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
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
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
Here is the weather forecast for today, Saturday, for all the islands...
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
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
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!
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
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
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?
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?
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
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
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,
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
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...
EasyJet, Ryanair, Jet2, TUI… what are latest airline updates?
Here is the latest news and advice from airlines and tour operators regarding holidays and flight cancellations...
Covid deniers 'should spend five minutes on a hospital ward', say victim's family
“They should just spend five minutes on a hospital ward, to see those people fighting for their life, fighting for breath alone, no dignity, the nursing staff caring for them like they were their loved ones”
Torres: Tenerife could move down to Level 2 restrictions this week
The president of the Canary Islands hopes that the island will be moved to Level 2 at Thursday’s Governing Council meeting…
Covid update: All data updated from the weekend, two islands with big spike
The biggest change is an obvious spike in Gran Canaria and Lanzarote, whereas Tenerife has stabilised the number of new cases, staying below 100 again…
