejoinery.com/
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English Nurse Care Team:
Personal Home Care and Nurse Support
Trained, Police Checked and Fully insured Home Care Support Team.
From “ a bit of shopping …to 24 hour care “
From supported trips to END OF LIFE.
We add quality to life with one to one support.
Care at home in Andalucia.
– Nurse Supported –
– A realistic option to Residential Care –
Tel 951 550 581 or 692 419 548, Competa based.
englishnurse@rocketmail.com
Colegio Oficial Enfermeria Malaga Reg. 17425

Items For Sale / Wanted / Rent

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For Sale: Small Wine fridge. Proficook PC-WC 1064 Wine cooler for up to 8 bottles, input power 70W and net capacity of 23 l and digital Led display. Dim: 28 x 42 x 28 cm, weight 8. 8 kg. In excellent condition. Location Torrox. Please Whatsapp Eline on 627 871 532.

Wanted: To buy please, a usb-c to Ethernet adapter. Can collect Nerja/Torrox area. Tony, Nerja
sjc2714 at gmail dot com
WappTxt +49 174 526 8474

Recommendations & Requests

Lost: Hiya, I know its probably a very long shot but i lost a Pandora charm bracelet thats very special to me on Thursday around the Torrox Costa area if anyone has found it.
Thanks so much, Tiffany torrox
WhatsApp 643474726
Lil-miss-tiffy@hotmail.co.uk

Planning a series of programs: Hola Digamites: We are planning a series of programs to be offered to the community in El Morche on Wednesdays at 11am, starting soon. We aim to encourage people to join us, to have a fun place to meet, and to be enriched with intellectually stimulating exchanges. Also, if there is a topic you would like to present and/or demonstrate, we also like to hear from you because we could create a speakers’ bureau. We invite you to send us your ideas. So far, we are preparing a monthly quiz, and toying with an inter-cambio with a different twist, the study of one French song a day, Spanish culture and history, or Spanish pronunciation, etc. Please send your input to Norma / El Morche at
norma2kk@aol.com ; Mil gracias!

Aluminium Windows: A thank you to everyone who got in touch with me Re New Aluminium Windows, I am still following up advice the information was very helpfull. Patricia, Frigiliana
p.claridgeATyahooD0Tcom

News & Articles

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Brussels fails in second attempt to revive vaccination pace: {Summary, translated from elpais.com}
-Europe’s vaccination campaigns are once again being derailed by failures in the distribution of doses, doubts about the side effects of some doses, and bickering between some member states. The main problems revolve around repeated failures by the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca to meet the agreed delivery schedule.
-The company has acknowledged that it will miss its first quarter target, despite having already revised it downwards by more than 60% to 40 million doses. The new figures point to a delivery of 30 million, a 25% cut. Some EU sources suggest that the figure could be even lower. For the second quarter, AstraZeneca says it will only deliver 70 million doses out of the 180 million planned. In total, the company is aiming to deliver 100 million doses in the first half of the year, it said in a statement released on Friday.
-AstraZeneca’s new fiasco caps off a turbulent week, which began with the acknowledgement that not all of the expected vaccines will be distributed in the second quarter either. The European Commission, based on data from pharmaceutical companies, has revised estimates from 380 million doses to 300 million, almost a quarter less.
-The second-quarter cutback comes despite the Commission’s marketing authorisation for Janssen’s vaccine, the fourth in the EU portfolio and the first to be administered in a single dose. Brussels had hoped the new drug would help speed up vaccination campaigns. However, the pharmaceutical company (owned by US multinational Johnson & Johnson) has already indicated that the first deliveries to the EU will not arrive until the second half of April. “Right now we don’t have a single vaccine in stock,” said Johan Van Hoof, head of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine division.
-The Commission has booked up to 1.86 billion doses with the four companies that have a licensed vaccine in Europe (BioNTech-Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Janssen). The EU body used a budget of 2.6 billion euros to pay six companies (the four licensed companies plus CureVac and Sanofi-GSK) to produce the EU-bound doses in advance, without waiting for the green light from the European Medicines Agency. The aim was for the vials to start flowing into member states as soon as the agency validated the vaccines. But only Germany’s BioNTech and its industrial partner, US-based Pfizer, appear to have met this commitment. The delivery schedule for the rest remains uncertain.
Source, Spanish: https://elpais.com/sociedad/2021-03-12/bruselas-fracasa-en-su-segundo-intento-de-reflotar-el-ritmo-de-vacunacion.html

Amid vaccine shortage Andalucía halts use of 1,200 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccines, others in short supply: These AstraZeneca vaccines are stopped as a result of the blood clot incidents reported in Austria. The Junta has decided to keep this batch of vaccines on “stand-by” until the findings of the EMA are known.
-Aguirre has also reported that the Andalusian Health Service (SAS) has received, this Friday, “less than half of the expected doses” of the AstraZeneca vaccine and went on to announced that the new Janssen vaccine, recently authorised by the European Union, will not arrive “until April and there will be few.”
Full article: http://www.surinenglish.com/national/202103/12/andalucia-pulls-astrazeneca-vaccines-20210312113510.html

WHO grants emergency use listing for the Covid vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson: The World Health Organization granted an emergency use listing Friday for the coronavirus vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson, meaning the one-dose shot can now theoretically be used as part of the international COVAX effort to distribute vaccines globally, including to poor countries without any supplies.
In a statement, the U.N. health agency said “the ample data from large clinical trials” shows the J&J vaccine is effective in adult populations. The emergency use listing comes a day after the European Medicines Agency recommended the shot be given the green light across the 27-country European Union. Full article: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/grants-emergency-approval-shot-jj-covid-vaccine-76417565

Italy to shut shops and schools amid infection spike: Residents in Italy’s “red-zone” regions will be required to stay home except for work, health or other essential reasons. From Monday, schools, shops and restaurants will shut in more than half of Italy, including the two most populous regions containing Rome and Milan, with PM Mario Draghi warning of a “new wave” of the coronavirus outbreak.
For three days over Easter, 3-5 April, there will be a total shutdown. Full article: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56382608

Hundreds could be affected by residency rejections over health insurance dates: A group campaigning for the rights of Britons in Spain after Brexit has called for urgent action from the authorities as “hundreds” of British nationals are set to be rejected as new Spanish residents.
Brexpats in Spain claim there have been misunderstandings over the start dates of applicants’ private health policies. The problem is particularly evident in Malaga and Alicante provinces.
The terms of the Withdrawal Agreement say that this healthcare cover needed to be valid from when the British national started living in Spain as a resident.
According to Brexpats in Spain, there could be hundreds of Britons caught out as their private policies were only dated to start from 1 January 2021, once the transition period after Brexit ended, instead of starting on a date up to 31 December 2020. Full article: http://www.surinenglish.com/local/202103/12/hundreds-could-affected-residency-20210312104911-v.html

Andalucía’s first case of the South African strain of the coronavirus is reported: Andalusian Health Minister, Jesús Aguirre, confirmed it was identified in a patient from Granada, who was admitted to hospital on 25 February, who had been working for a non-governmental organisation (NGO) in Equatorial Guinea. Full article: http://www.surinenglish.com/national/202103/12/andalucia-first-case-south-20210312120942.html

Infectious Equine Virus In Spain’s Valencia Has Now Reached Six Autonomies and Eight Countries: The outbreak of equine rhinopneumonitis confirmed in the Valencia Community on February 22, has apparently now spread to eight different countries. Full article: https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2021/03/09/infectious-equine-virus-in-spains-valencia-has-now-reached-six-autonomies-and-eight-countries/

Rincón de la Victoria Streets Resurfacing Begins: Works get underway this week, starting with the execution of resurfacing works in Avenida de la Torre, after which they will move on to do the same in a dozen streets altogether in the four urban centres of the municipality. Works will also be carried out on some sections of the Lavadero lane and the Lower Los Morenos lane, and the project is scheduled to finish in calle Mistral, Manuel Barón, Salvador Dalí and the overpass in calle Verdial.
Pavements, including the corresponding horizontal signaling, will also be refurbished where required, and in some cases, the replacement of manhole covers, shafts, and gratings. Full article: https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2021/03/12/rincon-de-la-victoria-streets-resurfacing-begins/

