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The Governing Council will decide today what restrictions will stay after Sunday
The Governing Council will decide today what restrictions will stay after Sunday

Experts are calling for the maintenance of anti-covid measures beyond the state of alarm...

Confusion over travel advice on UK Government website
Confusion over travel advice on UK Government website

The UK Government website still shows the Canary Islands separated from Spain...

All the Canary Islands are now at medium and low levels of risk of contagion
All the Canary Islands are now at medium and low levels of risk of contagion

Only Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and El Hierro have indicators in levels of high or very high risk...

Epidemiologists ask for 14-day quarantines for travellers from ‘risk’ countries
Epidemiologists ask for 14-day quarantines for travellers from ‘risk’ countries

There are currently 13 countries on Spain’s ‘red list’ for travel…

Canary Islands Government have the ‘tools’ to set restrictions after the state of alarm
Canary Islands Government have the ‘tools’ to set restrictions after the state of alarm

The Minister of Health confirms that they can still establish measures based on the 'Covid traffic lights'…

A cloudy Monday with rain forecast in Gran Canaria
A cloudy Monday with rain forecast in Gran Canaria

Temperatures will remain unchanged, but weak rains are expected in the north and east of Gran Canaria...

Spain extends border closures for non-EU nationals until May 31st
Spain extends border closures for non-EU nationals until May 31st

Citizens of countries outside of the Schengen area and EU may only enter for the essential reasons listed here…

Covid update: The Canary Islands add 148 cases and four deaths
Covid update: The Canary Islands add 148 cases and four deaths

The archipelago has 3,439 active cases today, and Gran Canaria falls below a thousand active cases…

ALERT LEVELS: Here is a review of each island after the Governing Council meeting
ALERT LEVELS: Here is a review of each island after the Governing Council meeting

Tenerife's data will be reviewed again on Tuesday to see if it is possible to ease restrictions, especially for hospitality...

Government changes limit to number of guests at weddings and celebrations
Government changes limit to number of guests at weddings and celebrations

They have modified some measures against Covid that affect celebrations, markets and fairs...

Gran Canaria drops to Level 2, Fuerteventura to Level 1, Tenerife stays in Level 3
Gran Canaria drops to Level 2, Fuerteventura to Level 1, Tenerife stays in Level 3

Tenerife’s data will be reassessed again on Tuesday (May 4th) and if trend is downwards, will be reduced to Level 2…

The UK is studying tourist travel to the Canaries and Balearic Islands in May
The UK is studying tourist travel to the Canaries and Balearic Islands in May

The UK Ambassador in Spain, Hugh Elliott, said in Palma this morning that they want this to happen…

SPAIN: ‘We will be ready to welcome back tourists en masse from June’
SPAIN: ‘We will be ready to welcome back tourists en masse from June’

This has been announced by Spain’s Secretary of State for Tourism at a travel and tourism conference...

Heavy rain expected in parts of Tenerife, La Palma and La Gomera today
Heavy rain expected in parts of Tenerife, La Palma and La Gomera today

In the north and east of these three islands, the intensity of up to 15 litres per square meter in an hour is forecast...

NHS app to be used as Covid passport for international travel from the UK
NHS app to be used as Covid passport for international travel from the UK

The UK transport secretary says he will soon set out details of which countries have made it on to a "green list"...

European Parliament wants free Covid tests to help travel in the EU
European Parliament wants free Covid tests to help travel in the EU

The European Parliament says that paying for tests is discriminatory when vaccines are free to citizens...

Canaries Government wants facility for extra measures when state of alarm ends
Canaries Government wants facility for extra measures when state of alarm ends

The Government wants the ability to impose a curfew and protocols for inter island travel after the state of alarm…

Ministry of Tourism doubt the Islands will be on the UK green list for travel
Ministry of Tourism doubt the Islands will be on the UK green list for travel

The Minister of Tourism for the Canary Islands says people need to be realistic as to why...

Turkey announces full lockdown until May 17th to halt Covid surge
Turkey announces full lockdown until May 17th to halt Covid surge

Turkeys stats for new cases and deaths are the 4th highest in the world...

17 found dead on Cayuco drifting southwest of El Hierro
17 found dead on Cayuco drifting southwest of El Hierro

Only three people have survived the ordeal and have been taken to Tenerife for treatment by helicopter...