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New campaign to encourage vaccination as cases and incidence are still rising
New campaign to encourage vaccination as cases and incidence are still rising

The Ministry of Health insists that vaccination is still the best defence against getting seriously ill from SARS-CoV-2…

Covid update: 16 more deaths in the last 4 days, 52 so far in July
Covid update: 16 more deaths in the last 4 days, 52 so far in July

There have been 2,027 new cases since Friday in the over 60s and 8,155 in the last two weeks as the virus continues to spread...

Temperatures will top 40°C again this Monday as heat wave continues
Temperatures will top 40°C again this Monday as heat wave continues

The Emergency Services have issued advice and recommendations to avoid or treat sunstroke...

Latest Covid report reveals 2,364 new cases and 14 deaths in 3 days
Latest Covid report reveals 2,364 new cases and 14 deaths in 3 days

Many of you are quick to comment about us updating these figures, normally quite offensively, here is why...

Tenerife joins Gran Canaria at Alert Level 2 due to the risk of Covid
Tenerife joins Gran Canaria at Alert Level 2 due to the risk of Covid

These are NOT the same levels as the ones for restrictions and don’t have any effect on capacities, closing times, or group sizes…

Sales of Covid antigen tests have tripled as infections continue to increase
Sales of Covid antigen tests have tripled as infections continue to increase

This is due to the greater contagiousness of the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron variants, not only in the over 60s...

Five Canary Islands now have incidence rates at ‘high risk’ for Covid
Five Canary Islands now have incidence rates at ‘high risk’ for Covid

Gran Canaria is the island where is rebounding the most at the moment, and has hospital occupancy at high risk also...

The Canary Islands do not rule out reintroducing the use of masks indoors
The Canary Islands do not rule out reintroducing the use of masks indoors

They are also urging people to get vaccinated saying: “Lack of data is no longer an argument against vaccination”...

Ministry of Health recommend more use of masks and booster due to increase in Covid
Ministry of Health recommend more use of masks and booster due to increase in Covid

1,881 new cases and 12 deaths in the last 3 days in the Canary Islands…

Government: We will reintroduce restrictions if rise in infections impacts ICU's and mortality rate
Government: We will reintroduce restrictions if rise in infections impacts ICU's and mortality rate

Gran Canaria now has Covid incidence at high risk and Health expects Tenerife, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote to follow…

The DGT have listed illnesses that prevent you renewing your driving licence
The DGT have listed illnesses that prevent you renewing your driving licence

Here is the full list of conditions that prevent driving, or getting a licence for a reduced period of time before another medical…

Spain is entering 7th wave of Covid but virus now affects people differently
Spain is entering 7th wave of Covid but virus now affects people differently

New Covid variants worsen current illnesses and don’t give patients pneumonia...

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…