Fakebook To Jam In Even More Ads: Facebook has started displaying ads in users’ News Feeds. You may not be seeing them yet as the company is rolling them out gradually, like it does for all its changes.
These new ads are marked as “Featured,” which could be confusing given that Facebook has always used the word “Sponsored” for its ads. Currently, Facebook uses the verb “feature” for making content on a user’s Timeline bigger and more prominent.
Last month, a Facebook spokesperson said the company hoped to “show people no more than one Sponsored Story in their News Feeds per day.” This is no longer the case, as Facebook now says you may see more Featured stories “if you visit your News Feed a lot.”
Facebook may have chosen “Featured” over “Sponsored” for these new ads since these stories are not simply paid for by advertisers. The stories must be related to friends and/or Pages which users have previously Liked. In other words, you won’t see these ads appearing organically in your News Feed- they need to be linked to you in one or more ways. (As determined by the very Artificial Intelligence snoops whistleblower Edward Snowden exposed in his video I posted in yesterday’s issue. -Ed.)
Full article: https://www.zdnet.com/article/facebook-starts-displaying-ads-in-the-news-feed/

COVID Mobility Restrictions Info Reference

OPTION 1: https://www.mapacovid.es/

OPTION 2: For a more frequently updated version visit this site. Unfortunately this map does not zoom in using the mouse wheel, so it can be difficult to see the smallest towns. https://sevilla.abc.es/andalucia/sevi-mapa-covid-19-andalucia-restricciones-y-medidas-contra-coronavirus-municipio-202102101441_noticia.html?

For the latest COVID-19 statistics visit:

World– https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
World– https://www.ft.com/content/a26fbf7e-48f8-11ea-aeb3-955839e06441

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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Useful Links, Info & Numbers

Taxi
Nerja 952 524 519
Torrox: 952 531 030
Frigiliana: 952 533 231

Phone numbers for emergencies
Emergency Svcs.: 112
National Police: 091
Guardia Civil: 062
Ambulance: 061
Fire Station (Bomberos): 080
Emergency English Help Line: 902 102 112

Local Police
Torrox: 952 539 828
Nerja: 952 521 545
Frigiliana: 952 533 126
Torre del Mar: 952 549 238

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DigameXtra No. 1896 Friday, March 12th, 2021

On March 12, 2021March 12, 2021 By Naythan

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Announcements

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 is the Junta de Andalucia’s FB page. https://www.facebook.com/AndaluciaJunta/

What’s On

Tell them you saw it on DigameXtra! Tell your favourite establishments to post on DigameXtra to get next-day publicity!

Due to the Covid restrictions, to avoid disappointment I suggest you call to confirm events and times before the event. -Ed.

St. Patrick’s Day Event: 4 Bar crawl in Nerja. Wed., 17MAR. FB Page

La Cochera: This Sunday March 14 starting at 13:30 Miles & Dave Appel will be performing in the open-air garden at La Cochera – La Herradura. See you there! Paseo Andrés Segovia, Playa de la Herradura, 18697 La Herradura. Tel. +34 692037823 FB Page

Cheltenham Ladies Day: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at 2 PM
Kizzy. Caribbean Kitchen. A taste of the Caribbean, on the Costa Del Sol, We don’t just make tasty traditional Caribbean meals for you in our kitchen, we make great Cocktails too & Ask about our rum collection.
Top Floor, El Zoco, Calahonda 29649 Mijas FB Page

Torrox City Council Announces program of Restaurant Support and Promotion: A different restaurant is featured each week. FB Page

Services Wanted/Offered

Cómpeta Solar
-Solar Electric (PV) (Self-Consumption)
-Grid Connected or Off Grid Solar Electric
-Solar Hot Water
-Solar Pool Heating
-Heat Pumps
-Installation and Repairs
Contact: Malcolm Butcher. Tel: +34 652970608 (Spain) Competa
Email: info AT competasolar DOT es Web: www.competasolar.es

Greek House: Greek Casita Restaurant in Torrox Costa! CLOSED UNTIL 17 MARCH for remodeling.
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. Winter hours with current curfew: Thursday thru Sunday 13.00-17.00. Closed Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday. For reservation 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/

Malagalingo: Don’t worry about being confined, we have some plans for you!
Malagalingo wants to help you to speak Spanish while you enjoy being at home
Online or Onsite
From absolute Beginner to Advance
You can meet new people and speak Spanish in a very relaxed way
We offer group and one to one lessons.
Message us and we will give you more information about all our options, don’t let boredom come to your house!
Facebook
Web: https://malagalingo.com
Email: malagalingo@gmail.com
Tel./Whats: + (34) 650 479 493

Casa Magel B&B: The borders are opening
Freedom is coming.
Casa Magel is open for business and is again offering their very popular special stays.
-2 nights B&B, with 1 night 3 course evening meal including wine at a cost of 130€ for 2 staying in an en- suite bedroom.
-3 nights B&B with 1 night 3 course evening meal including wine, plus tapas and drinks, in a local bar or in house, at a cost of 175€ for 2 staying in an en-suite room.
-Extra nights 50€ per night
-As an extra this year we are offering the chance for guests on the 3 night stay to either paint a ceramic tile or paint a t-shirt. We supply the paints and tiles with instruction or bring a t-shirt and we will show how to paint a personal memento (great for covering a stubborn stain!!). The extra cost will be 25€ for each person. Check out www.mehoward31.wixsite.com/art-el-valle
Our breaks are great for presents or to celebrate a special occasion.
Come to Casa Magel, enjoy comfortable well decorated rooms, wonderful mountain views, good food, and friendly hosts.
We have an outside fully equipped Andalucian kitchen exclusively for guests use, with meals & drinks to purchase or bring your own.
Casa Magel is the right place to come to relax and enjoy the freedom of our lovely countryside, lots of wonderful walks and close to the Camino Del Rey in El Chorro. Or spend a day sightseeing in the beautiful town of Antequera which has the most churches in Spain, 27 in all.
So much to appreciate after being cooped up for so long. We have lots of room for safe distancing, all hygiene measures are taken.
Check out our website www.casamagel.com
Tel: 722879503

Andale Livery-Riding Centre: Open 7 days a week near Nerja for Mountain and Beach rides any age from 3 yrs old (We have miniature ponies) and all adults from complete beginners to experienced all levels catered for. WhatsApp us 671 229 762. We also give lessons. FB Page

Items For Sale / Wanted / Rent

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MOONETTE Organic & Aromatic Skincare for 40+
We are a Torrox-based company specialising in the creation of formulae which help prevent premature skin ageing
We are committed to making effective products at affordable prices
Subscribe to Moonette’s Newsletter or follow us on FB / Instagram to get updates and exclusive offers
As our skin is the first layer of our defence against microbial infections, ultraviolet radiation and environmental contamination it plays a vital role in our health. As we grow older, however, our skin becomes thinner, wrinkled, and more sensitive; hence it requires the use of treatments containing specific ingredients to the care of treating mature skin.
Recognising this need we have created a range of formulae which help:
-slow down ageing process by smoothing fine lines and wrinkles.
-improve facial complexion and eliminate blemishes.
At Moonette, we are passionate about health, beauty and plants. Your skin will benefit from the properties of botanic essential oils combined with a selection of nutrients for deep hydration, cell revitalization and antioxidant effect, all sourced from the finest natural ingredients with gorgeous fragrances.
Naturally, we care about our planet and feel the need to help reduce the sheer volumes of plastics waste that are generated daily around the globe. Presently, we are minimizing the usage of plastic materials in our production while seeking alternative forms of packaging. To help reduce pollution we are asking all local customers to recycle or reuse their Moonette skincare containers, and offering a small discount on future purchases to customers recycling containers.
Free small testers are available on request. Please call us to find out more or to order: Tel 650 044 102. Follow us on Instagram @moonetteskincare.
Margaret Gosling
margaret@moonette.es
www.moonette.es & Moonette FB Link

Great Deals From The Nerja Household Centre:
-4 bamboo chairs 80€ for the 4
Contact Jackie/Nerja 672170429
info at nerjahouseholdcentre dot com

For Sale: Cash Register Olivetti ECR 6100 in very good condition. €50
Please contact Henning, Algarrobo costa
Tel. 681 040 976
Email: ah.competafoodclub@gmail.com

Recommendations & Requests

SPW Construction: Many thanks SPW for the repair to my roof. I can highly recommend this company. The service was professional, communication and explanation of the work carried out, excellent. Kay, Nerja
kay.kirkham23 AT gmail d0t com
(Find SPW contact info everyday in the Sponsor’s Section.)

