The Canary Islands Government has shown their intention to continue with the de-escalation of the restrictions in the islands after yesterday’s review of the epidemiological situation, and has reorganized the measures into two groups, one for the islands that have the worse data and highest hospital pressure, and others, which are more flexible, for the rest.
This means that in Gran Canaria and Tenerife, groups of up to 8 people are allowed (except cohabitants) and closing times are now set at 3:00am. For the rest of the islands, the groups of 12 people (except cohabitants) are allowed and the closing times are set at 4:00am.
The measures are adopted according to the epidemiological level of each island, explained the Vice President, Antonio Olivera, who announced that the de-escalation will continue in the next weeks, until we reach a situation with the greatest possible normality.
He also confirmed that if any of the island’s data progresses, it will be incorporated into the group of islands with the best epidemiological indicators.
These new measures have come into force today, Friday, after their publication in the Official Gazette of the Canary Islands (BOC).
Here is an overview for Tenerife and Gran Canaria:
– General capacity: 75% outdoors and 50% indoors.
– Groups of people in spaces for public and private use, indoors or outdoors: 8 people maximum, except cohabitants.
– Closing times in establishments and activities that, prior to the pandemic, did not have a fixed closing time or had a later one: 3:00am.
– Nightlife (nightclubs fun pubs, discos): 75% outdoors and 50% indoors, with tables of 8 people and closing at 3:00am.
– Hospitality, bars, and restaurants: 75% capacity outdoors and 50% indoors, with tables of 8 people and closing time at 3:00am.
- Practice of non-federated physical and sports activity outdoors and in sports centres and gyms: 75% capacity outdoors and 50% indoors and in groups of a maximum of 8 people.
– Attendance at federated sports at a regional or island level, outdoors or indoors, and non-federated sports outdoors: 85% public capacity outdoors and 75% public capacity indoors.
– Cultural activity (cinemas, theatres, auditoriums): in open-air public spaces it can have 85% capacity and in closed cultural and artistic venues and establishments 75%.
– Essential retail stores (eg supermarkets): the maximum capacity in closed spaces is set at 75%.
– Health centres: visits are made more flexible, which will be supervised by centre staff and the established prevention measures will be extreme.
For the rest of the islands: Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, La Palma, La Gomera, and El Hierro, the overview is:
- General capacity: 100% outdoors and 75% indoors.
- Groups of people in spaces for public and private use, indoors or outdoors: 12 people maximum, except cohabitants.
– Closing times in establishments and activities that, prior to the pandemic, did not have a fixed closing time or had a later one: 4:00am.
– Nightlife (nightclubs fun pubs, discos): 100% outdoors and 75% indoors, with tables of 12 people and closing at 4:00am.
– Hospitality, bars, and restaurants: 100% capacity outdoors and 75% indoors, with tables of 12 people and closing time at 4:00am.
- Practice of non-federated physical and sports activity outdoors and in sports centres and gyms: 100% capacity outdoors and 75% indoors and in groups of a maximum of 12 people.
– Attendance at federated sports at a regional or island level, outdoors or indoors, and non-federated sports outdoors: 100% public capacity outdoors and 75% public capacity indoors.
– Cultural activity (cinemas, theatres, auditoriums): in open-air public spaces it can have 100% capacity and in closed cultural and artistic venues and establishments 75%.
– Health centres: visits are allowed in hospitals as normal.
Transport restrictions for all islands:
– In the discretionary public transport of passengers in cars and rental vehicles with a driver, with up to nine seats including the driver (eg taxis), it is allowed to occupy all of the rear seats of the vehicle, as well as those in the driver's row of seats, if the rear seats are full, except when the driver is considered a person at risk.
– The capacity in regular urban and metropolitan land public transport for passengers is set at 100%. Adequate ventilation and/or air renewal must be guaranteed, as well as the rest of the general measures for the prevention and control of SARS-CoV-2.
