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UK families are avoiding Spain for half-term holidays over vaccination rules
UK families are avoiding Spain for half-term holidays over vaccination rules

Canary Island hoteliers have lost 400 million euros and want restrictions eased to allow in more British holidaymakers...

Blue skies as the haze finally begins to clear in the Canary Islands
Blue skies as the haze finally begins to clear in the Canary Islands

Temperatures will reach 27°C in various islands, but up to 30°C locally in sheltered areas in the south...

OFFICIAL: No more masks outdoors; but when is it mandatory to wear one?
OFFICIAL: No more masks outdoors; but when is it mandatory to wear one?

The masks will no longer be mandatory outdoors from tomorrow, Thursday, in the whole of Spain...

TORRES: ‘Some islands will lower their level this week’
TORRES: ‘Some islands will lower their level this week’

The downward trend in infections and hospital pressure continues, but 64 people have died in the last eight days...

AEMET extends the yellow weather warning for strong winds
AEMET extends the yellow weather warning for strong winds

Today will be windy, sunny, hazy, and dry... here is the full forecast...

Teachers threatened by anti-vax associations for vaccinations at schools
Teachers threatened by anti-vax associations for vaccinations at schools

The same two groups that sent threatening letters to health personnel, are now targeting teachers…

A date is agreed for no masks outdoors and capacities for sports events are increased
A date is agreed for no masks outdoors and capacities for sports events are increased

An extra Inter-territorial Council meeting was held this morning; all will be decreed by the Council of Ministers tomorrow...

A hot and sunny start to the week is forecast in the Canary Islands
A hot and sunny start to the week is forecast in the Canary Islands

The week will begin with mostly clear skies in the east, some cloud in the west, but with higher temperatures...

Yellow warning activated for strong wind and waves in the south of Tenerife
Yellow warning activated for strong wind and waves in the south of Tenerife

The notice is for all of the western islands and will remain in effect until 11:59pm tonight...

SCS Director: ‘We are far from talking about an endemic or flu in the Canaries’
SCS Director: ‘We are far from talking about an endemic or flu in the Canaries’

He explains why, from a medical perspective, it is too early to consider the pandemic to be over...

Compulsory vaccination for everyone over 18 is legalised in Austria
Compulsory vaccination for everyone over 18 is legalised in Austria

The country is experiencing a peak of infections with 33,000 new case a day during the last week...

Air quality in the Canary Islands will worsen due to the intense haze
Air quality in the Canary Islands will worsen due to the intense haze

Aemet warns that dust levels could exceed 100 micrograms per cubic metre, and the weather will remain dry and stable...

Bars and nightclubs can stay open later in Levels 3 and 4 with the Covid Certificate
Bars and nightclubs can stay open later in Levels 3 and 4 with the Covid Certificate

The Government says they are starting a ‘progressive de-escalation’ of restrictions that data allows...

Another Calima is forecast all weekend in the Canary Islands
Another Calima is forecast all weekend in the Canary Islands

It will be more noticeable in the eastern islands and will last for several more days…

Canaries want entry controls lifted before UK tourists book other destinations
Canaries want entry controls lifted before UK tourists book other destinations

100,000 bookings were cancelled in December from British travellers...

Wearing masks outdoors will no longer be mandatory in Spain next week
Wearing masks outdoors will no longer be mandatory in Spain next week

The Council of Ministers will approve the Decree on Tuesday that will eliminate the mandatory use of masks outdoors...

Mandatory use of the Covid certificate is abolished in the Canary Islands
Mandatory use of the Covid certificate is abolished in the Canary Islands

All islands are staying in the same level except for La Palma that drops to Level 3 from tonight...

The WHO believes that Europe could be heading towards the end of the pandemic
The WHO believes that Europe could be heading towards the end of the pandemic

Their European Director said today that the continent is “moving towards a kind of pandemic endgame”...

Who turned the temperature up? A new Calima brings highs of 27°C
Who turned the temperature up? A new Calima brings highs of 27°C

Today will be hot and hazy in the capital islands as the storm heads east towards Lanzarote and Fuerteventura...

Continued hospital pressure will prevent a drop in alert levels this week
Continued hospital pressure will prevent a drop in alert levels this week

Although incidence rates have dropped by 45% in a week, hospital pressure remains at very high risk...