The President of the Canary Islands Government, Ángel Víctor Torres, is taking part in the Conference of Presidents in Madrid today, and will request that masks be mandatory again indoors and outdoors, and for a legal framework for the autonomous communities in order to be able to restrict mobility at night with a curfew, something that his Government already tried to get in the summer, but was rejected by the TSJC.
He is also asking for the 'Covid fund' to be maintained in 2022 to cover health spending and the economic repercussions derived from the new wave of the pandemic since the Canary Islands are the community most affected by the closure of tourist markets.
Torres specified that he will make contributions in a constructive way, underlining that the Conference is a positive thing, and that making decisions on the eve of Christmas amidst a sixth wave that is growing, is difficult, but necessary.
The president, who has shown his support to the Health Service in the islands, has acknowledged that the strong increase in infections in the archipelago is "very concerning”, so he hopes that the courts will agree with the Government with the mandatory use of the Covid certificate.
At the same time, he said it is easy to see that infections rise every time leisure and mobility increase, so he appealed to the responsibility of the population again, given that "the vaccine provides security, but is wrong for people to believe that Covid has been and gone".
"At the moment we are finding it hard to bend the curve and the increase in infections is a blow, but we have already overcome five waves, and we will beat this sixth one, but we need everyone to collaborate, follow the restrictions, and get vaccinated.”
More news and decisions will come from the Presidents Conference later.