News & Articles

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Eight European countries suspend vaccination with AstraZeneca after two thrombus deaths: {Translated from sevilla.abc.es}
-The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is reviewing its recommendation on the AstraZeneca vaccine and expects to issue a new statement on the matter today or tomorrow. The EMA announced in a first statement on Wednesday that a preliminary investigation into a batch of AstraZeneca vaccines used in Austria had found that the vaccines were not linked to the death of a nurse vaccinated with them or to the serious condition of a second patient in the same hospital. “There is no indication at this stage that the vaccination caused these conditions, which are not classified as side effects,” it said.
-This seemed to put to rest the case of the 49-year-old nurse who died “due to severe blood circulation problems” days after receiving the vaccine. Then a second woman also had to be hospitalised with a pulmonary embolism after being vaccinated, and Austrian health authorities recalled the entire batch, part of a batch of one million doses that has been distributed among 17 countries. Denmark was the first country to follow in Austria’s footsteps – which recalled a batch of doses of the drug – even though the EMA insists that “a quality defect is considered unlikely at this stage”.
-After Denmark, now Norway, Iceland, Austria, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia and Luxembourg have joined the suspension of vaccination with AstraZeneca.
-Italy, meanwhile, has blocked the use of a batch following the deaths of two people, a 43-year-old soldier and a 50-year-old policeman, both in Sicily.
-The Danish Health Service (SST) has decided to suspend, for 14 days, not the use of this batch, but of all AstraZeneca vaccines, after recording “serious cases of thrombosis” in people who had received it, one of which resulted in the death of the patient. The SST has made all the information available to the EMA, but for the moment it prefers to apply a “precautionary principle” and will not vaccinate any more people with this brand until the end of March. “We are in the biggest and most important vaccination campaign in Danish history and we need all the vaccines we can get, so it is not an easy decision to suspend one of them, but we have to react very carefully when there is evidence of possible serious effects,” said SST director Soren Brostrom.
-After receiving the Danish reports, the EMA is studying this documentation on the clotting problems diagnosed in coincidence with the receipt of a vaccine from AstraZeneca and expects to issue “today or tomorrow” an advice on the use of the drug in the European Union. The EMA’s safety committee (PRAC) is now meeting in Amsterdam to analyse the new information available that could affect the ABV5300 batch. The PRAC is now reviewing all reported cases of conditions and all cases of thromboembolic events and blood clot-related conditions reported by patients in the days following vaccination.
-The Dutch authorities also recorded on Thursday a case of thrombosis diagnosed after an injection with AstraZeneca’s vaccine, but it was not a serious case requiring hospitalisation. However, the Dutch centre that registers the side effects of vaccines, Lareb, is investigating it further.
-AstraZenec has told the Dutch television NOS that it is in close contact with the EMA, and in attempting to divert blame, recalled that it is the European regulator that decides on the practical consequences of these reported clotting problems in vaccinated people. “It is not up to us to decide or advise on the use of vaccines, that is for the health authorities.” Source, Spanish: https://sevilla.abc.es/sociedad/abci-dinamarca-suspende-vacunacion-astrazeneca-posibles-efectos-secundarios-trombos-202103111121_noticia.html

COVID-19 Vaccine Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) is now authorised across the EU: This follows the granting of a conditional marketing authorisation by the European Commission on 11 March 2021.
After a thorough evaluation, EMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP) concluded by consensus that the data on the vaccine were robust and met the criteria for efficacy, safety and quality. COVID-19 Vaccine Janssen is the fourth vaccine recommended in the EU for preventing COVID-19.
“With this latest positive opinion, authorities across the European Union will have another option to combat the pandemic and protect the lives and health of their citizens,” said Emer Cooke, EMA’s Executive Director, adding, “this is the first vaccine which can be used as a single dose”.
The US, UK, and Bahrain have already approved the shot and are using it in their inoculation campaigns.
The one-shot inoculation can be stored in normal refrigerators for up to three months, compared to its two-dose counterparts that require frigid temperatures and expire quickly.
Although the single-dose vaccine is expected to speed up inoculation campaigns across Europe, the bloc will have to wait — the EU is expecting its first batch of a massive 200 million-dose shipment of the shot next month.
Full article: https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/ema-recommends-covid-19-vaccine-janssen-authorisation-eu
Additional info from: https://greekreporter.com/2021/03/11/eu-approves-single-dose-johnson-johnson-vaccine/

These are the national Covid-19 control measure changes approved for Easter in Spain: Easter 2021 in Spain, Friday 26 March to Friday 9 April, will face significant restrictions throughout the country to try and prevent a rise in coronavirus infections after the holiday period.
-Movement between all the mainland Spanish regions is banned apart from for justified reasons which can include work, health and care of dependent people. Therefore, you will not be able to leave or enter Andalucía during the Easter holidays. The regional government is considering allowing mobility between provinces, within the region, but it has not yet been approved.
-Meetings in closed public spaces are limited to the maximum number of four people who are not living together and six in the case of open spaces. As for private spaces, such as homes, meetings are limited to cohabiting people.
-Mobility at night, the well-known curfew, is established between 11pm and 6 am. Regions can extend these curfew hours if they deem it necessary. In the case of Andalucía, the curfew currently starts at 10pm, but it could be delayed until 11pm at Easter with the new order.
-Spain’s Ministry of Health and the regions have established two periods for measures to come into force. The first is between 17 and 21 March in the regions where there is a San José holiday (Madrid, Valencian Community, Murcia, Navarra, Extremadura, Galicia and the Basque Country) but not in Andalucía. The other period is the one that corresponds to Easter from Friday 26 March to Friday 9 April.
Full article: http://www.surinenglish.com/national/202103/11/these-national-covid-control-20210311102352.html
Additional reference: https://english.elpais.com/society/2021-03-11/spains-regions-agree-to-restrict-travel-over-easter-week-but-madrid-rejects-measure.html

Eight new Covid deaths, a slight increase in infections and 749 patients cured in Malaga province: Malaga province has witnessed a small rise in the number of coronavirus infections on the same day, 11 March, that eight more Covid-19 related deaths were reported.
The 227 positives are 50 more than the 177 on Wednesday and the highest number since Saturday when 271 were registered. On Sunday there were 124; on Monday, 64; Tuesday, 188 and Wednesday, 177.
Since the start of the pandemic, 85,969 infections have been confirmed in Malaga province and the total of cases in Andalucía now stands at 484,425 once the 1,095 positives of the last 24 hours have been added.
The current cumulative incidence rate in Malaga province is 100.1 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days, while the Andalusian average is 121.6.
The eight deaths reported brings the number to 79 so far this month and the total death toll stands at 1,478 in Malaga province since the first was confirmed on 13 March almost a year ago. In the Andalusian region 36 deaths were registered making a total of 8,836 people who have lost their lives with Covid-19.
Malaga has added 749 more people cured of the disease and 2,643 have recovered across Andalucia making totals of 61,731 and 349,206, respectively. Full article: http://www.surinenglish.com/local/202103/11/eight-covid-deaths-slight-20210311171903.html

Exiled Whistleblower Edward Snowden Explains- Data Collection, How Facebook Knows Far More About You Than You Than You Can Possibly Imagine, And Why That Matters To You: Keeping in mind that Google’s new Security & Development Center is moving into the old Malaga Army base as we speak, as covered in previous issues, this region could become a testing ground for all kinds of new invasions of privacy. Click here if video below fails to load.

