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Canaries vaccinates all emergency services and medical transport staff
Canaries vaccinates all emergency services and medical transport staff

In total, more than 1,500 staff linked to medical transport and CECOES 1-1-2 emergency centres have received their first dose of the vaccine...

Migrants in Tenerife start hunger strike to allow them to travel to Spain
Migrants in Tenerife start hunger strike to allow them to travel to Spain

These 176 Senegalese migrants have been in a hotel in Puerto de La Cruz for almost three months and want answers as to why they can’t travel to the mainland to look for work...

Covid update: 272 new cases and 4 deaths, 164 detected in Gran Canaria
Covid update: 272 new cases and 4 deaths, 164 detected in Gran Canaria

Lanzarote had 56 new cases yesterday and Tenerife only 31, showing the alert Level changes were correct...

CONFIRMED: Tenerife moves to Level 2, Gran Canaria to Level 3
CONFIRMED: Tenerife moves to Level 2, Gran Canaria to Level 3

The Canary Islands Government have confirmed this evening that Tenerife will be in Level 2 restrictions from Monday, and Gran Canaria joins Lanzarote on Level 3... See what restrictions will be implemented here...

Covid update: 261 new cases, 111 in Gran Canaria, 65 in Tenerife
Covid update: 261 new cases, 111 in Gran Canaria, 65 in Tenerife

The Governing Council will use this data from today, to confirm their decision of restriction level changes for Tenerife and Gran Canaria... full data here...

VIDEO: This weeks latest news round up from the Canarian Weekly
VIDEO: This weeks latest news round up from the Canarian Weekly

Here's Sam with this weeks latest news for the Canary Islands from the Canarian Weekly...

Tenerife and Gran Canaria will know their alert level changes today
Tenerife and Gran Canaria will know their alert level changes today

The Canary Islands Government will confirm their decisions at 7.00pm tonight after an extra Governing Council meeting...

Cloudy and rainy in the north, and a sunny Saturday in the South
Cloudy and rainy in the north, and a sunny Saturday in the South

Here is the weather forecast for today, Saturday, for all the islands...

Covid update: Data supports Governments decision for alert Level changes
Covid update: Data supports Governments decision for alert Level changes

There are 368 new cases today, with 4 Covid related deaths… Gran Canaria has most, Tenerife continues downward trend… full data here…

Outbreaks soar in the Canary Islands: 170 new ones in the last week
Outbreaks soar in the Canary Islands: 170 new ones in the last week

The ‘Christmas effect’ is being seen in the number of outbreaks... the vast majority (141) are from families meeting and social gatherings among non-cohabitants...

Government makes Tenerife and Gran Canaria wait 48 hours
Government makes Tenerife and Gran Canaria wait 48 hours

The Minister of Health announced that the Government is postponing confirmation of Level changes for Tenerife and Gran Canaria until tomorrow...

Alert level changes: Tenerife moves to Level 2… almost!
Alert level changes: Tenerife moves to Level 2… almost!

Tenerife and Gran Canaria’s level changes will be confirmed on Saturday after looking at their data for the next 48 hours… Lanzarote moves to Level 3 as expected…

Covid update: 357 new infections and four deaths in last 24 hours
Covid update: 357 new infections and four deaths in last 24 hours

The Epidemiological data continues to skyrocket after the Christmas period, with Gran Canaria and Lanzarote leading the way…

Serra proposes to lower the level in Tenerife, maintain Gran Canaria and raise Lanzarote
Serra proposes to lower the level in Tenerife, maintain Gran Canaria and raise Lanzarote

He highlights that the cumulative incidence from January 1st to 12th has decreased by 40% in Tenerife and increased by 400% in Lanzarote…

Will proof of vaccination be required to go to events or travel?
Will proof of vaccination be required to go to events or travel?

The Government has announced that vaccinated people will have a card certifying it, and insurance companies say it could be required to go to certain events and activities…

Travelling to the UK? What test do you need? Do you need to isolate?
Travelling to the UK? What test do you need? Do you need to isolate?

The necessity of a negative Covid-19 test to travel to England has been delayed until 18th January... Antigen tests are permitted... Children under 11 don’t need a test...

Covid update: 371 new cases, 144 in Gran Canaria and 121 in Lanzarote
Covid update: 371 new cases, 144 in Gran Canaria and 121 in Lanzarote

Tomorrow is the weekly Governing Council meeting where the alert Levels in each island will be reviewed and changed accordingly, due to their data...

BREXIT: There is still time to act for residency in Spain
BREXIT: There is still time to act for residency in Spain

Those who can demonstrate that they were legally living in Spain before 31st December 2020 can still apply for residency and their rights will be protected under the terms of the UK’s withdrawal agreement...

The Canary Islands receives first Moderna vaccines today,
The Canary Islands receives first Moderna vaccines today,

Another 13,650 doses of Pfizer arrived yesterday... The Canary Islands Health Service is accelerating the vaccination program...

Spain extends travel ban on UK arrivals until February 2nd
Spain extends travel ban on UK arrivals until February 2nd

This means that only passengers with a Spanish passport, green residencia card or certificate, or the new TIE card will be allowed entry to Spain and the islands...