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Covid update: 209 new cases, over 100 of them in Gran Canaria
Covid update: 209 new cases, over 100 of them in Gran Canaria

Of the new cases Gran Canaria has 105 (51%) of them, Tenerife 86, Fuerteventura 7, and Lanzarote 5...

Jet2 expects to bring two million British tourists to the Canary Islands this summer
Jet2 expects to bring two million British tourists to the Canary Islands this summer

They’ve already confirmed 47% more travel reservations from the UK to the Canary Islands for this summer than in 2020…

The Government has transferred 18,800 immigrants out of the Canary Islands
The Government has transferred 18,800 immigrants out of the Canary Islands

There are still approximately 6,500 adult, and 2,200 minor, irregular immigrants in temporary accommodation in the islands…

Regional Governments agree on perimeter closure and 10pm curfew over Easter
Regional Governments agree on perimeter closure and 10pm curfew over Easter

The plan will be officially decreed next week in the Inter-territorial Council, but it already has the approval of the Public Health Commission…

Covid update: 172 new cases, more in Tenerife than Gran Canaria
Covid update: 172 new cases, more in Tenerife than Gran Canaria

Active cases have dropped below 5,000 for first time in 3 months…

Canaries expect to recover 50% of the 2019 tourist numbers in August
Canaries expect to recover 50% of the 2019 tourist numbers in August

If vaccination progresses at a good pace, restrictions are lifted, and there is a Covid passport, the islands could easily receive up to 400,000 tourists…

Proposal for Easter restrictions: 14 days lockdown, curfew and no celebrations
Proposal for Easter restrictions: 14 days lockdown, curfew and no celebrations

This is the last big ‘sacrifice’ before mass vaccination to ensure that we stay on track to accept tourists in May or June...

Covid update: Total deaths pass 600 after four more in Gran Canaria
Covid update: Total deaths pass 600 after four more in Gran Canaria

The Canary Islands registers 191 new cases today with the most in Gran Canaria and Tenerife…

Need your residency to stay in the Canary Islands…there is still time!
Need your residency to stay in the Canary Islands…there is still time!

Even though we have passed the Brexit transition period, if you can prove you were living legally here before that date… there is still time

The Canary Islands has doubled its vaccination rate in less than a week
The Canary Islands has doubled its vaccination rate in less than a week

Three main factors have contributed towards the increase... In April mass vaccination will begin, here’s why...

A cloudy Wednesday heading for a wet weekend in the Canaries
A cloudy Wednesday heading for a wet weekend in the Canaries

A generally cloudy day in the western islands, clearer in the east, with winds from a northerly direction...

Covid update: Active cases in the Canaries are the lowest since 15th December
Covid update: Active cases in the Canaries are the lowest since 15th December

The islands registered 172 new cases and five deaths today... over 41,000 people have now had the virus....

Canary Islands is confident of tourist reactivation with the 'health passport'
Canary Islands is confident of tourist reactivation with the 'health passport'

Spain is demanding that the new Digital Green Pass is implemented and active before summer...

ALERT LEVELS: Lanzarote drops from 4 to 3, all others stay the same
ALERT LEVELS: Lanzarote drops from 4 to 3, all others stay the same

Level 1 now has a curfew imposed midnight to 6am, and bars and restaurants must now close by then...

Covid update: Only 115 new cases throughout the islands
Covid update: Only 115 new cases throughout the islands

Lanzarote has no new cases today, there were 53 in Gran Canaria, 51 in Tenerife and 10 in Fuerteventura…

EU finalizes 'Covid passport' that allows travel with vaccination or negative test
EU finalizes 'Covid passport' that allows travel with vaccination or negative test

A ‘Digital Green Pass’ is being developed that will allow travel around Europe either with vaccination or testing…

VIDEO: The latest news round up from the Canarian Weekly
VIDEO: The latest news round up from the Canarian Weekly

Here's Sam with the latest news update from the Canary Islands...

Covid update: February finishes with 140 new cases and 3 deaths
Covid update: February finishes with 140 new cases and 3 deaths

Data points to a change for Lanzarote down to Level 3, but an increase for Fuerteventura back to Level 2...

Torres: Epidemiological figures decide alert levels not politicians
Torres: Epidemiological figures decide alert levels not politicians

The Canaries president says that "The Canary Islands are on the right track in the fight against Covid-19"...

Spain aims to coordinate reactivation of tourism with the UK roadmap
Spain aims to coordinate reactivation of tourism with the UK roadmap

Vaccination passports will be seen as an option to PCR tests for travel, not a replacement...