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Two suspected coronavirus cases test negative

A man from La Graciosa with coronavirus symptoms and a passenger on Friday's flight from Madrid who had a temperature have both tested negative for Covid-19. A negative test result has shown that a man who was evacuated from La Graciosa…

Airport alert as Covid-19 case lands

135 passengers on Friday's Iberia Express flight from Madrid to Lanzarote were quarantined yesterday after a 52-year-old man on the flight tested positive for coronavirus. The man is a Lanzarote resident and had travelled to Ciudad Real…

Lanzarote tests negative

The last patient in the intensive care unit was moved onto a normal ward yesterday after testing negative for Covid-19. She had spent 57 days under special care. This means that there are currently two patients recovering in the hospital .…

Getting in the air again

Canarian President Ángel Víctor Torres has said that the time to increase flights between the Canaries and mainland Spain will be during Phase 3 of the lockdown exit plan. In Phase 2, which we are currently in, connectivity should be increased…

Ten Days of Mourning

Spain's council of ministers had declared 10 official days of mourning starting today and continuing until the 6th June. It is the longest period of official mourning  since Spain's return to democracy in the late 70s. The mourning…

Quarantine to be lifted on July 1st

Spain will lift its 14-day quarantine requirement on foreign visits on July 1st, clearing the way for a return of foreign tourism. The decision was made yesterday at a ministerial meeting which included the Vice President of Spain's…

Snackdown!

Spain’s lockdown started with a rush to buy staples such as pasta and rice. Now, however, the fear of shortages has eased off and people are simply more interested in not getting bored. As a result, luxury snacks such as crisps, nuts and…

Future flights

The European Air Safety Authority (EASA) has established a set of protocols that give an idea of how different flying in the future is likely to be from what we're used to. The rules have been approved by Spain's Association of Airlines,…

Sánchez says “Plan your summer holidays”

Spain's President Pedro Sánchez has said “there will be a tourist season this summer” and called on Spanish and foreign tourists to “plan their summer holidays.” He pledged that Spain would reopen to foreign tourists from July “in…

Back to the beach

Lanzarote's Cabildo has prepared a guide to beach use following the Spanish government's decision to allow all of the Canary Islands to enter Phase 2 of the lockdown exit plan on Monday. Phase 2 permits people to use beaches for leisure…