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Covid update: The Canaries registers 5 deaths and 140 new cases
Covid update: The Canaries registers 5 deaths and 140 new cases

102 of these new cases (73%) were in Tenerife. 22 cases are taken off Fuerteventura and added to Lanzarote…

El Hierro drops to Level 1, the rest of the islands stay the same
El Hierro drops to Level 1, the rest of the islands stay the same

Only Lanzarote has seen an increase in their incidence rate this week, but other indicators are good…

Canary Islands start vaccination of Group 9: people aged 50 to 59
Canary Islands start vaccination of Group 9: people aged 50 to 59

The SCS have started to make appointments with this age group in all of the islands…

TUI are ‘optimistic’ about rebound in European tourism
TUI are ‘optimistic’ about rebound in European tourism

TUI disappointed that Balearic and Canary Islands weren’t included on the UK green list…

Not in health system? Private health insurance? You can now get vaccinated!
Not in health system? Private health insurance? You can now get vaccinated!

If you only have private health insurance or an EU health card, you can now register and be vaccinated...

Hunt for Anna and Olivia Day 16: Father hired detectives to spy on girls mum
Hunt for Anna and Olivia Day 16: Father hired detectives to spy on girls mum

Police are starting to think that he is still in Tenerife...

Bars and restaurants can stay open until midnight from tomorrow
Bars and restaurants can stay open until midnight from tomorrow

Hospitality businesses can close at midnight from tomorrow on the islands at alert levels 1 and 2...

Covid update: 192 new cases today with spikes in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura
Covid update: 192 new cases today with spikes in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura

Screening of 2,700 people starts in Lanzarote because of an outbreak in a gym..

Janssen single dose vaccine is approved for people under the age of 60
Janssen single dose vaccine is approved for people under the age of 60

This vaccine will be used to help speed up inoculation of 50 to 59 year olds...

Hunt for Anna and Olivia Day 15: Southeast coastline being combed inch by inch
Hunt for Anna and Olivia Day 15: Southeast coastline being combed inch by inch

Police confirm that Gimeno returned to his parent’s house and to leave his dog there…

Germany removes quarantine for vaccinated travellers
Germany removes quarantine for vaccinated travellers

This means tourists don’t need to quarantine on their return home from holidays if they’ve been vaccinated...

The Canary Islands are planning to not to appeal the suspension of the curfew
The Canary Islands are planning to not to appeal the suspension of the curfew

This is what vice president of the Government of the Canary Islands, Román Rodríguez, said yesterday afternoon...

Over 60’s can be vaccinated this weekend without an appointment
Over 60’s can be vaccinated this weekend without an appointment

If you are over 60 years old, live in Tenerife or Gran Canaria, and have not been vaccinated, go to the centres this weekend...

Spain aim to lift travel ban for British tourists from May 20th
Spain aim to lift travel ban for British tourists from May 20th

Maroto says that British tourists could come as of May 20th and possibly without needing a PCR test...

Covid update: 122 new cases in the Canaries and 1 death of a 39 year old
Covid update: 122 new cases in the Canaries and 1 death of a 39 year old

Tenerife has the most cases again today with 77, Gran Canaria has 33, Lanzarote 7, and Fuerteventura has 4...

Hunt for Anna and Olivia Day 14: Woman claims to have seen them in Cadiz
Hunt for Anna and Olivia Day 14: Woman claims to have seen them in Cadiz

Police are following a lead where a woman claims to have seen the missing girls on a beach in Cádiz...

Covid outbreak at a gym in Lanzarote now has 52 people infected
Covid outbreak at a gym in Lanzarote now has 52 people infected

The Ministry of Health has decided to carry out screening among members and staff of the sports centre...

Torres: ‘Even though there is no curfew, there cannot be crowds’
Torres: ‘Even though there is no curfew, there cannot be crowds’

The president says that although the TSJC didn’t endorse the curfew, it has supported the ‘most important’ measure...

British man dies from stab wound whilst burgling a house in Adeje
British man dies from stab wound whilst burgling a house in Adeje

Three people have been arrested after confronting a burglar in their property in a complex in the south of Tenerife...

The Canary Islands Government has withdrawn the curfew from tonight
The Canary Islands Government has withdrawn the curfew from tonight

Hospitality and shops must still be closed at the same time governed by their alert level, nothing else has changed...