Covid Certificate requirement for travellers from mainland Spain is extended

The Canary Islands have extended the screening of national passengers arriving by air or sea to the archipelago for another month until March 15^th, as published in the Official Boletin (BOC). The Ministry of Health states in a press release that it is to control and contain imported cases of coronavirus in travellers from other parts of Spain, while promoting vaccination against Covid-19.

This means that anyone arriving in the Canary Islands from another region of Spain, aged 12 years and 3 months old, must present the Covid Certificate to prove vaccination against Covid-19, or a negative diagnostic test for active infection (PCR within 72 hours or Antigen with 48 hours), or the recovery certificate from having had the disease less than six months before the date of travel.

In the two and a half months between 1st December 2021 and 14th February 2022, this measure has screened 777,188 passengers who have entered the islands from the mainland or Balearic Islands, of which 99% presented some accreditation, and the other 1% had to go for tests on arrival at the terminal; and if you refuse one you must stay in home isolation for 10 days, and could incur a fine for breach of regulations.

The regulation excludes children under 12 years and three months old who enter the Canary Islands, and those in transit through the archipelago whose final destination is another country or another place in Spain, as well as those who can prove they have been outside the Canary Islands for a period of less than 72 hours prior to arrival, regardless of their place of residence.

Finally, they remind that the Covid-19 vaccination and recovery certificate can be downloaded at the www.micertificadocovid.com website.