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Covid testing centres are going in five Canary Island airports
Covid testing centres are going in five Canary Island airports

Aena has awarded space for the Covid test centres in departure areas of five Canary Islands airports… The contract is for 6 months with the possibility of extension until December 31st 2021…

Covid update: 363 new cases, Gran Canaria is spiralling with 213 today
Covid update: 363 new cases, Gran Canaria is spiralling with 213 today

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…

La Laguna camp will receive migrants from hotels in Gran Canaria
La Laguna camp will receive migrants from hotels in Gran Canaria

The camp set up in the Las Raices barracks will start to receive people next week...

Gran Canaria remains at alert Level 3 and Lanzarote at Level 4 for another week
Gran Canaria remains at alert Level 3 and Lanzarote at Level 4 for another week

Team sports are now permitted at Levels 1 and 2, regardless of whether the number of participants exceeds ten people...

Spain extends travel ban on UK arrivals until February 16th
Spain extends travel ban on UK arrivals until February 16th

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...

British tourists will ‘pour back in to Spain’ when they are allowed too
British tourists will ‘pour back in to Spain’ when they are allowed too

The director of the Spanish Tourism Office in London believes that "recovery will be quicker than people are predicting"...

A hot and hazy end to January in the Canary Islands
A hot and hazy end to January in the Canary Islands

Skies will be clear, winds will be light, no rain is predicted... it’s definitely beach weather to end January with!

Brits now need permission from Ministry of Defence to buy property in the Canaries
Brits now need permission from Ministry of Defence to buy property in the Canaries

Britons status as ‘third country foreigners’ after Brexit means they need prior military authorization as the Canary Islands are areas of interest for national defence…

Covid update: Canaries adds another 329 new cases and four deaths
Covid update: Canaries adds another 329 new cases and four deaths

The were also 418 medical discharges today, 317 of them in Tenerife… full data here…

Music industry wants direct aid from the Canary Islands Government
Music industry wants direct aid from the Canary Islands Government

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…

138 new coronavirus outbreaks in the Canaries in the last week
138 new coronavirus outbreaks in the Canaries in the last week

There are 877 associated cases, of which 25 have required hospital admission, and two people have died from these outbreaks...

New study shows 80% of drivers can’t use roundabouts properly
New study shows 80% of drivers can’t use roundabouts properly

Failure to use indicators properly or exiting from the inside lane are the main infractions committed...

Gran Canaria warehouse fire destroys 12 vehicles
Gran Canaria warehouse fire destroys 12 vehicles

Fire-fighters have put the fire out after a 10 hour battle with the blaze...

Tenerife is recognised as the first Whale Heritage Site in Europe
Tenerife is recognised as the first Whale Heritage Site in Europe

Tenerife is only the 3rd place in the world to receive this distinction... this puts the Canary Islands on the world map for whale and dolphin conservation...

Covid update: Canaries exceed 34,000 infections by adding 337 new cases
Covid update: Canaries exceed 34,000 infections by adding 337 new cases

Gran Canaria registers another death that brings the total to 512 fatalities since the start of the pandemic... full data here...

60% of Spaniards would get vaccinated tomorrow if they could
60% of Spaniards would get vaccinated tomorrow if they could

The desire to get a Covid vaccine has tripled in Spain in three months...

Is this the end of the road for the Mayor of Arona?
Is this the end of the road for the Mayor of Arona?

Expectation is growing in Arona before the plenary session tomorrow which will decide the future of Mena...

Norwegian tourist arrested at airport after trashing hotel room
Norwegian tourist arrested at airport after trashing hotel room

The hotel called the police after finding out he had left the hotel and gone to the airport to leave the island...

52,000 new jobs expected in next two years with full recovery by end of 2022
52,000 new jobs expected in next two years with full recovery by end of 2022

The Canary Islands will create 52,000 jobs between this year and next, and will recover to pre-Covid levels in 2022...

Latest updates for TUI, easyJet, Ryanair and Jet2 as UK restrictions ramp up
Latest updates for TUI, easyJet, Ryanair and Jet2 as UK restrictions ramp up

Airlines have been forced to cancel and amend itineraries in recent weeks amid increased travel restrictions... here are the latest updates for Ryanair, TUI, easyJet and Jet2...