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Four people arrested after 48 kilos of drugs found in boot of rent-a-car
Four people arrested after 48 kilos of drugs found in boot of rent-a-car

Two men and two women, aged between 19 and 34, have been arrested in Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura...

Compulsory vaccination for everyone over 18 is legalised in Austria
Compulsory vaccination for everyone over 18 is legalised in Austria

The country is experiencing a peak of infections with 33,000 new case a day during the last week...

Covid update: The Canaries add 1,147 new cases and three deaths today
Covid update: The Canaries add 1,147 new cases and three deaths today

Yesterday the SCS started vaccination of 5 to 11 years old at schools with the Vacuna Buses in Tenerife and Gran Canaria...

Air quality in the Canary Islands will worsen due to the intense haze
Air quality in the Canary Islands will worsen due to the intense haze

Aemet warns that dust levels could exceed 100 micrograms per cubic metre, and the weather will remain dry and stable...

Bars and nightclubs can stay open later in Levels 3 and 4 with the Covid Certificate
Bars and nightclubs can stay open later in Levels 3 and 4 with the Covid Certificate

The Government says they are starting a ‘progressive de-escalation’ of restrictions that data allows...

187 people in four inflatable boats intercepted by Gran Canaria and Lanzarote
187 people in four inflatable boats intercepted by Gran Canaria and Lanzarote

Among the people rescued were 27 women and 15 children...

Covid update: Data continues to drop, but the deaths continue at a high rate
Covid update: Data continues to drop, but the deaths continue at a high rate

There were 1,476 new cases today and 11 deaths reported by the Ministry of Health…

Another Calima is forecast all weekend in the Canary Islands
Another Calima is forecast all weekend in the Canary Islands

It will be more noticeable in the eastern islands and will last for several more days…

Canaries want entry controls lifted before UK tourists book other destinations
Canaries want entry controls lifted before UK tourists book other destinations

100,000 bookings were cancelled in December from British travellers...

Wearing masks outdoors will no longer be mandatory in Spain next week
Wearing masks outdoors will no longer be mandatory in Spain next week

The Council of Ministers will approve the Decree on Tuesday that will eliminate the mandatory use of masks outdoors...

Mandatory use of the Covid certificate is abolished in the Canary Islands
Mandatory use of the Covid certificate is abolished in the Canary Islands

All islands are staying in the same level except for La Palma that drops to Level 3 from tonight...

Covid update: Vaccination starts in schools tomorrow with the Vacuna Buses
Covid update: Vaccination starts in schools tomorrow with the Vacuna Buses

They will give 100 jabs to children aged 5-11 in each location where parents have signed consent forms...

The WHO believes that Europe could be heading towards the end of the pandemic
The WHO believes that Europe could be heading towards the end of the pandemic

Their European Director said today that the continent is “moving towards a kind of pandemic endgame”...

Economic recovery has slowed down in the Canaries causing the loss of 10,000 jobs
Economic recovery has slowed down in the Canaries causing the loss of 10,000 jobs

The loss of the winter season for tourism due to the sixth wave has taken its toll on the islands' labour market...

Who turned the temperature up? A new Calima brings highs of 27°C
Who turned the temperature up? A new Calima brings highs of 27°C

Today will be hot and hazy in the capital islands as the storm heads east towards Lanzarote and Fuerteventura...

Continued hospital pressure will prevent a drop in alert levels this week
Continued hospital pressure will prevent a drop in alert levels this week

Although incidence rates have dropped by 45% in a week, hospital pressure remains at very high risk...

Masks will remain mandatory outdoors for longer in the Canary Islands
Masks will remain mandatory outdoors for longer in the Canary Islands

The Ministry of Health has refused to cancel the use of masks outdoors at the Interterritorial Health Council...

Covid update: incidence rates, hospital admissions, and the R rate have all dropped
Covid update: incidence rates, hospital admissions, and the R rate have all dropped

Today there were 1,378 new cases and eight deaths reported, but the data has dropped sharply again…

Garden lovers’ getaways at Finca Botanico in Lanzarote
Garden lovers’ getaways at Finca Botanico in Lanzarote

Finca Botanico has created some amazing and exotic tropical garden spaces for guests to enjoy in their own private paradise…

Antigen tests for unvaccinated are enough to enter Spain from anywhere in the EU
Antigen tests for unvaccinated are enough to enter Spain from anywhere in the EU

The test must be taken within 24 hours and are now an alternative to PCR tests on the Covid Certificate for travel…