Entries by Gazette Life

Beaches are safe

A senior British health adviser yesterday told a committee of UK MPs that there was “very little evidence” of Covid-19 transmission outdoors, and none at all to suggest that transmission had ever occurred on beaches.

18/02/2021 by

The Earth Moves

The appearance of a sinkhole near Los Hervideros and a landslide on the cliffs of Famara serve as a reminder of the constantly shifting nature of Lanzarote’s geology.

17/02/2021 by

Spain exits the third wave

It is now clear that Spain, the Canaries and Lanzarote have all passed the peak of the third wave of Covid infections that was caused by the Christmas holidays.

16/02/2021 by

Calima time

The Canarian Government has issued a yellow weather warning for calimas and high winds for today and tomorrow, as the islands see easterly winds from the Sahara desert.

15/02/2021 by

Tracing the virus

Las Palmas province, which consists of Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, currently has the best tracing record of all Spanish provinces. 82.8 % of all new cases of Covid-19 have been successfully traced to identified outbreaks of the virus – a figure high enough to be classed as “minimum risk” level.

14/02/2021 by

Deciding the Levels

The Canarian Government decided to keep Lanzarote in Level 4 on Thursday – the highest of its four levels that dictate curfew times, closing hours, maximum numbers of people in gatherings and other measures. But how is this decision arrived at?

13/02/2021 by

No change from Level 4

No surprise yesterday, as the Canarian Government decided to extend the Level 4 restrictions on Lanzarote for another week, as well as introduce special precautions on all the Canary Islands to prevent gatherings during carnival week.

12/02/2021 by

The last tournament

Last year, when lockdown rules prevented us from distributing the magazine, Gazette Life went exclusively online for three months. In the first of those digital issues, we ran a piece about a visit to one of the most popular sporting events on the island – the Bola Canaria Torneo de Abuelos Conejeros (The Lanzarote Grandparents’ Canarian Bowls Tournament).

11/02/2021 by

Carnival risk

After witnessing the clear effect that Christmas and New Year parties had on the amount of Covid cases, Canarian officials are now addressing the next risk: carnival, and are unlikely to lift any of the State of Alarm measures affecting the islands later today.

11/02/2021 by