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Misinterpretation of rules means people aren’t wearing masks
Misinterpretation of rules means people aren’t wearing masks

Here is a clarification of the situations when you have to, and don’t have to, wear masks outdoors...

Front line Canarian health workers believe that the Government has acted too late
Front line Canarian health workers believe that the Government has acted too late

Hospitals and staff are under extreme pressure due to the increase in cases with the Omicron variant...

Merry Christmas La Palma, the eruption is officially over
Merry Christmas La Palma, the eruption is officially over

The Cumbre Vieja volcano measures 1,100 metres high and has six visible craters...

Covid update: The Canary Islands start Christmas with 3,122 new cases
Covid update: The Canary Islands start Christmas with 3,122 new cases

Vaccination centres are open on Christmas Day and Boxing Day for those who are eligible to go without an appointment…

The TSJC endorses the mandatory use of the COVID certificate in the Canary Islands
The TSJC endorses the mandatory use of the COVID certificate in the Canary Islands

Until now it has been voluntary but due to the increase in infections it has agreed to make it mandatory…

Christmas Eve weather: Sunny spells during the day and rain forecast tonight
Christmas Eve weather: Sunny spells during the day and rain forecast tonight

Here is the weather forecast in the Canary Islands from Aemet for today...

Tenerife stays at Level 3
Tenerife stays at Level 3

Apart from La Gomera that goes up to Level 2, all the other islands stay as they are…

Covid update: 2,957 new cases and 8 deaths the day before Christmas Eve
Covid update: 2,957 new cases and 8 deaths the day before Christmas Eve

Tenerife has the most new infections with 1,855 (62.7%), Gran Canaria has 766, Lanzarote has 161, and Fuerteventura has 84…

SCS: Tenerife is heading to alert Level 4 due to Covid infections
SCS: Tenerife is heading to alert Level 4 due to Covid infections

The director of the Canarian Health Service says that we will exceed 3,000 new cases very shortly…

Can I or should I come on holiday to the Canary Islands? What are the restrictions?
Can I or should I come on holiday to the Canary Islands? What are the restrictions?

We are being asked these questions by hundreds of you every day, so here are the facts so you can make your own decision...

There are exceptions to the new mandatory use of masks outdoors
There are exceptions to the new mandatory use of masks outdoors

Here are the four situations where masks don’t have to be worn when new ruling comes in tomorrow…

RyanAir cancels 27 routes with the Canary Islands during January
RyanAir cancels 27 routes with the Canary Islands during January

The company says this is due to the high incidence of the pandemic and the new restrictions in the UK and Spain...

The mandatory use of masks outdoors is coming back in Spain
The mandatory use of masks outdoors is coming back in Spain

The Council of Ministers will approve it tomorrow and it will come into effect when published in the BOE...

Covid update: New cases continue to increase with 2,670 in the Canaries today
Covid update: New cases continue to increase with 2,670 in the Canaries today

Of the new cases 1,736 are in Tenerife, 662 are in Gran Canaria, 121 are in Lanzarote, and 84 are in Fuerteventura...

Wales introduces new measures in hospitality to curb spread of Omicron
Wales introduces new measures in hospitality to curb spread of Omicron

First Minister Mark Drakeford, announced the new measures today saying that we have to go on protecting ourselves…

The Canary Islands asks for mask outdoors and ability to impose a curfew
The Canary Islands asks for mask outdoors and ability to impose a curfew

The president of the Canary Islands, Ángel Víctor Torres, is going to request these at today’s Conference of Presidents…

Quirónsalud Tenerife now has the most advanced diagnostics for prostate cancer
Quirónsalud Tenerife now has the most advanced diagnostics for prostate cancer

The hospital has acquired the first micro-ultrasound scanner in the Canary Islands...

EU rule that the Covid Certificate for travel will expire after 270 days
EU rule that the Covid Certificate for travel will expire after 270 days

If you decide not to have a booster, it will expire from date of last jab...

Vaccinated people who come in contact with an infected person will not have to quarantine
Vaccinated people who come in contact with an infected person will not have to quarantine

They will be allowed out for essential activities and testing is recommended...

Canaries requests Covid certificate whereas Catalunya asks courts for curfew
Canaries requests Covid certificate whereas Catalunya asks courts for curfew

From Friday they want to close nightlife and impose a 1am to 6am curfew over Christmas and the New Year…