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Canary Islands records the two lowest temperatures in Spain
Canary Islands records the two lowest temperatures in Spain

The coldest temperature was -4.4ºC this morning… The polar front affecting the Archipelago until tomorrow has left hailstorms in relatively low points such as Tegueste or Santa Úrsula…

When can Lanzarote reduce its alert Level restrictions?
When can Lanzarote reduce its alert Level restrictions?

Here is an explanation of the parameters that the Ministry of Health uses to decide which alert Level the islands are in... for Lanzarote, the island is a long way from having it’s level reduced...

Gran Canaria Cabildo closing nine access roads to Aríñez because of snow
Gran Canaria Cabildo closing nine access roads to Aríñez because of snow

The roadblocks will be implemented as soon as it is confirmed that the snowfall has dropped to 1,400m the level of Aríñez, to prevent an ‘exodus’ of residents to the summit...

3.2 degree earthquake off the coast of Fasnia in Tenerife
3.2 degree earthquake off the coast of Fasnia in Tenerife

The tremor was at a depth of 31 kilometres in the sea...

Access roads to Teide are closed until Monday
Access roads to Teide are closed until Monday

The Cabildo has requested that residents do NOT head to Teide and respect the closures that are in place, and the reasons why they are in place...

Restrictions levels stay the same in all Islands for another week
Restrictions levels stay the same in all Islands for another week

The measures will be extended until February 15th on all islands with the next review on Thursday February 11th…

Aena charges 100% rent to airport shops and restaurants after no reduction agreement
Aena charges 100% rent to airport shops and restaurants after no reduction agreement

Aena has kept their word after offering two different proposals to help with payments, which were rejected as being "unaffordable" by tenants… Rental agreements are worth 1.2 billion euros a year in airports…

Active cases down, Incidence rate down, R rate down… are restrictions taking effect?
Active cases down, Incidence rate down, R rate down… are restrictions taking effect?

February has got off to a good start as far as the epidemiological data is concerned for the Canary Islands as a whole… full data here…

The Canary Islands exceed 100 outbreaks for the fourth week in a row
The Canary Islands exceed 100 outbreaks for the fourth week in a row

One of the outbreaks has seen 52 people get infected and over 200 isolated after a funeral in La Aldea in Gran Canaria, and forced the installation of a PCR test centre in the municipality…

Snow alert activated from 6pm tonight in Tenerife, La Palma and Gran Canaria
Snow alert activated from 6pm tonight in Tenerife, La Palma and Gran Canaria

It is forecast that there will be as much snow as Filomena brought last month, and could have a record amount in certain areas...

Man arrested in Gran Canaria for posting a ‘sex ad’ of his ex-girlfriend
Man arrested in Gran Canaria for posting a ‘sex ad’ of his ex-girlfriend

The victim reported him after receiving numerous calls to her mobile phone requesting sexual services...

Are vaccination passports the key to re-establishing travel and tourism?
Are vaccination passports the key to re-establishing travel and tourism?

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...

Hoteliers believe that Easter ‘may be a good time to get back to work’
Hoteliers believe that Easter ‘may be a good time to get back to work’

CEHAT say: "No wave has been caused by tourism and there have been no outbreaks attributable to any hotel facility"

Covid update: 231 new cases and 4 deaths in the Canary Islands today
Covid update: 231 new cases and 4 deaths in the Canary Islands today

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...

Gran Canaria has a new weekly air connection with Baltic countries
Gran Canaria has a new weekly air connection with Baltic countries

New weekly flight from Estonia started last Saturday...

Almost 10,000 people lost their jobs in January in the Canary Islands
Almost 10,000 people lost their jobs in January in the Canary Islands

There are currently 279,230 people unemployed in the Islands and 12,349 less contributors to Social Security when autonomos are taken into account...

Storm warnings for the north of the islands are in place from tomorrow
Storm warnings for the north of the islands are in place from tomorrow

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....

Will Gran Canaria move to Level 4 restrictions?
Will Gran Canaria move to Level 4 restrictions?

The head of Epidemiology for Public Health in the Canary Islands, Amós García Rojas, says that stabilising the situation is not enough, the number of cases has to come down... Lanzarote needs it’s IA14 to drop from almost 700 to below 250 before it c

VIDEO: Passenger head-butts cabin crew after refusing to wear mask on flight
VIDEO: Passenger head-butts cabin crew after refusing to wear mask on flight

The passenger, who was living in Tenerife, drank almost a bottle of vodka and head-butted a steward on a flight to Manchester after refusing to wear a mask… Watch the video here…

Covid update: The Canary Islands exceeds 200 new daily cases again
Covid update: The Canary Islands exceeds 200 new daily cases again

Gran Canaria continues to be the most infected with 123 new cases…. Tenerife has 45 and Lanzarote 32… full data here…