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The SCS have started preparing the campaign for the 4th dose of Covid vaccines
The SCS have started preparing the campaign for the 4th dose of Covid vaccines

Everyone over 60 years old will get the fourth jab from September...

21 deaths from Covid since Friday, a record number in the seventh wave
21 deaths from Covid since Friday, a record number in the seventh wave

July is already the third month with the most registered deaths from the pandemic, even though new cases fall sharply...

The WHO advocates wearing masks indoors: ‘COVID cases have tripled in Europe’
The WHO advocates wearing masks indoors: ‘COVID cases have tripled in Europe’

They warn of a ‘complicated’ autumn and winter as social gatherings move indoors when colder weather comes...

Hospitalizations for Covid have grown by 14.8% in the Canary Islands in the last week
Hospitalizations for Covid have grown by 14.8% in the Canary Islands in the last week

There are 11 more patients in intensive care since last Tuesday and 21 deaths have been reported in the last 7 days…

Covid update: the 7-day incidence rate drops significantly
Covid update: the 7-day incidence rate drops significantly

The Canary Islands have added 12 deaths and almost 1,400 new infections in people over 60 since last Friday...

The Canaries doubles infections has ICUs on alert and 120 deaths since June
The Canaries doubles infections has ICUs on alert and 120 deaths since June

Health experts are saying “We are living with the virus more for economic reasons than for health reasons”

Brits face new rules in Spain if they test positive for Covid while on holiday
Brits face new rules in Spain if they test positive for Covid while on holiday

The FCO is advising of new rules if you have symptoms or test positive including wearing a face mask in public...

Covid update: Gran Canaria rises to alert level 3 for risk of infection
Covid update: Gran Canaria rises to alert level 3 for risk of infection

Head Virologist, Luis Enjuanes, is asking for restrictions to be brought back, saying: "We are undervaluing the virus, it’s crazy"

New campaign to encourage vaccination as cases and incidence are still rising
New campaign to encourage vaccination as cases and incidence are still rising

The Ministry of Health insists that vaccination is still the best defence against getting seriously ill from SARS-CoV-2…

Covid update: 16 more deaths in the last 4 days, 52 so far in July
Covid update: 16 more deaths in the last 4 days, 52 so far in July

There have been 2,027 new cases since Friday in the over 60s and 8,155 in the last two weeks as the virus continues to spread...

Temperatures will top 40°C again this Monday as heat wave continues
Temperatures will top 40°C again this Monday as heat wave continues

The Emergency Services have issued advice and recommendations to avoid or treat sunstroke...

Latest Covid report reveals 2,364 new cases and 14 deaths in 3 days
Latest Covid report reveals 2,364 new cases and 14 deaths in 3 days

Many of you are quick to comment about us updating these figures, normally quite offensively, here is why...

Tenerife joins Gran Canaria at Alert Level 2 due to the risk of Covid
Tenerife joins Gran Canaria at Alert Level 2 due to the risk of Covid

These are NOT the same levels as the ones for restrictions and don’t have any effect on capacities, closing times, or group sizes…

Sales of Covid antigen tests have tripled as infections continue to increase
Sales of Covid antigen tests have tripled as infections continue to increase

This is due to the greater contagiousness of the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron variants, not only in the over 60s...

Five Canary Islands now have incidence rates at ‘high risk’ for Covid
Five Canary Islands now have incidence rates at ‘high risk’ for Covid

Gran Canaria is the island where is rebounding the most at the moment, and has hospital occupancy at high risk also...

The Canary Islands do not rule out reintroducing the use of masks indoors
The Canary Islands do not rule out reintroducing the use of masks indoors

They are also urging people to get vaccinated saying: “Lack of data is no longer an argument against vaccination”...

Ministry of Health recommend more use of masks and booster due to increase in Covid
Ministry of Health recommend more use of masks and booster due to increase in Covid

1,881 new cases and 12 deaths in the last 3 days in the Canary Islands…

Government: We will reintroduce restrictions if rise in infections impacts ICU's and mortality rate
Government: We will reintroduce restrictions if rise in infections impacts ICU's and mortality rate

Gran Canaria now has Covid incidence at high risk and Health expects Tenerife, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote to follow…

The DGT have listed illnesses that prevent you renewing your driving licence
The DGT have listed illnesses that prevent you renewing your driving licence

Here is the full list of conditions that prevent driving, or getting a licence for a reduced period of time before another medical…

Spain is entering 7th wave of Covid but virus now affects people differently
Spain is entering 7th wave of Covid but virus now affects people differently

New Covid variants worsen current illnesses and don’t give patients pneumonia...