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Health reports a big increase in Covid cases in the last four days
Health reports a big increase in Covid cases in the last four days

They have registered almost 3,000 new cases and 10 deaths in the Canary Islands since Friday...

Spain takes a step closer to regulating the use of medicinal cannabis
Spain takes a step closer to regulating the use of medicinal cannabis

It will be available in hospital pharmacies and health centres for patients that meet the correct criteria…

The Ministry of Health corrects Darias on the scope of the fourth vaccine
The Ministry of Health corrects Darias on the scope of the fourth vaccine

Darias wrongly announced yesterday that the entire population of Spain will have a fourth dose...

Spain announces 4th Covid vaccine for the entire population
Spain announces 4th Covid vaccine for the entire population

Inoculations will begin in the Autumn with improved vaccines that protect against the new coronavirus variants…

The EU Digital Covid Certificate for travel is staying for another year
The EU Digital Covid Certificate for travel is staying for another year

The EU Council and European Parliament have agreed to keep it until June 2023 to facilitate easy travel within the EU…

The Canary Islands have the second highest incidence rate for Covid in Spain
The Canary Islands have the second highest incidence rate for Covid in Spain

Only Madrid has a worse epidemiological situation. The accumulated infection rate has grown 50 points in the last 3 days...

Canaries Government extends temporary suspension of anti-Covid measures until September
Canaries Government extends temporary suspension of anti-Covid measures until September

This includes capacity limitations, different closing times, and group sizes…

Covid update: Gran Canaria still at alert Level 2, the rest of the islands are at Level 1
Covid update: Gran Canaria still at alert Level 2, the rest of the islands are at Level 1

There have been 1,042 new cases and six deaths from Covid in the last four days in the Canary Islands…

Hospital staff with Covid in Spain can now work in ‘non-vulnerable’ departments
Hospital staff with Covid in Spain can now work in ‘non-vulnerable’ departments

The Ministry of Health says they can be placed in a different department until they test negative again...

Brits can still use their unexpired EHIC cards when holidaying in the Canary Islands
Brits can still use their unexpired EHIC cards when holidaying in the Canary Islands

They are valid until the expiry date on the card post Brexit, NOT the date the UK left the EU...

Explanation of Spain’s entry rules for travellers from Third Countries including the UK
Explanation of Spain’s entry rules for travellers from Third Countries including the UK

Here is an overview of Spain’s requirements to come to the Canary Islands since they lifted the ban on non-vaccinated travellers...

Covid update: 1,029 new cases and 7 seven deaths since Saturday
Covid update: 1,029 new cases and 7 seven deaths since Saturday

Data for the over 60s is still being updated twice a week by the Ministry of Heath...

Spain will study containment measures to stop Monkeypox
Spain will study containment measures to stop Monkeypox

The Public Health Committee is meeting today to analyse the situation as nine regions are now affected...

First Monkeypox case is confirmed in the Canary Islands
First Monkeypox case is confirmed in the Canary Islands

The Ministry of Health are studying five other cases in the islands as virologists suspect that the illness is airborne…

Spain has most Monkeypox cases in the world and two are in the Canary Islands
Spain has most Monkeypox cases in the world and two are in the Canary Islands

The SCS are investigating Maspalomas Pride in Gran Canaria as a source of contagion in the islands...

5 deaths from Covid and 1,116 new cases in the over 60s since Friday
5 deaths from Covid and 1,116 new cases in the over 60s since Friday

Hospital occupation by Covid patients has increased by 13% in four days; all five deaths were registered in Tenerife...

Good news as Tenerife teenager is confirmed as not having hepatitis
Good news as Tenerife teenager is confirmed as not having hepatitis

Canarian hospitals remain on alert as the cause of the appearance of this variant of hepatitis is still unknown…

The number of patients hospitalized for Covid in the Canaries drops by 12.9%
The number of patients hospitalized for Covid in the Canaries drops by 12.9%

Almost 1,000 people over the age of 60 were infected with COVID in the Canary Islands in the last three days...

Covid update: Only one of the islands now has hospital pressure at medium risk
Covid update: Only one of the islands now has hospital pressure at medium risk

Fuerteventura has the most favourable epidemiological situation for the over 60s with the lowest incidence rate of 195…

Covid update: Tenerife and Gran Canaria remain at alert Level 2
Covid update: Tenerife and Gran Canaria remain at alert Level 2

The rest of the islands are at Level 1 as the ICU occupancy by Covid patients continues to drop…