COVID Mobility Restrictions Info Reference

OPTION 1: https://www.mapacovid.es/

OPTION 2: For a more frequently updated version visit this site. Unfortunately this map does not zoom in using the mouse wheel, so it can be difficult to see the smallest towns. https://sevilla.abc.es/andalucia/sevi-mapa-covid-19-andalucia-restricciones-y-medidas-contra-coronavirus-municipio-202102101441_noticia.html?

For the latest COVID-19 statistics visit:

World– https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
World– https://www.ft.com/content/a26fbf7e-48f8-11ea-aeb3-955839e06441

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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Useful Links, Info & Numbers

Taxi
Nerja 952 524 519
Torrox: 952 531 030
Frigiliana: 952 533 231

Phone numbers for emergencies
Emergency Svcs.: 112
National Police: 091
Guardia Civil: 062
Ambulance: 061
Fire Station (Bomberos): 080
Emergency English Help Line: 902 102 112

Local Police
Torrox: 952 539 828
Nerja: 952 521 545
Frigiliana: 952 533 126
Torre del Mar: 952 549 238

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DigameXtra No. 1895 Thursday, March 11th, 2021

On March 11, 2021March 11, 2021 By Naythan

Welcome to DigameXtra !

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Announcements

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 is the Junta de Andalucia’s FB page. https://www.facebook.com/AndaluciaJunta/

What’s On

Tell them you saw it on DigameXtra! Tell your favourite establishments to post on DigameXtra to get next-day publicity!

Due to the Covid restrictions, to avoid disappointment I suggest you call to confirm events and times before the event. -Ed.

Chapel Bar Event: Royal British Legion Nerja celebrating St George’s Day at the Chapel Bar Nerja on Friday 23rd April at 2pm, please come along bring a friend for a fun packed afternoon games, Tombola Raffle, Eats and Drinks. Socially distanced outside event. Dorothy Allen Poppy Appeal Organizer 643212944

Saturday market of recycled products: 10am-2pm in the Plaza del Alguacil. Benalmadena Pueblo. There will be around 15 stalls selling new (not second-hand) items made from recycled materials. Subject to reastriction changes. More info: FB Page

Services Wanted/Offered

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Covering East of Málaga, the Axarquía and the Costa Tropical
We offer a friendly, personal service to our clients.
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We are very active on social media, we proactively reach out to clients and use drone footage where possible to boost the views your property receives.
For a no obligation discussion about your property please get in touch.
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We are based in Rincon de la Victoria.
For examples of our fantastic sales and holiday rental properties, please take a look at our website: www.BluCee.com
BluCee.com is a DigameXtra sponsor so our contact details are shown here every day.
Example of our drone footage of Caleta de Velez

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DoctorLaptop’s Computer Repairs & Services: Conveniently located in Torrox Costa. Most jobs completed overnight. Windows / Mac / Linux. Sorry, I don’t work on phones. Email: doctorlaptop@protonmail.com or call 675 993 069 (after 11am, missed calls returned asap.) All work by appointment.

Items For Sale / Wanted / Rent

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For Sale: 2x Reconditioned Apple Mini PCs, €120 & €90
Features:
-One perfect condition, looks new. Other almost as good, but not quite.
-Operating system is MX Linux.
-1.83 GHz Intel 64bit processor
-2 MB RAM, fully tested at 100%
-80 GB hard drive, reconditioned. For large data storage plug in a USB flash drive or external HDD.
-slot-loading 8X single-layer DVD/CD-RW “Combo” drive
-Intel GMA950 graphics processor. The DVI video output supports full HD digital resolutions up to 1920×1200. VGA output (using the provided adapter) supports full HD analog resolutions as high as 1920×1080.
-Built-in wifi 2.5/5Ghz
–DVI or VGA video out, four USB 2.0 ports, combined “optical digital audio input/audio line in” and combined “optical digital audio output/headphone” minijacks, a 10/100/1000Base-T Gigabit Ethernet port, and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR. NO HDMI, you can buy a DVI to HDMI converter from Amazon for under €10 if needed.
-90 day hardware guaranty
-Cleverly enclosed in a tiny and elegant 2.9 lb, 6.5 inch square, two inch tall case with a built-in speaker and an external power supply.
-Buyer must provide the display, keyboard and mouse. Designed for use with standard displays or TVs, but not 28″+ big screen TVs. I can set system and keyboard language to any language you want. Currently in UK English.
-Well suited for all the basics with familiar apps like Chrome & Firefox browsers, VLC Media Player, Adobe Reader and Libre Office. Plays streams and Youtube videos in 720p quality without buffering, depending on your internet speed of course.
-MX Linux is currently the most popular version of Linux, based on Debian Linux, and is similar to Windows 10 in layout so intuitive for most users. Try before you buy. Buyer collects in Torrox Costa.
Contact DoctorLaptop by email
doctorlaptop@protonmail.com or call 675 993 069 after 11am, missed calls returned asap.

Recommendations & Requests

Recommendation- Car Clean Malaga: I have just got my car back from Warren at Malaga Car Clean and what a transformation! The car is 10 years old but looks new. I can thoroughly recommend him. If anyone wants more details or a look at the car my e-mail is casa dot chloe at yahoo dot co dot uk. Terry, Nerja. (Find the contact info for Car Clean Malaga in the Sponsor’s Section in every issue of DigameXtra.)

Taste of India: Hello Digame readers, I can recommend “Taste of India” as a restaurant for Indian cuisine in Nerja. The choice is varied and excellent value for money. C/ Carabeo 51, Nerja. Tel 95252 0043.
Tony, Nerja, sjc2714 AT gmail DoT com

Language Translator Info:
-Could any reader who uses or has used a handheld audio translator (German & Spanish) please relate their experiences.
-Also a web translator as an alternative to Google.
Thanks,Tony. Nerja, sjc2714 AT gmail d0t com

Wanted- Free Spanish lessons in Torrox Costa: Hello, New to the area, looking for free spanish lessons in Torrox Costa area, small groups etc? Any advice will be welcome.
Name: Sim. Location: Torrox Costa
email: snorm42@aol.com

News & Articles

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Microsoft in Damage Control Mode, Fighting Off Ongoing Hack: Microsoft Issues Security Patches for 89 Flaws, Internet Explorer Under Active Attacks: Microsoft plugged as many as 89 security flaws as part of its monthly Patch Tuesday updates released today, including fixes for an actively exploited zero-day in Internet Explorer that could permit an attacker to run arbitrary code on target machines.
Of these flaws, 14 are listed as Critical, and 75 are listed as Important in severity, out of which two of the bugs are described as publicly known, while five others have been reported as under active attack at the time of release.
In the wake of the MS Exchange servers coming under intense assault toward the end of February, by multiple threat groups looking to exploit the vulnerabilities and plant backdoors on corporate networks, Microsoft took the unusual step of releasing out-of-band fixes a week earlier than planned. Full article: https://thehackernews.com/2021/03/microsoft-issues-security-patches-for.html

Microsoft Hack Update- At least 10 different hacking groups using recently discovered flaw in Microsoft Corp’s mail server software to break in to targets around the world:
The security holes in the widely used mail and calendaring solution leave the door open to industrial-scale cyber espionage, allowing malicious actors to steal emails virtually at will from vulnerable servers. Tens of thousands of organizations have already been compromised, Reuters reported last week, and new victims are being made public daily.
Earlier on Wednesday, for example, Norway’s parliament announced data had been “extracted” in a breach linked to the Microsoft flaws. Germany’s cybersecurity watchdog agency also said on Wednesday two federal authorities had been affected by the hack, although it declined to identify them.
Microsoft has blamed the hack on China. The Chinese government denies any role. Full article: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-microsoft/at-least-10-hacking-groups-using-microsoft-software-flaw-researchers-idUSKBN2B224O

Mobdro Pirate Streaming: In February it became clear that the video streaming tool was suffering serious problems.
Alongside reports that Mobdro was no longer working, there was speculation that Mobdro may have been subjected to law enforcement action. Following a new announcement from Eurojust (European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation), it is clear that the authorities were involved in the app’s demise.
Eurojust said it recently coordinated an “action day” against Mobdro. This led to the search of four locations. One suspect was arrested by Spanish authorities and three others were reportedly taken in for questioning in Spain and Andorra. Stepping on the toes of the Premier League, La Liga, and the members of the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (all at once), was never likely to end well. Full article: https://torrentfreak.com/mobdro-pirate-streaming-police-arrest-suspect-three-others-questioned-210310/

