The Health Service expects Tenerife and Gran Canaria to stay at Level 3

The director of the Canary Islands Health Service (SCS), Conrado Domínguez, said this morning in a radio interview that he believes there will be no change in levels or restrictions for the islands of Gran Canaria and Tenerife due to their high rates of infection, but there is ‘absolutely no chance’ that they will go down to Level 2 after the Governing Council later this afternoon.

Domínguez explained that with the number of cases registered in both capital islands, it seems unlikely that they will change their level "in the short term," and that the restrictive measures imposed will still be in effect for the next week.

"In that time we hope to be able to reduce daily contacts, which is what will allow the phase to change." He took the opportunity to appeal once again to individual responsibility and to comply with the rules to end the pandemic, since it is “social and family gatherings that continue to generate the most positive cases.”

The director of the SCS explained that his department is reviewing all the data to see "where the outbreaks are mostly occurring in case any new additional measures should be applied to contain them. We must continue working to lower the accumulated incidence over 7 days (IA7) to reduce the current pressure on hospitals and to promote the reactivation of tourism in the Canary Islands."

The announcements of any alert level changes for all the islands will be after the Governing Council meeting this afternoon.