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Covid update: Active cases in the Canaries are the lowest since 15th December
Covid update: Active cases in the Canaries are the lowest since 15th December

The islands registered 172 new cases and five deaths today... over 41,000 people have now had the virus....

Canary Islands is confident of tourist reactivation with the 'health passport'
Canary Islands is confident of tourist reactivation with the 'health passport'

Spain is demanding that the new Digital Green Pass is implemented and active before summer...

ALERT LEVELS: Lanzarote drops from 4 to 3, all others stay the same
ALERT LEVELS: Lanzarote drops from 4 to 3, all others stay the same

Level 1 now has a curfew imposed midnight to 6am, and bars and restaurants must now close by then...

Covid update: Only 115 new cases throughout the islands
Covid update: Only 115 new cases throughout the islands

Lanzarote has no new cases today, there were 53 in Gran Canaria, 51 in Tenerife and 10 in Fuerteventura…

EU finalizes 'Covid passport' that allows travel with vaccination or negative test
EU finalizes 'Covid passport' that allows travel with vaccination or negative test

A ‘Digital Green Pass’ is being developed that will allow travel around Europe either with vaccination or testing…

VIDEO: The latest news round up from the Canarian Weekly
VIDEO: The latest news round up from the Canarian Weekly

Here's Sam with the latest news update from the Canary Islands...

Covid update: February finishes with 140 new cases and 3 deaths
Covid update: February finishes with 140 new cases and 3 deaths

Data points to a change for Lanzarote down to Level 3, but an increase for Fuerteventura back to Level 2...

Torres: Epidemiological figures decide alert levels not politicians
Torres: Epidemiological figures decide alert levels not politicians

The Canaries president says that "The Canary Islands are on the right track in the fight against Covid-19"...

Spain aims to coordinate reactivation of tourism with the UK roadmap
Spain aims to coordinate reactivation of tourism with the UK roadmap

Vaccination passports will be seen as an option to PCR tests for travel, not a replacement...

Covid update: 148 new cases today, 47% of them in Tenerife
Covid update: 148 new cases today, 47% of them in Tenerife

One Covid-related death has been reported today, of a crew member of the oceanographic research vessel 'Hespérides'...

Spain updates vaccination groups for people down to the age of 45
Spain updates vaccination groups for people down to the age of 45

The Ministry of Health will start vaccinating people by age group as soon as essential workers are done...

The Canary Islands ask for state regulations to avoid Covid spike at Easter
The Canary Islands ask for state regulations to avoid Covid spike at Easter

Torres voiced his concerns because whenever there is a period of holidays or a celebration we take a step backwards…

Covid update: Incidence rates continue to increase with 212 new cases today
Covid update: Incidence rates continue to increase with 212 new cases today

The pandemic is not over yet, three of the four main tourist islands have incidence rates over 50…

All Islands keep same alert level until March 4th, except Tenerife
All Islands keep same alert level until March 4th, except Tenerife

This was announced today due to the increases in incidence rates since last week...

Covid update: Canaries registers 166 new cases and 2 deaths in the last 24 hours
Covid update: Canaries registers 166 new cases and 2 deaths in the last 24 hours

Tenerife registers 61 new infections compared to 71 from Gran Canaria, but Fuerteventura rebounds with 22 new cases…

Canaries extends requirement of a negative to national travellers until after Easter
Canaries extends requirement of a negative to national travellers until after Easter

Between December 18th and February 23rd, 402 positive cases were detected among travellers to the Canary Islands from other regions of Spain…

A new front is bringing rain and strong winds to the Canary Islands
A new front is bringing rain and strong winds to the Canary Islands

AEMET has activated a yellow warning for winds expected to exceed 80 km/h…

The Government is preparing a proposal of restrictions for Easter
The Government is preparing a proposal of restrictions for Easter

It is crucial to avoid a spike in cases or a 4th wave of the virus at Easter if we are going to be on track with other countries to lifting restrictions altogether…

More than 125,000 vaccine doses have been administered in the Canary Islands
More than 125,000 vaccine doses have been administered in the Canary Islands

So far only 3.82% of target population have had two doses...

The Canary Islands add 96 new outbreaks with 634 people affected and one dead
The Canary Islands add 96 new outbreaks with 634 people affected and one dead

48 of the new outbreaks were in Gran Canaria, 44 in Tenerife, two in El Hierro, one in Fuerteventura and one in La Palma…