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Testing, Testing

Spain's health service still restricts Covid-19 tests to sufferers, suspected contacts, health workers and those about to undergo surgery. If you want to find out if you've had the virus, you'll have to go private. Even before lockdown…

Canaries continue to perform well

The Canary Islands continue to perform well in the battle against coronavirus, while the month of July saw the amount of new cases in Spain increase by four times. Spain ended its state of alarm on June 21st, entering a “new normality”…

Testing tax?

Canarian president Ángel Victor Torres has returned once again to the subject of testing at airports, calling for a European airport tax that would cover the costs of testing on all passengers. Torres made the suggestions at a conference…

SARA Dog of the Month: Lana

LANA, a pretty medium-sized Bulldog mix, was born in March 2018 and adopted as a puppy before being returned to Sara. Upset and bewildered, she is a sweet-natured dog, affectionate with people and gets on well with other dogs. She has…

Airport arrivals plummet, unsurprisingly

Lanzarote airport has lost 2.1 million visitors in the first half of this year. In 2019, 3,591,000 passengers landed at the airport from January to June, but this year that figure was just 1,426,000. First published in Gazette Life,…

No return to “last spring’s nightmare”

Spanish Health Minister Salvador Illa yesterday explained that the rise in outbreaks in the country was “a different situation to the one in March and April”. Illa stated that there were currently 412 active outbreaks involving 4,870…

Smoking – Only for the lonely

Smoking should be forbidden on outdoor terraces and other communal areas as a measure to stop the spread of coronavirus, a public health commission organised by Spain’s Health Ministry has recommended. First published in Gazette Life,…

Sánchez comes to Lanzarote

Pedro Sánchez, the president of Spain’s government,  will spend the start of his summer holidays on Lanzarote with his family. Sánchez, who recently  broke diplomatic tradition by openly describing the UK government’s decision…

Need to Know: The General Hospital

Sooner or, preferably, later, you’ll need to use Lanzarote’s Dr. José Molina Orosa hospital. Here’s how… Emergencies The Urgencias (Emergency) department of the Dr José Molina Orosa Hospital in Arrecife is the first…

No explanations for Canarian exception

Questions still exist about the reasons why the UK Foreign Office's advice for travellers was altered on Monday evening to state that the Canary islands were unsafe for travel. The Canaries and Balearics had previously been specifically excluded…