Spain's public debt ended 2020 at 117.1% of gross domestic product as the coronavirus pandemic and the measures imposed to curb it lifted borrowing and led to a deep economic contraction, the Bank of Spain said on Wednesday. (Reporting by Inti Landauro, editing by Andrei.
Spain's public debt ended 2020 at 117.1% of gross domestic product as the coronavirus pandemic and the measures imposed to curb it lifted borrowing and led to a deep economic contraction, the Bank of Spain said on Wednesday.
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MADRID, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Spain will administer AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine to people aged 45-55 in the next phase of the national inoculation plan, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
People under 60 with a high risk of serious COVID-19 infection will be vaccinated with shots produced by Pfizer and BionTech and by Moderna, once those over 60 have been immunised, the ministry said. (Reporting by Nathan Allen, editing by Andrei Khalip)
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MADRID, Feb 15 (Reuters) - House sales in Spain tumbled 18% in 2020, the National Statistics Institute said on Monday, with tourist hotspots like the Balearic and Canary Islands hardest-hit amid the economic hardships caused by COVID-19.
A months-long home confinement last spring as well as restrictions on regional and global travel delivered hard blows to Spain’s real estate market, which had only recently begun to recover from a crash in 2008.
Around 415,000 houses were sold in 2020, the lowest number in four years, while property transactions fell to lows not seen since 2011, though pent-up demand drove a modest recuperation in the second half.
Spain's health ministry said on Wednesday that under 55-year olds without major health complications who contracted COVID-19 will have to wait six months from their diagnosis before receiving a vaccine.