Where can I get a Covid test in La Marina?

Very sorry to hear that. 

If you suspect you have COVID then you must self isolate, you cannot go out looking for a test yourself. Equally everyone in your household.

You should immediately contact the Valencia Community helpline on 900 300 555 or you can just use 112 emergency number. 

Alternatively if you have a SIP card visit http://coronavirusautotest.san.gva.es/cita-coronavirus-registro-es.html download the app and request an appointment for someone to visit you. 

Tip: If you don't speak Spanish open the site in Chrome and let it translate it to English. 

Good luck!

May I ask that you keep the residents of Urbanisation La Marina informed as to the outcome of your test results. Should they be positive, also tell us where you have been and when so we may all take the necessary steps.

I would also like to ask all residents not to mix with people outside of the area for any reason. This is the only way to contain this virus. Always wear a mask, and sanitise your hands after touching anything in public areas. I keep a small bottle of hand sanitiser in my handbag all the time and a spray sanitiser in my car to do the interior and door handles every time I go out. May I suggest that all follow the same routine in order to ensure safety for everyone in the urbanisation and your own family.

If you must talk to friends and family, using Skype is a good idea. Still face to face contact just not touch contact. Much safer in the current climate.

Most of all, stay safe, all of you out there.

So sorry to hear this. Best wishes for a speedy recovery.  You should advise your GP in Spain immediately as they may wish to send a testing team. You will need to find someone who can shop for you during your isolation period. If you are unable to get a friend/relative/neighbour to do this I would suggest contacting your local town hall who may provide someone to do it for you. They should leave your shopping at the entrance to your home.

If you haven't already done so, make sure you inform all the people you have been in close contact with that you are probably positive as they will also need to isolate. Close contact is defined as being within 1.5 metres for a length of time, often described as 15 minutes. 

If your symptoms worsen, for example if you have even slight difficulty with breathing do not hesitate to call for urgent assistance on 112. Tell them you have Covid and are in difficulty and they will send a specialist team to transport you to hospital.

Good luck and we all hope you feel better quickly. I'm sure it would help other members to know how things progress in terms of local authority reaction to your care needs and your personal experience of isolation and recovery so when you can please keep us posted.

Kind regards, Steve

Sorry to hear this, Grayzie, I hope you recover soon.  Friends of ours, who live near San Fulgencio, also tested positive for Covid-19 two weeks ago.  I don't know whether it was a miscommunication with the Valencian helpline, but they eventually ended up in A&E of Quiron private hospital in Torrevieja, where they were tested and confirmed positive 48 hours later.  They were told to stay at home and someone would go out to them, but my friend got worse, so they went to the hospital.  Thankfully, they were not hospitalised and both are recovering well.

My husband and I have been self-isolating for the last 13 days and neither of us has symptoms; other mutual friends are doing the same.  What surprised me is the lack of contact tracing, so we have pro-actively got in touch with others we had seen before hearing of our friends' positive test results.  I also suggested they contact the bar owners where they regularly go to quiz nights.

We have the Radar Covid app on our mobiles, so I shall be interested to see whether, the next time I see my friend, it alerts me to being near to someone who has tested positive for Covid.

Stay safe everyone,

Kim

3 very concerning points here. Firstly, you should not be socialising with friends and acquaintances at all, secondly, your friends, having tested positive should not then have taken themselves back to the hospital so putting others at risk but called 112 instead, thirdly, nobody, but nobody should be holding quiz nights or any other events in bars and people should definitely NOT be attending them. Anyone not adhering to those simple rules are putting their friends, family and anyone they come into contact with (even just shopping) at risk. Please everyone, behave responsibly and think about things before acting. It could have dire consequences for others if you do not.

There was no covid on La Marina. Please make sure it stays that way.

Hi nikkimunday,

I find your post very judgemental - and inaccurately so.

1.  "Firstly, you should not be socialising with friends and acquaintances at all" - which part of "My husband and I have been self-isolating for the last 13 days" didn't you understand?

2.  "secondly, your friends, having tested positive should not then have taken themselves back to the hospital so putting others at risk but called 112 instead" - where did I say my friends took themselves "back" to the hospital?

3.  "thirdly, nobody, but nobody should be holding quiz nights or any other events in bars and people should definitely NOT be attending them." That may be your personal view - it's one I happen to agree with and I do not attend them.  However, it's not my place to impose my view on others, unless they are breaking the law.  I can only be responsible for my own behaviour.  If the police have concerns about bars and restaurants holding quiz nights, it's up to them to take any action deemed necessary within the realm of national and regional law.

4.  "Anyone not adhering to those simple rules are putting their friends, family and anyone they come into contact with (even just shopping) at risk. Please everyone, behave responsibly and think about things before acting. It could have dire consequences for others if you do not."  Nothing in my post suggests I have acted irresponsibly, please don't suggest otherwise.

5.  "There was no covid on La Marina. Please make sure it stays that way."  If you believe this, you are naive in the extreme and clearly have no understanding of Covid-19 or its transmission. 

I'm sorry that you appear to sound so angry.  Covid-19 is a killer disease and perhaps what I'm hearing in your post is fear - that's absolutely understandable, but please don't assume that you're the only one who feels that way.

Stay safe,

Kim

You did state that your friends went to the hospital which indicates that they took themselves there.The statement that you should not be socialising was a generalisation aimed at everyone - a collective "you".Again pount 4 was also a "generalisation"

I understand Covid perfectly. My concern is that a lot of people out there do not. And, yes, I am angry. Angry that some totally ignore rules put in place for their own safety as well as that of others.

I shall say no more on the subject.

Kimmy & Nikki

Please don't develop this thread into a personal argument over what each of you are saying, everybody is very emotive at the moment and statements and comments, though not meant to be read as personal attacks, can sometimes be interpreted this way.

Kimmy, with regards to your response number 2, your initial post states "They were told to stay at home and someone would go out to them, but my friend got worse, so they went to the hospital" which, although not actually saying "back to hospital.." as Nikki said, it could be viewed as the same thing - ie your friend went to hospital, having already had the covid positive test, which requires people to then self isolate at home.

Lets hope that both Grayzie and Kimmy's friends are on the mend, and everybody - please stay safe - we will get through this one day!

Sorry, Steve, but Nikki started that with her judgemental and dictatorial post.  

You, however, are correct, I did not say "back" to the hospital.  My friend called the C.Valenciana emergency number and was told someone would come out to her.  24 hours later and feeling much worse, she called Quiron and was given an appointment to go for a test.  That was a mistake on Quiron's behalf and the doctor she saw was furious - he apologised profusely to my friend and immediately sent her to A&E, where she tested positive.  

Of course, she could have done as instructed and rather than now recovering, the outcome could have been so much worse.  I think a little more empathy and a lot less lecturing would be very helpful in these difficult times.

Kind regards, 

Kim