Spanish Politics- Infighting triggers political earthquake: When Ciudadanos turned on the Popular Party in the southeastern Murcia, it was not expecting a chain reaction extending all the way to Andalusia and Castilla y León
The precarious balance between the country’s two main political blocs has been broken by what started out as a local move that quickly snowballed into an event with national repercussions.
In just a few hours on Wednesday, a no-confidence motion filed in Murcia against the conservative Popular Party (PP) by the Socialist Party (PSOE) and the liberal Ciudadanos (Citizens) led to the fall of the regional government of Madrid, and threatened to destabilize other regions such as Andalusia and Castilla y León.
All eyes are now on Andalusia, which is also run by a coalition of the PP and Ciudadanos. The government there has stated that its stability is assured despite calls for an early election by the far-right Vox, which props up the coalition. And Ciudadanos has said it plans to stand by its partner. Full article: https://english.elpais.com/politics/2021-03-10/madrid-region-faces-early-election-after-infighting-triggers-political-earthquake-in-spain.html

COVID Mobility Restrictions Info Reference

OPTION 1: https://www.mapacovid.es/

OPTION 2: For a more frequently updated version visit this site. Unfortunately this map does not zoom in using the mouse wheel, so it can be difficult to see the smallest towns. https://sevilla.abc.es/andalucia/sevi-mapa-covid-19-andalucia-restricciones-y-medidas-contra-coronavirus-municipio-202102101441_noticia.html?

For the latest COVID-19 statistics visit:

World– https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
World– https://www.ft.com/content/a26fbf7e-48f8-11ea-aeb3-955839e06441

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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Useful Links, Info & Numbers

Taxi
Nerja 952 524 519
Torrox: 952 531 030
Frigiliana: 952 533 231

Phone numbers for emergencies
Emergency Svcs.: 112
National Police: 091
Guardia Civil: 062
Ambulance: 061
Fire Station (Bomberos): 080
Emergency English Help Line: 902 102 112

Local Police
Torrox: 952 539 828
Nerja: 952 521 545
Frigiliana: 952 533 126
Torre del Mar: 952 549 238

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DigameXtra No. 1894 Wednesday, March 10th, 2021

On March 10, 2021March 10, 2021 By Naythan

Welcome to DigameXtra !

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Announcements

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 is the Junta de Andalucia’s FB page. https://www.facebook.com/AndaluciaJunta/

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La Fusion Bar & Restaurant: Live music Friday March 12, 2pm
Live show by Juan Luis Pascual
Carretera el penoncillo 41, 29770 Torrox FB Page

Festival Of Legends: Saturday, April 3, 19.00
Las Lagunas Theatre (C / Albero 16, Mijas 29651).
Tributes to Tina Turner & Eurythmics
€15 early entry / 20 at box office.
We recommend you to buy tickets in advance to avoid queues at the box office
You can book your ticket by calling 633 260 647
Or see more info and buy tix here:
https://www.eventbrite.es/e/tributo-a-tina-turner-band-eurythmics-tickets-143319260767

Weekly Crochet /Knitting Group
Calling All Members and anybody who would like to join us.
We started our meetings last week and continue this
Thursday 11th March from 10/10.30 am until 1ish.
But please NOTE we are now meeting in Caleta de Velez at La Fuente.
Do you Crochet? Would you like to learn? Do you fancy having coffee and chatting one morning whilst working?
We are a multilingual group of ladies that are meeting every week in Algarrobo Costa on Thursdays.
The group is well over 6/7 years old and would love new members to come along and join us. And if you really don’t fancy Crochet but like to Knit, well come along with that instead.
We will teach you either craft if you wish.
Hope to see you there.
Need more information?
Email Polly – madpip at hotmail dot co dot uk

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Great Deals From The Nerja Household Centre:
-Pair of bedside units with marble top yute & grey waxed with new handles Measurements W54 x D30 x H65cms Price 90€ (the pair)
-Lovely upcycled bedroom set. Chest of drawers with mirror with two small drawers and matching bedside unit -Measurements chest and drawers Width 95cms Depth 42cms Height 85cms Mirror Width 86cms Height 90cms bedside unit Width 52cms Depth 32cms Height 61cms. Price 160€
-Stunning tall boy stripped back to natural with stain and chalk paint with wrought iron handles. Measurements Width 60cms Depth 45cms Height 130cms Price 120€
info at nerjahouseholdcentre dot com
contact Jackie/ Nerja 672170429

For Sale: Renault Clio 1.2, 2011 71,000kms good condition but few scrapes, just been serviced and passed itv. All papers in order, price includes me paying transfer 3,300euro ono, located in Torrox Tel no 664136624 Cathy (can use watsapp)
More pics on request.

For Sale: Electric radiator. Brand: DeLonghi (6 marks).
Price €35. Marco, Torrox Costa. Tel. 676933241

For Sale: Pair of matching retro single tier and two tier cake stands in the White Blossom pattern from the Portuguese Porcelana Excel factory. Excellent condition. Single tier stand has a 27cm plate – 12 euro. Two tier stand has 27cm and 19cm plates – 18 euro. Both stands can be dismantled for easy storage. Photos emailed on request. Buyers to collect from Torrox Costa.
Brenda tel/whatsapp 711003687 or
Email: brendaleetorrox@gmail.com

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Masks & Curfews- No End In Sight with Vaccines in Short Supply: The Junta will not ease Covid restrictions until mass vaccination begins in Andalucía. Considering that Andalucia has only gotten jabs to half the over 80s so far, and that the regional government has acknowledged that the vaccination of the over 80s has stalled due to the lack of doses, it is not clear how there will be any relaxation of restrictions by summer. The only restriction that may be lifted in the near future is inter- provincial travel, and even that is doubtful. Andalucía regional government officials have said they are not in favour of easing containment restrictions until mass vaccination of the population starts.
The Junta’s spokesperson, Elías Bendodo, said he regretted that there has been a halt in the vaccination of those over 80s since doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines – which are those recommended for this age group – are not arriving in the region.
The Andalusia region is nearing a million people with the first dose of the vaccine: 934,708 which is 7% of its 8.4 million residents. Meanwhile, 255,876 people (2.95%) have had the two doses needed for the full protection offered by the Covid-19 vaccines being used. After the process was completed in the region’s 655 care homes, the regional government is now finishing the process of vaccinating healthcare professionals, with 83% having received both doses. The 400,000 in the 80-and-over population are now in the process of receiving the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. Half have received the first dose, and 6% both doses, according to data from March 5. The regional government is also vaccinating the disabled in their homes as well as grade-three disabled people who cannot travel to vaccination sites.
References: http://www.surinenglish.com/local/202103/09/junta-will-ease-covid-20210309094418.html
AND
https://english.elpais.com/society/2021-03-09/spains-covid-vaccination-drive-who-is-next-on-the-list-and-how-many-doses-have-been-administered.html

