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Backlash at Government decision to move Tenerife to Level 3
Backlash at Government decision to move Tenerife to Level 3

The mayor of Santa Cruz has offered legal services to hospitality businesses who want to take legal action against the Government...

Ministry of Health reveals conditions of changes to mask rules
Ministry of Health reveals conditions of changes to mask rules

The Canary Islands have said they either want it depending on alert level or when 50% of population have been fully vaccinated...

Tenerife moves back to Level 3 – bar and restaurant interiors to close again
Tenerife moves back to Level 3 – bar and restaurant interiors to close again

This is due to the bad evolution of the pandemic across the island in the last few weeks...

32 kilos of cocaine found in the spare wheel of a lorry from Fuerteventura
32 kilos of cocaine found in the spare wheel of a lorry from Fuerteventura

Four people have been arrested, two of whom have been imprisoned for drug trafficking…

Covid update: Upward trend continues with 184 new cases
Covid update: Upward trend continues with 184 new cases

Cases have increased across the island of Tenerife with 140 new infections, Lanzarote has 21, Gran Canaria 15, and Fuerteventura 9…

80% of people in their 50s have now had at least one vaccine
80% of people in their 50s have now had at least one vaccine

The SCS vaccination teams administered over 35,000 vaccines yesterday, and 55% of population have now had one jab…

Tenerife Level 3: ‘This would cause final closure of lots of hospitality businesses’
Tenerife Level 3: ‘This would cause final closure of lots of hospitality businesses’

It’s accepted that restaurants are respecting the rules, but are all bars?

Torres does not rule out moving Tenerife to Level 3
Torres does not rule out moving Tenerife to Level 3

He said that the island will need good data for at least five days in a row to avoid it, because that is what sets the trend...

New mobile app now launched for Covid certificate to travel in Europe
New mobile app now launched for Covid certificate to travel in Europe

The EU Digital Covid Certificate is the official document needed to travel freely around Europe after July 1st if vaccinated...

UK working on a plan to allow fully vaccinated travellers without quarantine
UK working on a plan to allow fully vaccinated travellers without quarantine

14 countries have been highlighted that could be added to the green list for travel this week...

The Government decides today how to stop the escalation of infections in Tenerife
The Government decides today how to stop the escalation of infections in Tenerife

The Tenerife Cabildo asks that the island does not rise to Level 3 even though incidence rates are high...

Covid update: 193 new cases today, 151 of them in Tenerife
Covid update: 193 new cases today, 151 of them in Tenerife

Tenerife has 8 times more cases today than Gran Canaria who had 18, with 13 in Fuerteventura, and 10 in Lanzarote …

The Ángeles Alvariño expands its search area looking for Tomas Gimeno
The Ángeles Alvariño expands its search area looking for Tomas Gimeno

The boat has moved further away from the coast to try to find their bodies, following the clues on his mobile signal…

The Governing Council is meeting Wednesday to decide extra restrictions for Tenerife
The Governing Council is meeting Wednesday to decide extra restrictions for Tenerife

The island is not expected to go to Level 3, but masks could still be mandatory outdoors...

The CTC demands increased restrictions and fines to contain Covid in Tenerife
The CTC demands increased restrictions and fines to contain Covid in Tenerife

They want more police intervention and a "substantial" increase in sanctions for non-compliance with Covid measures...

Santa Cruz wants to continue enforcing wearing masks outdoors
Santa Cruz wants to continue enforcing wearing masks outdoors

The mayor, José Manuel Bermúdez, says they will still enforce masks regardless of what Pedro Sanchez says…

Covid update: 187 new cases and 2 deaths in the Canary Islands
Covid update: 187 new cases and 2 deaths in the Canary Islands

Tenerife has 152 new cases today, with 25 in Gran Canaria, 8 in Lanzarote, and 2 in Fuerteventura…

Where will masks still have to be worn from June 26th?
Where will masks still have to be worn from June 26th?

There will be exceptions and conditions... will it only be in certain alert levels? What about in shopping centres?

Two ‘immigration mafia’ bosses running boats to the Canary Islands are arrested
Two ‘immigration mafia’ bosses running boats to the Canary Islands are arrested

They captured people in vulnerable situations to offer them an exit to the Spanish coasts at 2,000 euros per person...

The Canaries demand incentives from the State to recover air connectivity
The Canaries demand incentives from the State to recover air connectivity

They warn that the islands will be at a disadvantage compared to competing destinations when tourism is activated...