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A MAJOR city in southern Spain has issued guidance on how to lower one’s exposure to the West Nile virus.  Sevilla City Council listed its top tips following a surge in cases and even two deaths over the past several weeks. The disease is carried by mosquitoes and can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea,  headaches, fatigue and in the most serious …

FUGITIVE Catalan politician Carles Puigdemont is ‘already back in Belgium’ after he briefly returned to Spain this week for the first time in seven years. The Mossos d’Esquadra regional police force are facing serious embarrassment today after the former Catalan premier appeared outside the parliament building in Barcelona on Thursday, where he gave a speech, before vanishing and thus avoiding …

HEALTH authorities in Andalucia have appealed for calm after activating procedures for a possible case of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF). Samples have been sent to the National Microbiology Centre to confirm whether or not a 46-year-old Sevilla man has contracted the disease. He reported symptoms on July 31 and is in a stable condition at the High-Level Isolation Unit of …