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A Saharan heatwave is coming to the Canaries this weekend
A Saharan heatwave is coming to the Canaries this weekend

Weather and forest fire warnings have been activated from Sunday with temperatures up to 34 degrees...

Covid update: 539 new cases, another record number of infections in one day
Covid update: 539 new cases, another record number of infections in one day

Here is an insight to hospital levels, incidence rates in different age groups, and other indicators apart from number of cases…

Adeje is closing all beaches and parks at 8pm to stop Covid-19 infections
Adeje is closing all beaches and parks at 8pm to stop Covid-19 infections

The City Council will carry out surveillance in areas of high concentration of people to avoid gatherings and illegal meetings…

Germany places all of Spain including the Canary Islands on its ‘risk list’ for travel
Germany places all of Spain including the Canary Islands on its ‘risk list’ for travel

The Canary Islands were not on their risk list before, but are from today due to the increase in infections…

More than 2 million vaccines have now been administered in the Canary Islands
More than 2 million vaccines have now been administered in the Canary Islands

There are vaccinations available this Sunday in Gran Canaria and Tenerife without an appointment, details here...

UK travel announcement does NOT include expats living abroad
UK travel announcement does NOT include expats living abroad

Flight bookings surge in UK after change to Covid travel list...

Restrictions for reinforced Level 3 in Tenerife explained
Restrictions for reinforced Level 3 in Tenerife explained

The new regulations take effect from midnight on Saturday night, here they are in more detail...

Gran Canaria goes up to Level 2 and Tenerife will have Level 3 with extra restrictions
Gran Canaria goes up to Level 2 and Tenerife will have Level 3 with extra restrictions

The Government is requesting a ‘limitation of movement’ at night between 00:30h and 06:00h, a curfew...

Covid update: Canaries registers highest ever total of new cases with 513 in one day
Covid update: Canaries registers highest ever total of new cases with 513 in one day

Tenerife has 299 cases today, Gran Canaria 143, Fuerteventura 29, just 2 in Lanzarote, but 39 in La Palma…

Eleven municipalities in Tenerife have a very high risk of incidence due to COVID
Eleven municipalities in Tenerife have a very high risk of incidence due to COVID

It is now more important for tourism than ever that we stop the spread of the virus before July 19th…

OFFICIAL: No quarantine for vaccinated British tourists from amber list countries from July 19th
OFFICIAL: No quarantine for vaccinated British tourists from amber list countries from July 19th

Grant Shapps has made the announcement this morning in the House of Commons...

The Governing Council will review alert levels for the islands this afternoon
The Governing Council will review alert levels for the islands this afternoon

Gran Canaria data has increased to the point they could be moved back into Level 2...

COVID IN TENERIFE: ‘Level 4 restrictions will not stop young people meeting’
COVID IN TENERIFE: ‘Level 4 restrictions will not stop young people meeting’

Antonio Sierra, one of the Government advisors, says that the virus is spreading due to overconfidence...

An earthquake of 3.1 magnitude detected off the coast of Tenerife yesterday
An earthquake of 3.1 magnitude detected off the coast of Tenerife yesterday

A series of seismic activity has been recorded between Tenerife and Gran Canaria over the last 10 days...

Tenerife launches the largest ‘smart promotion’ tourism campaign in its history
Tenerife launches the largest ‘smart promotion’ tourism campaign in its history

The island is aiming to capture a more diverse range of travellers who maybe haven’t been to the island before...

The TSJC justifies the opening of interiors of the hospitality industry in Tenerife
The TSJC justifies the opening of interiors of the hospitality industry in Tenerife

The court says “What about the interiors of gyms, casinos, cinema, theatres, shopping centres, etc, why aren’t they closed?

Covid update: 353 new cases, 187 in Tenerife, 130 in Gran Canaria
Covid update: 353 new cases, 187 in Tenerife, 130 in Gran Canaria

It’s the first time in a week that Tenerife has less than 200 daily cases; is Gran Canaria seeing a spike in the Delta variant?

We need the 20-29 year olds to get vaccinated to reach herd immunity
We need the 20-29 year olds to get vaccinated to reach herd immunity

Only a fraction of them have registered for a vaccination appointment, the SCS says: "We need them to as soon as possible"…

The Canaries are on a ‘tourism tightrope’ with current epidemiological situation
The Canaries are on a ‘tourism tightrope’ with current epidemiological situation

The main concern is that when the UK ‘opens’, the islands will be moved from their amber to red list...

UGT wants testing on beaches in Tenerife so that people take part
UGT wants testing on beaches in Tenerife so that people take part

He said that if people don’t respond quickly, the only option will be Level 4 restrictions…