Salud “hopes” to start the vaccination of Andalusians between 75 and 80 years old in mid-April: {Translated from sevilla.abc.es}
-The Ministry of Health and Families hopes to start vaccinating Andalusians between 75 and 80 years old in the second half of April and complete immunization of those over 80 years of age by the third week of next month. Everything will depend on “fulfilling” the commitment of the Ministry of Health to send 200,000 weekly vaccines from the Pfizer and BioNTech laboratories indicated for this age group. This weekly shipment is needed so that we can “finish giving at least the first vaccine” to half of those over 80 years of age who still have to get the first injection, explained the Health Minister, Jesús Aguirre.
-In the press conference after the Government Council in Andalusia, Aguirre has stated that in the inter-territorial council of Health that will be held this Wednesday, he will again ask the Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, that the State send more doses to Andalusia in order to speed up the vaccination process. The goal is to reach 70% of vaccinated by the summer, as President Pedro Sánchez has promised.
-The counselor has indicated that last Friday he told the counselor that he had approved the plan to get half a million weekly vaccinations starting in April. “The minister told me to go preparing the 600,000 and 700,000 [plan] because many more vaccines will arrive .” As supply increases, they would start at the end of April with the following age groups. If an important volume arrives, being optimistic, at the end of April it could begin to puncture the doses to Andalusians who are in the age range of 70 to 75 years has indicated.
-“If I manage to have those who are over 60 vaccinated for the summer, I will not be as worried as right now,” stressed the regional health officer. Both Aguirre and the counselor of the Presidency and Government spokesman, Elías Bendodo , have highlighted that Andalusia is the community that has given the most vaccines, 93.2 percent of the doses received. Only 3% of the population has already injected the two doses necessary to complete the immunization cycle. “We need a lot more,” said Aguirre, who lamented that 5,000 fewer vaccines arrive this week.
*Stopped calls to those over 80 years of age*
-As for those over 80 years old, the Health Minister has again asked for patience as there will be a stoppage of calls for two weeks because more vaccines are only scheduled to arrive by the end of March and April. This week no one new over 80 years of age will be called ”and at the end of March or the beginning of April the first 24,000 new Andalusians will be called over this age of the remaining half.
-“We are pending to give 50% of the vaccines to people over 80 years old, those that arrive will be for the second dose of 80 years. Hence, I ask for patience because we have to wait for more vaccines to arrive by the end of March and April. This week no one new over 80 years of age will be called ”and at the end of March or the beginning of April the first 24,000 new Andalusians will be called over this age of the remaining half.
The counselor of the Presidency assured that reaching 70% vaccinated “will depend on the government being firm and complying with what has been signed.”
-The Minister of Health and Families of the Junta de Andalucía has insisted that he hopes that Health will authorize him to give the AstraZeneca vaccine to people between 55 and 65 years old because people of those ages have not been offered this as the provision of AstraZeneca vaccines from 55 years of age is not recommended, while doses of Pfizer or Moderna are not administered either because” it would be taking them away “from those over 80 years of age. Source, Spanish: https://sevilla.abc.es/andalucia/sevi-coronavirus-andalucia-salud-espera-iniciar-vacunacion-andaluces-entre-75-y-80-anos-mediados-abril-202103091451_noticia.html

Cancel Culture- Piers Morgan Quits ‘Good Morning Britain’ Hours After Storming Off Set: Broadcaster Piers Morgan has left Good Morning Britain, one of the U.K.’s most-watched breakfast shows, hours after he stormed off the show’s set while being confronted by a co-host over his disparaging coverage of Meghan Markle.
Morgan’s sudden departure comes after the U.K.’s broadcasting regulator, Ofcom, received more than 40,000 complaints about comments he made Monday regarding the Duchess of Sussex’s bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey.
The comments on Monday prompted calls from critics for ITV to fire Morgan, while leading U.K. mental health charity Mind said it was in talks with the network over his coverage. Photo:Twitter. Full article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/isabeltogoh/2021/03/09/piers-morgan-quits-good-morning-britain-hours-after-storming-off-set/

Spain’s regions reach preliminary agreement to restrict travel over Easter week: In a bid to halt the spread of the coronavirus, perimetral lockdowns of territories will be maintained, a curfew will be set between 10pm and 6am and all large events will be suspended. Full article: https://english.elpais.com/society/2021-03-05/spains-regions-reach-preliminary-agreement-to-restrict-travel-over-easter-week.html

The Government extends to March 30 the restrictions on flights from the United Kingdom, Brazil and South Africa: {Summary, from sevilla.abc.es}
-The Council of Ministers has agreed this Tuesday to extend the limitation of direct flights and passenger ships between the United Kingdom and Spanish airports and ports; and flights between the Republic of Brazil and the Republic of South Africa and Spanish airports.
-In the case of the United Kingdom, only flights or disembarkation of passenger ships to Spain that are occupied by Spanish or Andorran citizens , as well as residents in both countries, may be made. The measure will enter into force from 6:00 p.m. on February 16 (peninsular time) to 6:00 p.m. on March 30, 2021 (peninsular time) and establishes some exceptions to said limitations, and empowers the Ministry of Health to be able to lift the foreseen limitation, authorizing punctually aircraft flights or entry of ships for justified reasons.
-From the Federative Republic of Brazil and the Republic of South Africa, only flights to Spain that are occupied by Spanish or Andorran citizens, as well as residents in both countries or passengers in international transit to a non-Schengen country with a stopover of less than 24 hours without leaving the transit area of the Spanish airport. The extension of restrictions on flights from Brazil and South Africa will take effect from 6:00 p.m. on March 16, 2021 (UK time) to 6:00 p.m. on March 30, 2021 (UK time).
Source, Spanish: https://sevilla.abc.es/sociedad/abci-gobierno-amplia-30-marzo-restricciones-vuelos-reino-unido-brasil-y-sudafrica-202103091611_noticia.html

Can You Trust the Cloud? – EU Banking Authority Hacked As Microsoft Exchange Attacks Continue- Statement Issued: While stating that a full investigation was underway, the EBA went on to add: “As the vulnerability is related to the EBA’s email servers, access to personal data through emails held on that servers may have been obtained by the attacker.”
Meanwhile, Mark Bower, a senior vice-president at comforte AG, said that “the capacity for attackers to extract sensitive data from emails, spreadsheets in mailboxes, insecure credentials in messages, as well as attached servers presents an advanced and persistent threat with multiple dimensions.” “Affected entities and their supply chain partners will see a persistent secondary impact as a result over a long period of time,” he said.
Full article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2021/03/09/eu-banking-authority-hacked-as-microsoft-exchange-attacks-continue/

Fully vaccinated Americans can gather with other vaccinated people indoors without wearing a mask or social distancing: Officials say a person is considered fully vaccinated two weeks after receiving the last required dose of vaccine. About 31 million Americans — or only about 9% of the U.S. population — have been fully vaccinated with a federally authorized COVID-19 vaccine so far, according to the CDC. Full article: https://hosted.ap.org/thetimes-tribune/article/b9775dcde0254037e012ea9447e49917/fully-vaccinated-people-can-gather-without-masks-cdc-says

9 Android Apps On Google Play Caught Distributing AlienBot Banker and MRAT Malware: The apps that were used for the campaign include Cake VPN, Pacific VPN, eVPN, BeatPlayer, QR/Barcode Scanner MAX, Music Player, tooltipnatorlibrary, and QRecorder. After the findings were reported to Google on January 28, the rogue apps were removed from the Play Store on February 9. If you have any of these apps installed on your Android devices uninstall them immediately. Full article: https://thehackernews.com/2021/03/9-android-apps-on-google-play-caught.html

COVID Mobility Restrictions Info Reference

OPTION 1: https://www.mapacovid.es/

OPTION 2: For a more frequently updated version visit this site. Unfortunately this map does not zoom in using the mouse wheel, so it can be difficult to see the smallest towns. https://sevilla.abc.es/andalucia/sevi-mapa-covid-19-andalucia-restricciones-y-medidas-contra-coronavirus-municipio-202102101441_noticia.html?

For the latest COVID-19 statistics visit:

World– https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
World– https://www.ft.com/content/a26fbf7e-48f8-11ea-aeb3-955839e06441

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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Nerja 952 524 519
Torrox: 952 531 030
Frigiliana: 952 533 231

Phone numbers for emergencies
Emergency Svcs.: 112
National Police: 091
Guardia Civil: 062
Ambulance: 061
Fire Station (Bomberos): 080
Emergency English Help Line: 902 102 112

Local Police
Torrox: 952 539 828
Nerja: 952 521 545
Frigiliana: 952 533 126
Torre del Mar: 952 549 238

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DigameXtra No. 1893 Tuesday, March 9th, 2021

On March 9, 2021March 9, 2021 By Naythan

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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 is the Junta de Andalucia’s FB page. https://www.facebook.com/AndaluciaJunta/

Readers: I am still having a few intermittent problems with internet. I may have lost a few emails. If your submission is missing, or incomplete, please resend the full submission, and make a note that it being resent. -Ed.

