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Torres is confident of lowering restrictions on the islands this week

The president of the Canary Islands says that "we are in a key week in which the pandemic is improving in the Canary Islands"

Covid update: 185 new cases and 2 deaths, 85,412 people vaccinated

The Canary Islands will start on Group 4 of the Vaccination Plan with their first vaccine this week…

Burglar drops notebook with his name on it, in a house he was robbing!

On the small notepad was written "this notebook belongs to" followed by his name!

UK Government says NO to vaccine passports to enable travel

The Vaccine Minister says that if other countries require proof of vaccination, your GP has records... is this practical? Are ‘vaccination passports’ a good idea?

A cloudy but dry Monday in the Canary Islands

Temperatures will rise in the main four islands as the polar front has left the archipelago...

Covid update: Contagions drop 40% in Lanzarote and 14% in Gran Canaria in the last week

Although cases have decreased, the pressure on hospitals has increased in both islands... Ministry of Health reported 189 infections and two deaths today...

FAKE NEWS: Social media ‘challenge’ NOT responsible for missing teens

SOS Desaparecidos have said: "The challenge is a hoax. The disappearances of these teenagers is a social problem, not a social media problem"

Covid update: 191 new cases, 3 deaths and almost 80,000 vaccinated

The fatalities are an 86-year-old woman in Gran Canaria and two 58 and 88-year-old men in Fuerteventura...

Repatriation flight plan for migrants is underway

The Ministry of Migration has confirmed that there are four weekly flights to Morocco, and soon there will be some to Mauritania and Senegal...

Canary Islands could have 70% vaccinated in 3 months and 21 days

The Islands have the facility to administer 30,000 doses a day, but need the guarantee of supply…

Torres: the peak of infections has been surpassed in the Canary Islands

The president asks citizens to remain cautious and follow guidelines saying "We must maintain the restrictions; we don’t want a rebound in cases"

Canary Islands records the two lowest temperatures in Spain

The coldest temperature was -4.4ºC this morning… The polar front affecting the Archipelago until tomorrow has left hailstorms in relatively low points such as Tegueste or Santa Úrsula…

Restrictions levels stay the same in all Islands for another week

The measures will be extended until February 15th on all islands with the next review on Thursday February 11th…

Active cases down, Incidence rate down, R rate down… are restrictions taking effect?

February has got off to a good start as far as the epidemiological data is concerned for the Canary Islands as a whole… full data here…

Snow alert activated from 6pm tonight in Tenerife, La Palma and Gran Canaria

It is forecast that there will be as much snow as Filomena brought last month, and could have a record amount in certain areas...

Are vaccination passports the key to re-establishing travel and tourism?

Spain plans to establish ‘vaccination certificate’ to recover tourism sector... AstraZeneca’s announcement that their vaccine reduces transmission by 67% supports countries request for a vaccine passport...

Covid update: 231 new cases and 4 deaths in the Canary Islands today

More than 36,000 people have now tested positive for the virus since the pandemic began... Tenerife now has less than 3,000 active cases... full data here...

Storm warnings for the north of the islands are in place from tomorrow

Weather warnings have been activated from tomorrow in all islands, except Lanzarote, as winds, rain, storms, and a drop in temperatures of up to 12 degrees is expected in some areas....