Another 52,000 doses of Moderna's vaccine arrive in Spain
The new Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, announced on Thursday that this new shipment was scheduled to arrive today…
Rectal swab tests for coronavirus have started in Spain
These test are proving to be more accurate that nasal or throat swab tests...
Covid update: Canaries finishes January with 233 new cases and 3 deaths
35,513 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the Canary Islands since the first case a year ago today... 113 people have died in January, the most in one month since the pandemic began... full stats here...
Today is a year since the first case of Coronavirus in Spain... in La Gomera
Here is a summary of the last year which will go down in history...
Covid update: Gran Canaria is now most infected Canary Island
La Gomera is the only island that is Covid free, which does have some irony as tomorrow it will be exactly a year since the first case of coronavirus was detected in Spain, a German doctor on holiday in La Gomera... full stats here...
VIDEO: This week’s news round up from the Canarian Weekly
Here's Sam with a news update for the Canary Islands this week...
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…
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
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...
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!
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
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
Failure to use indicators properly or exiting from the inside lane are the main infractions committed...
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
The desire to get a Covid vaccine has tripled in Spain in three months...
49 samples of the ‘British’ Covid strain detected in the Canary Islands
Results have come from 100 samples scientists suspected were a different strain collected between December 18th and January 18th...
Trafico prepares new rules to protect cyclists on roads
Motorists will have to drop to 20 km/h below the speed limit to pass cyclists... 2019 was the first year in Spanish history in which more pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists got killed in traffic accidents than those in cars...
Canaries leads vaccination in Spain by using sixth dose per vial from Pfizer
This means that the islands have used above 100% of the estimated dosage, in fact so far 105.5% of the doses that were delivered have been administered...
Tenerife is the only province in Spain where Covid cases are decreasing
The EU wants to isolate countries with an incident rate of more than 500, avoiding non-essential travel and proposes mandatory quarantine for all travellers from high-risk regions...
Government says all immigrants will have left hotels by mid-February
The Minister of Immigration has announced today that by the middle of next month all the migrant camps planned for the Canary Islands will have been completed and ready to use...
