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80% of resorts in the Canary Islands will be back open by July 1st
80% of resorts in the Canary Islands will be back open by July 1st

The sector is being cautious for the summer and foresees an occupancy of between 40% and 50%...

Covid update: New cases drop to below 100 with no Covid deaths
Covid update: New cases drop to below 100 with no Covid deaths

Tenerife has the most new cases with 57, Gran Canaria has 16, Lanzarote 12, and Fuerteventura 9...

TORRES: ‘By July 31st, 70% of Canary Islands residents will be fully vaccinated’
TORRES: ‘By July 31st, 70% of Canary Islands residents will be fully vaccinated’

The president confirmed that over the next eight weeks 1.3 million doses of vaccines would reach the archipelago...

Covid update: 117 new cases, no deaths, incidence rates drop for the islands
Covid update: 117 new cases, no deaths, incidence rates drop for the islands

Tenerife and Lanzarote have 82% of today’s cases between them, compared to 18% in the Level 1 islands...

Spain will participate in the tests of the Digital Green Pass in June
Spain will participate in the tests of the Digital Green Pass in June

The test will begin on June 7th in readiness for full launch in July...

Let the fun begin... Siam Park reopens this weekend!
Let the fun begin... Siam Park reopens this weekend!

This is the biggest sign for the south of Tenerife that we are heading back towards normality...

Gran Canaria drops to Level 1 restrictions, Tenerife and Lanzarote stay at Level 2
Gran Canaria drops to Level 1 restrictions, Tenerife and Lanzarote stay at Level 2

Five of the Canary Islands are now at Level 1 with low risk of contagion, all except for Tenerife and Lanzarote...

Covid update: 140 new cases and one death in the Canary Islands today
Covid update: 140 new cases and one death in the Canary Islands today

Gran Canaria now has epidemiological data sufficient to be lowered to alert Level 1…

The SCS pass 1,000,000 vaccines administered in the Canary Islands
The SCS pass 1,000,000 vaccines administered in the Canary Islands

The vaccination plan is moving quickly now with appointments given to people in their 30s and 40s...

Hunt for Anna and Olivia Day 30: No definitive clues after a month missing
Hunt for Anna and Olivia Day 30: No definitive clues after a month missing

It has been a month of anguish, uncertainty and a tireless search for Anna and Olivia...

ERTE extension is agreed until September 30th with some changes
ERTE extension is agreed until September 30th with some changes

The conditions will made into a decree-law at the Council of Ministers today, there are some differences than now...

Grant Shapps confirms that the Canary Islands are being considered for green list
Grant Shapps confirms that the Canary Islands are being considered for green list

This is the latest of several announcements pointing to inclusion on the green list from June 7th…

Covid update: Lanzarote spikes with 45 new cases, 2nd day with no deaths
Covid update: Lanzarote spikes with 45 new cases, 2nd day with no deaths

The SCS have now administered more than a million vaccine doses…

Police find a van with 300 kilos of hashish inside getting off a ferry
Police find a van with 300 kilos of hashish inside getting off a ferry

The vehicle raised the suspicions of agents on the arrival at Puerto de La Luz on a ferry from Fuerteventura…

Vaccination is taking effect, incidence rate in over 65’s is now at low risk
Vaccination is taking effect, incidence rate in over 65’s is now at low risk

The incidence rate of infections in those over 65 has dropped to a low or minimal risk level in all of the islands...

TUI UK cancels travel to amber list countries until June 28th, but not the Canary Islands
TUI UK cancels travel to amber list countries until June 28th, but not the Canary Islands

Flights and holidays to mainland Spain, the Balearics, Turkey, Egypt, and parts of Greece are all cancelled...

Torres expects the UK to add the Canary Islands to green list before June
Torres expects the UK to add the Canary Islands to green list before June

The president of the Canary Islands is confident of an announcement in the next few days after a positive FITUR travel fair…

Covid update: It feels like we have turned a corner!
Covid update: It feels like we have turned a corner!

Downward trend continues in the Canary Islands, 96 new cases and no Covid related deaths today…

Two million euro lottery winner in the Canaries hasn’t claimed prize
Two million euro lottery winner in the Canaries hasn’t claimed prize

They are waiting for the Canary Islands resident who has won two million euros in the Bonoloto to come forward…

The CEOE reject the latest proposal for the extension of the ERTE
The CEOE reject the latest proposal for the extension of the ERTE

The extension is still up in the air as there are only six days left to reach an agreement...