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Covid update: new cases rebound to 243 with 110 in Tenerife and 94 in Gran Canaria
Covid update: new cases rebound to 243 with 110 in Tenerife and 94 in Gran Canaria

Active cases have dropped… Incidence rates have increased… two more deaths… almost 80, 000 have had both vaccines…

First step in the right direction: Spain lifts travel restrictions with the UK
First step in the right direction: Spain lifts travel restrictions with the UK

UK restrictions are still in place, but when they get lifted, all systems go!

Overseas holidays from UK illegal from Monday with £5,000 fine
Overseas holidays from UK illegal from Monday with £5,000 fine

Non-essential international travel will be explicitly banned under new coronavirus laws, which won't expire until June 30th...

Don’t be an April fool, if you’re a non-resident your 90 days are up!
Don’t be an April fool, if you’re a non-resident your 90 days are up!

March 31st 2021 marks 90 days since Brexit came into force, making it the first deadline UK nationals have to meet…

Covid update: Canary Islands adds 190 new infections and four deaths
Covid update: Canary Islands adds 190 new infections and four deaths

Total cases have now passed 45,000, active cases for the islands have decreased, but the number of people in hospital has gone up…

Spring is in the air… or is it a calima?
Spring is in the air… or is it a calima?

A calima is returning to the Canary Islands over the next few days which will increase temperatures…

Tenerife, Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura start Level 3 from today
Tenerife, Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura start Level 3 from today

People meeting is limited to four people, and bars and restaurants can only serve on the terrace with 50% capacity...

Covid update: 218 new cases and 3 deaths in the last 24 hours
Covid update: 218 new cases and 3 deaths in the last 24 hours

The deceased are a 73-year-old woman in Tenerife, and a 73-year-old man and an 89-year-old woman in Gran Canaria...

The third wave of the pandemic has been most fatal so far
The third wave of the pandemic has been most fatal so far

Since December, when the 3rd wave began, the Canaries have added 23,450 infections and 299 deaths from Covid...

68 people now infected from one Covid outbreak started in a restaurant
68 people now infected from one Covid outbreak started in a restaurant

The outbresk started two weeks ago and continues to affect more people...

Covid update: 237 new cases and 4 more deaths in the Canary Islands
Covid update: 237 new cases and 4 more deaths in the Canary Islands

Gran Canaria has the most new cases today with 122 and Tenerife has 97, Fuerteventura 14, and Lanzarote just 3...

VIDEO: Here’s Sam with a breakdown of Level 3 restrictions starting Monday
VIDEO: Here’s Sam with a breakdown of Level 3 restrictions starting Monday

Tenerife, Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura have all been moved back to Level 3 from Monday, here's Sam to explain what this means...

Huge boost for Canaries mass vaccination plan
Huge boost for Canaries mass vaccination plan

The medical services of 150 private companies and 50 mutuas will vaccinate in the Canary Islands...

Covid update: 177 new cases today, 104 in Tenerife, 54 in Gran Canaria
Covid update: 177 new cases today, 104 in Tenerife, 54 in Gran Canaria

There are 53 teachers and 401 students currently with Covid-19 in the Canary Islands… Full stats here…

Spain will resume vaccination with AstraZeneca from next Wednesday
Spain will resume vaccination with AstraZeneca from next Wednesday

The decision comes after EMA analysis concluded it to be ‘safe and effective’...

LEVEL 3: Bar and restaurant interiors will close but gyms will be allowed to open
LEVEL 3: Bar and restaurant interiors will close but gyms will be allowed to open

The Government increases the restrictions as of Monday in Tenerife, Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura...

Tenerife and Gran Canaria move back to Level 3 on Sunday night
Tenerife and Gran Canaria move back to Level 3 on Sunday night

All the indicators have been rising steadily", which forced them to make this decision in the Governing Council today…

Covid update: Over 200 new cases again in the Canary Islands with two deaths
Covid update: Over 200 new cases again in the Canary Islands with two deaths

There’s been 104 new outbreaks this week in the Canaries, 53 in Tenerife and 39 in Gran Canaria… Full stats here…

Escrivá announces that the 1,800 immigrants still in hotels will be moved this month
Escrivá announces that the 1,800 immigrants still in hotels will be moved this month

The agreements with complexes were made out of necessity whilst they were empty…

Police dismantle drugs gang that used mules to bring heroin to the Canaries
Police dismantle drugs gang that used mules to bring heroin to the Canaries

14 men and a woman have been arrested in Fuerteventura and Gran Canaria for bringing the drugs in from Holland…