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Bar Atila: Mothers Day, Sunday 14th March at 1pm
Treat your Lady on Mothers Day to the tastiest and best value Carvery around.
A free glass of Cava for all the ladies.
Watch the fabulous local band ´Light Lunch´ from 2pm
Reserve your table now.
Contact Frank at Bar Atila to reserve a table
atilabarpuente@gmail.com ; 630 393 290 (WhatsApp)
Puente Don Manuel bridge

Services Wanted/Offered

Items For Sale / Wanted / Rent

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For Sale, 2 lots of books:
-Selection of books. Some novels, some comedy. 20 euros
-Selection of decorating books. 20 euros
Email: Stuart burnett 53 at g mail dot com
665190121, Stuart, Algarrobo Pueblo.

For Sale: Two ceiling lights one with five bulbs and one with three matching in good condition 35 euros for the pair.
Irene, Nerja. Email for pics.
Email: irene472001 AT yahoo D0T co.uk

For Sale: Kitchen sink mixer mono tap. Ultra modern. Bought but decided mixer with hose more convenient. 35€
Tom. Rincon de la Victoria. 687213521.

For Sale: 100 Litres Electric water heater.
The water heater is in working order and comes with all fittings. The reason for selling is because it is too large for my requirements. Buyer to collect. 50 Euros.
Patricia, Laguna Beach, Torrox Costa.
Email: prtwiddles @ gmail.com Mobile:630477500

For Sale, 2 items:
-Very pretty and collectable vintage Limoges pottery tea trio consisting of tea pot, lidded sugar bowl and milk jug. Very good condition. Pale cream colour with gilded pattern. 20 euro.
-Pretty Limoges pottery tea pot that would look lovely in any kitchen display. 10 euro.
Photos sent on request. Buyers to collect.
Brenda, Torrox Costa.
Tel or WhatsApp 711003687

Recommendations & Requests

High speed Internet: Can anybody recommend a company to deliver internet in Torrox Campo with high speed (must consistently deliver 20Mb/s minimum!) to cast and watch television?
Many thanks in advance. Lisbet, Torrox Campo
Email: lisbetlindberg28@gmail.com

News & Articles

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Andalusia resumes the decline in coronavirus infections and reports only 454 on Monday: {Translated from sevilla.abc.es}
-The community marks the best figure for the start of a week since the beginning of last August, when the curve reached its lowest levels.
-Andalusia has seen 454 coronavirus infections on Monday. This is the best figure for the start of a week since 10 August, when the pandemic was at its lowest point. This data seems to confirm that the bottleneck in the drop in cases throughout last week has to do with the 28 February long weekend, which contaminated the statistical series.
-In any case, it is true that the figures are falling at a slower rate. From a drop of more than a thousand cases a day that was recorded in the community weeks ago, it has gone down to about 200 fewer infections in the weekly comparison. Thus, last Monday there were 610 cases and the previous Monday, 650, only 200 more than today.
-The incidence rate of the pandemic, which last Friday was less than 130 cases per hundred thousand inhabitants, is now at 131. This, an effect of the plateau of data in which the community is installed, may change in the next few days if the drop in infections on Monday is maintained. This variable, which measures the intensity and speed of the spread of the pandemic in Andalusia, could then fall again.
-The death toll, which on Mondays is usually the lowest of the week, is now nine, the lowest number reported by the Regional Ministry of Health in weeks. In total, the community has now recorded 8,691 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
-Meanwhile, in the hospitals the pressure continues to fall timidly. There are 1,315 hospital admissions, five less than yesterday. Mondays usually mean a rise in the number of hospitalised In addition, there is also good news in the ICU. The number of people hospitalised in intensive care has fallen by eight, and now stands at 338, the lowest figure since 16 January. Source, Spanish: https://sevilla.abc.es/andalucia/sevi-andalucia-retoma-bajada-contagios-coronavirus-y-solo-notifica-454-este-lunes-202103081319_noticia.html

Vaccine passports will be a feature of our life for foreign travel, says Boris Johnson: “There’s been certificates for things like yellow fever and other diseases in the past, and I’m sure that that will be a feature of our life in the future.” It is understood he is considering the possibility of the NHS coronavirus app featuring a digital health passport, which would carry details of vaccinations and negative test results. Full article: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/boris-johnson-prime-minister-michael-gove-downing-street-government-b922910.html

Tennis News- Russian World #8 Andrey Rublev Confirmed To Compete In Andalucía Open 2021: World No8 tennis player, the 23-year-old Russian star Andrey Rublev, has confirmed he will be competing in the ATP 250 AnyTech365 Andalucía Open 2021 from April 4 to 11 at the Puente Romano Beach Resort in Marbella, becoming the first out of the top ten tennis players in the world to take part. Photo:Wikimedia. Full article: https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2021/03/08/russian-world-no8-andrey-rublev-confirmed-compete-andalucia-open-2021/

Bonoloto draw for Monday, March 8, 2021: The result of today’s Bonoloto Monday, March 8, 2021 is: 10, 11, 24, 39, 40 and 48, the complementary number being 17 and the refund on 3. Source: https://spainsnews.com/bonoloto-draw-for-monday-march-8-2021/

COVID Mobility Restrictions Info Reference

OPTION 1: https://www.mapacovid.es/

OPTION 2: For a more frequently updated version visit this site. Unfortunately this map does not zoom in using the mouse wheel, so it can be difficult to see the smallest towns. https://sevilla.abc.es/andalucia/sevi-mapa-covid-19-andalucia-restricciones-y-medidas-contra-coronavirus-municipio-202102101441_noticia.html?

For the latest COVID-19 statistics visit:

World– https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
World– https://www.ft.com/content/a26fbf7e-48f8-11ea-aeb3-955839e06441

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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Frigiliana: 952 533 231

Phone numbers for emergencies
Emergency Svcs.: 112
National Police: 091
Guardia Civil: 062
Ambulance: 061
Fire Station (Bomberos): 080
Emergency English Help Line: 902 102 112

Local Police
Torrox: 952 539 828
Nerja: 952 521 545
Frigiliana: 952 533 126
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DigameXtra No. 1892 Monday, March 8th, 2021

On March 8, 2021March 7, 2021 By Naythan

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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 is the Junta de Andalucia’s FB page. https://www.facebook.com/AndaluciaJunta/

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Phoenix Club re-opens:
Our social club has re-opened for coffee, cake and a chat but due to restrictions, all our trips are on hold until further notice.
We have greetings cards for sale, all handmade so if you are looking for a beautiful handmade card, pop along on any Tuesday and have a look.
We are collecting foodstuffs for the Spanish Red Cross on a weekly basis, so if you can add a couple of items to your weekly shop and bring it down to us, it would be very much appreciated. They really need baby food, nappies and foodstuffs such as rice, flour and pasta.
We are selling off all our books and DVDs at 4 for €1. Our books are languishing and crying out to be read. We also have jigsaws for sale at €1 each. Come along and pick up a bargain on any Tuesday
We meet at La Vega bar and restaurant every Tuesday and you can find the bar just behind the Repsol garage on the way out of Torre towards Benajarafe. We are now open from 11.30 – 1pm.
For further information, please contact Gail on 951067723/626370695 or email phoenixsocialclub@yahoo.co.uk

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If you are thinking of selling, please contact us for a no obligation chat Email: info@blucee.com
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Great Deals From The Nerja Household Centre:
-Hallway unit with matching mirror. Natural & Yute with brass decorative handles waxed Measurements W 100 x 36 x 77cms
Mirror 58 x 78cms Price 120€
-Chest of drawers with matching mirror done in natural top and painted yute & waxed Measurements 91 x 41 x 198cms
Price 170€
-Dining room table with 4 matching chairs in natural & yute chalk paint and waxed. Measurements L160 x D90.50 x H75 cms. Price 145€
Contact Jackie/Nerja 672170429
info at nerjahouseholdcentre dot com

For Sale: 2007 Mercedes A200 CDI. 202,000km. Automatic. Diesel. Good service history. €2950. Martin or Elise. 608394280. Benamocarra.

For Sale, 2 items:
-Vaillant atmoMAG mini water heater (gas). Approx 3 years old, perfect working order, recently serviced. Selling due to replacement with immersion heater. €50 ono.
-Dawes Princess children’s bike. As new (barely used). Suit 4-6 year old. €50 ono.
Competa area. Call/WhatsApp Karl on 628990503.

