Deja Vu... Carnival Monday will see another calima come to Canaries
Last year the calima came on the same two days, which along with Covid, lead the Carnival to be cancelled on Health grounds...
Covid update: 259 new cases and four more deaths in the Canary Islands
Over 38,000 people have now been infected since the pandemic began... full stats here...
Government gets stricter on entertainment in new restrictions
"Music or events that encourage you to dance or sing" are now prohibited in Tenerife during Carnival period... These measures are intended for hospitality venues, including bars, restaurants, and terraces...
OFFICIAL: New measures for ‘Carnival period’ are printed in the BOC
Limitations are targeted at group size and curfew to prevent social gatherings and stop a spike in numbers that was seen over Christmas... full details here...
Tenerife goes to alert Level 1... with restrictions!
The rest of the islands will remain the same… BUT, curfew is 10pm to 6am for ALL islands during Carnival period!
Covid update: 199 new cases, 93 in Gran Canaria, 57 in Tenerife, 40 in Lanzarote
550 people have now died from Covid related deaths since the pandemic began...
Canary Islands has had 113 new outbreaks with 718 people affected this week
From these outbreaks, 40 people have needed hospital admission, and two have died…
Germany extends lockdown for three more weeks
Government are happy that restrictions are working, despite having reached 2.3 million infections...
Covid update: New cases exceed 200 again for first time in a week
Tomorrow is the weekly Governing Council meeting, which reviews the data every Thursday to assess the alert Level for each island…
Military, police, and teachers will be the next to be vaccinated against Covid
New groups have been defined which will be vaccinated with the AstraZeneca vaccine, as reported by the Ministry of Health
The oldest person in Europe is 116 years old and has overcome Covid
She has lived through two world wars, the Spanish flu and now Coronavirus!
Experts want alerts levels to stay the same for all islands
They say that: “It is very easy to increase infections, but every 2 weeks we have an increase, costs us 6 weeks to recover”
Covid update: 174 new cases, 90 in Gran Canaria and 51 in Tenerife
The R rate is now at 0.87 the lowest since last summer… full data here…
6 simple and practical tips to help you become a more skilled golfer
Here are six simple and practical tips you can try out today to improve your game…
Parents arrested as 11 month old baby tests positive for cocaine
The 26 month old mother tested positive for cocaine during the final weeks of her pregnancy...
Torres is confident of lowering restrictions on the islands this week
The president of the Canary Islands says that "we are in a key week in which the pandemic is improving in the Canary Islands"
