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Vaccines without appointment

The Canary Islands are offering Covid vaccines on a first-come first-served basis to anyone over the age of 12. On Lanzarote, anyone interested can turn up at the health centre in Valterra between the hours of 1 pm and 5pm from Monday to Sunday, and they will be assigned a number. Vaccines will be administered as long as stocks last.

The Crucial Test

Lanzarote in August will be a testing ground, as British and Irish tourists finally start to return at a time when the delta variant is gaining ground throughout Europe.

Tourists and bars cause concern

Almost half of new Covid cases on Lanzarote have been detected in tourists, according to the head of Lanzarote’s tracing team.

Famara goats reprieved

The proposed cull of goats on the cliffs of Famara has been paralyzed following meetings between a livestock association and the Cabildo.

Covid bar passports rejected

Spain's Health Minister Carolina Darías yesterday announced that her ministry would not support “Covid passport” schemes for bars and restaurants, and reminded Spain's regions that vaccination “is not obligatory” .

No more curfews

There will be no new curfews in the Canaries after Spain's highest court rejected the Canarian Government's appeal to permit the measure yesterday.

How soon is soon?

A widely-circulated article in yesterday’s Guardian was amended after it claimed that quarantine for Britons vaccinated abroad was to be dropped in August. In fact, for the vast majority of Britons abroad, that change will only happen sometime “soon”.

Target achieved

Spain has achieved its goal of fully vaccinating 25 million people by the end of the fourth week of July. This means that 52.8% of the population have now received two doses of vaccine.

Ray goes for Gold

Lanzarote athlete Ray Zapata will compete in the gymnastics final of the Tokyo Olympics on August 1st, after coming fourth in the qualifying rounds.

Third jab “will be required”

As Spain announces that a third booster jab of Covid-19 vaccine will be required, health organisations have yet to agree on whether this will be effective, and have warned that it could lead to lower vaccine rates - and increased risk of new variants - in the developing world.