For Sale, 2 items: Curtains
-A Pair of curtains. Cream with raised orange flowers and stitched green leaves. Each curtain 210cms width by 250cms drop on 7.5cms pencil pleat header tape. 40 euros the pair.
-A pair of curtains. Cream with faint cream pattern. Each curtain 200cms width by 250cms drop on 7.5cms pencil pleat header tape. 30 euros the pair.
Can be viewed at Caleta de Velez or Competa Campo off a tarmac road.
WhatsApp Christine (Competa) on 622166122.

Recommendations & Requests

Health insurance: Hi Digamites. Can anybody recommend a medical insurance firm as regards to becoming a resident in Spain? I have been quoted 888 euros for a year! I am 55 years old and have no idea if it’s a reasonable quote, many thanks in advance, Bruce. Benajarafe.
Email: bruceperry65AThotmailD0Tcom

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Andalusia stagnates above a thousand daily cases of coronavirus and adds another 41 deaths: {Translated from sevilla.abc.es} Updated:06/03/2021 20:43
-British strain leaves Almería, Granada, Cádiz and Jerez on level 3 alert
-Andalusian areas on level 2 Covid alert can buy high-proof alcohol until 9.30pm
-Andalusia has added 1,239 coronavirus infections this Saturday. This is much less than at the peak of the third wave, which reached almost 8,000 cases, but it also means that the community seems to be stuck at around a thousand cases a day. In fact, last Saturday the region recorded 200 fewer cases than today, which could indicate a change in the Andalusian data on the pandemic.
-Infections, which is where changes in the trend of the curve tracing the health crisis can first be seen, seem to have flattened out after weeks of vertical fall. Andalusia is seeing a plateau that may become more complicated in the coming weeks.
-For its part, the cumulative incidence rate of the autonomous community has fallen this day to 128.93 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days, which is 1.97 points lower than the rate of 130.9 the day before. It is down, yes, but much less sharply than on previous days. As a reference, it is worth noting that Andalusia’s cumulative incidence dropped from almost 1,000 points to less than 200 in just four weeks. And in the last two weeks it has only dropped 70 points.
-In the case of deaths, this plateau can also be observed. This Saturday there were 41 deaths, a figure similar to the previous four days. However, Andalusia is still far from the more than 100 deaths it recorded weeks ago.
-The third factor that casts doubt on Saturday’s figures is in the hospitals. This Saturday there are 1,457 people hospitalised for coronavirus in Andalusia. This is 45 less than yesterday, a drop that is positive, yes, but it is the lowest for a Saturday since the end of January. In the case of the ICU there are 355 patients, one more than yesterday, Friday.
-Andalusia is in a complicated moment in epidemiological terms. The third wave is receding with less and less force and there may come a point when the tables turn and the timid negative values become more cases and admissions. Although this is not the scenario at the moment, the plateau that is being drawn at the moment invites us to keep an eye on the numbers of the health crisis in the coming days.
Source, Spanish: https://sevilla.abc.es/andalucia/sevi-coronavirus-andalucia-andalucia-estanca-encima-casos-diarios-coronavirus-y-suma-otros-41-muertos-202103061303_noticia.html

Spain releases first official figure on Covid victims in senior residences: 29,408 fatalities: Nearly 20,000 people in nursing homes died in the first four months of the pandemic with a confirmed diagnosis or compatible symptoms, but thanks to vaccination this number has plummeted. Full article: https://english.elpais.com/society/2021-03-04/spain-releases-first-official-figure-on-covid-victims-in-senior-residences-29408-fatalities.html

Ground-Breaking Ruling For Business Struggling To Pay Rent: A Malaga court has made the pioneering decision to apply a little-known legal procedure to a business whose landlord refused to reduce the rent even though the owner of the company could prove that they had suffered severe financial loss as a result of Covid restrictions and could not possibly pay the amount owed. ‘Rebus sic stantibus’ states that legal contracts can be renegotiated or even terminated if there is a dramatic unexpected change in circumstances, such as the global coronavirus pandemic. Full article: https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2021/03/07/ground-breaking-ruling-in-malaga-for-business-struggling-to-pay-rent/

Microsoft Services Hack Update- White House cites ‘active threat,’ urges action despite Microsoft patch: The White House on Sunday urged computer network operators to take further steps to gauge whether their systems were targeted amid a hack of Microsoft Corp’s Outlook email program, saying a recent software patch still left serious vulnerabilities.
“This is an active threat still developing and we urge network operators to take it very seriously,” a White House official said, adding that top U.S. security officials were working to decide what next steps to take following the breach.
CNN on Sunday separately reported the Biden administration was forming a task force to address the hack. The White House official, in a statement, said the administration was making “a whole of government response.”
While Microsoft released a patch last week to shore up flaws in its email software, the remedy still leaves open a so-called back door that can allow access to compromised servers (and all accounts on those servers) and perpetuating further attacks by others. Photo:Reuters. Full article: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-microsoft/white-house-cites-active-threat-urges-action-despite-microsoft-patch-idUSKBN2AZ0OQ

Almuñecar News:
-Council announces €400,000 investment in training scheme for the unemployed. Empléate 2021 (Get Employed 2021) is a comprehensive action plan to improve employability through training in a range of different occupational workshops. Workshops will include: painting and construction, paving and masonry for urbanisation and auxiliary activities in nurseries and gardens. The registration period will be from March 8 to 22. To find out more, visit Almuñecar Council’s website.
-Free bus travel for Almuñecar pensioners. Mayor of Almuñecar, Trinidad Herrera Lorente, and Juan Pablo Fajardo of the Autocares Fajardo Group sealed the deal for a period of 10 years, and extendable for a further five, which will see free travel for pensioners registered in the municipality.
Sources: https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2021/03/06/e400000-investment-in-training-scheme-for-the-unemployed/
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https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2021/03/06/free-bus-travel-for-almunecar-pensioners/

Football News- Manchester City Falls to Manchester United: City’s proud winning run and long unbeaten run is over after a disappointing 2-0 defeat to Manchester United. The Premier League leaders were caught cold after conceding a first minute penalty and never really recovered, going further behind just after the restart. Photo credit & Full article: https://www.mancity.com/news/mens/manchester-city-v-manchester-united-match-report-7-march-2021-63750734

iMac Pro DISCONTINUED- If you want to buy an iMac Pro, you’ll need to move quickly: The much-loved system is only available to buy “while supplies last” as Apple is discontinuing the high-end computer.
The only option for iMac Pro seekers looking to buy direct from Apple is the $4,999, 3.0GHz 10-core Intel Xeon W 27-inch base model, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD storage and 8GB Radeon Pro Vega 56. If you are happy with these specs, you’re unlikely to be happy about delivery times — there’s currently a three to four week delay between ordering and delivery. There is a chance that third-party sellers will have different options available, however. Full article: https://betanews.com/2021/03/07/apple-discontinues-imac-pro/#comments

‘It’s over’- Nigel Farage quits politics for good: Nigel Farage, the grassroots Brexit politician largely credited with pressuring David Cameron into having an EU referendum, has quit politics for good. Mr Farage was the leader of the UK Independence Party until he famously quit after the 2016 Leave vote.
However, he made a sensational return two years later to form the Brexit Party, which later became the Reform Party, as a reaction to the government’s negotiations with the European Union.
Now, it seems, he has finally had enough.
“There’s no going back – Brexit is done,” he told the Sunday Telegraph’s Chopper Politics podcast. Full article: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/nigel-farage-quits-politics-for-good-b922626.html

COVID Mobility Restrictions Info Reference

OPTION 1: https://www.mapacovid.es/

OPTION 2: For a more frequently updated version visit this site. Unfortunately this map does not zoom in using the mouse wheel, so it can be difficult to see the smallest towns. https://sevilla.abc.es/andalucia/sevi-mapa-covid-19-andalucia-restricciones-y-medidas-contra-coronavirus-municipio-202102101441_noticia.html?

For the latest COVID-19 statistics visit:

World– https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
World– https://www.ft.com/content/a26fbf7e-48f8-11ea-aeb3-955839e06441

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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