Spain plans to establish ‘vaccination certificate’ to recover tourism sector... AstraZeneca’s announcement that their vaccine reduces transmission by 67% supports countries request for a vaccine passport...
More than 36,000 people have now tested positive for the virus since the pandemic began... Tenerife now has less than 3,000 active cases... full data here...
Weather warnings have been activated from tomorrow in all islands, except Lanzarote, as winds, rain, storms, and a drop in temperatures of up to 12 degrees is expected in some areas....
Gran Canaria continues to be the most infected with 123 new cases…. Tenerife has 45 and Lanzarote 32… full data here…
Under new regulations, people who are caught heading abroad for non-essential reasons are set to face 500 euro fines...
Despite this increase, arrivals to the archipelago have continued on a downward trend in recent weeks...
The Minister of Health has asked Regional Governments to increase restrictions as the downward trend of the virus is not quick enough…
Let’s hope that February shows signs of positive news to come… Active cases have dropped as there were 391 medical discharges today, and no deaths reported by the Ministry of Health… full stats here…
The new Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, announced on Thursday that this new shipment was scheduled to arrive today…
These test are proving to be more accurate that nasal or throat swab tests...
35,513 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the Canary Islands since the first case a year ago today... 113 people have died in January, the most in one month since the pandemic began... full stats here...
Here is a summary of the last year which will go down in history...
La Gomera is the only island that is Covid free, which does have some irony as tomorrow it will be exactly a year since the first case of coronavirus was detected in Spain, a German doctor on holiday in La Gomera... full stats here...
Here's Sam with a news update for the Canary Islands this week...
Gran Canaria now only has two active cases less than Tenerife after 213 new cases were detected in the last 24 hours… Tenerife’s numbers continue to drop with 224 people discharged today… full data here…
Team sports are now permitted at Levels 1 and 2, regardless of whether the number of participants exceeds ten people...
This means that still 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...
Skies will be clear, winds will be light, no rain is predicted... it’s definitely beach weather to end January with!
The Association of the Canarian Music Industry wants to be included in the direct aid that is being decreed for hospitality and tourism, saying that entertainment has been just as hard hit by the pandemic…
There are 877 associated cases, of which 25 have required hospital admission, and two people have died from these outbreaks...
