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…
Ministry of Health: ‘Keep contact to a minimum to stop the third wave’
Salvador Illa: “We do NOT want to implement another national lockdown, so it is now up to citizens themselves to comply so that it is not necessary. There is no point having restrictions if people don’t follow them.”
Canaries Government wants the vaccination rate to increase in the islands
While the Ministry of Health considers the current percentage of immunized "satisfactory", the Government says it is a priority to press the accelerator of the antidote to close the passage of the virus...
Back to school for pupils in the Canary Islands
More than 324,000 students and 30,000 teachers will return to classes in the Canary Islands today...
Covid update: Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura have rebound of new cases
The Archipelago registered 263 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, so the total accumulated cases now rises to 29,631...
Filomena leaves the Canary Islands, but expect a showery Sunday
There are some spectacular photos showing the after effects of the storm, particularly on the peaks of the islands... full weather forecast here...
Covid update: Gran Canaria has more daily cases than Tenerife again
The Canary Islands provisionally confirmed 289 cases of Covid-19 yesterday...
Front-line health personnel will get vaccinated from Monday
The Canary Islands Health Service has trained 645 nurses who will be in charge of vaccinating during the first stage of vaccination...
