The Governing Council of the Canary Islands has been analyzing what restrictions it would apply if the State of Alarm finished now, taking into account this becomes a reality on May 9th, and from May 10th the responsibility is handed back to the regions themselves to impose restrictions for their area, as announced this week by the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez.
The Canarian Executive spokesman, Julio Pérez, explained at a press conference in Santa Cruz that the possible scenario of the end of the State of Alarm has been addressed and has indicated that "probably some of the current restrictions will apply.”
He recalled that between June and October of last year this situation already occurred with the regions taking control, but the second wave of the virus led to a big rise in cases and the incidence of Covid-19 in the Canary Islands, especially in Gran Canaria, so "restrictive measures" continued to be applied until the central Government reactivated the state of alarm.
