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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…

The HUC hospital in Tenerife has no Covid patients in ICU for first time in 2 years
The HUC hospital in Tenerife has no Covid patients in ICU for first time in 2 years

Despite this good news health professionals ask people to act responsibly to prevent a rebound…

A Spanish nurse is the first known case of Covid re-infection in less than 3 weeks
A Spanish nurse is the first known case of Covid re-infection in less than 3 weeks

She went from contracting the Delta variant to being infected by Omicron in just 20 days...

Many people still chose to wear masks on the day mandatory use was abolished
Many people still chose to wear masks on the day mandatory use was abolished

Despite the joy that masks no longer have to be worn indoors, many chose to continue to wear one as a precaution...

12 deaths and 1,682 new cases of Covid in the over 60s in the last week
12 deaths and 1,682 new cases of Covid in the over 60s in the last week

There are now 317 people admitted to hospitals with coronavirus, 25 in ICU and 292 on wards…

VACCINATION UPDATE: More than 870,000 people have now had their booster dose
VACCINATION UPDATE: More than 870,000 people have now had their booster dose

85.11% of the target population of the Canary Islands are now fully vaccinated against Covid-19…

Companies will decide if you have to wear a mask to work or not
Companies will decide if you have to wear a mask to work or not

The use of masks indoors is ending on Wednesday, businesses can implement their own rules for staff and the public...

Covid update: 12 deaths in four days in the Canary Islands
Covid update: 12 deaths in four days in the Canary Islands

The Canary Islands have registered 773 new infections in the over 60s since Friday but hospital pressure stays the same…

Covid update: 8 deaths in the last three days including a 36-year-old
Covid update: 8 deaths in the last three days including a 36-year-old

There are currently 283 people admitted to hospital with coronavirus in the Canary Islands...