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Lanzarote stay up

A nine-man UD Lanzarote managed to get the result they needed to avoid a relegation battle yesterday, as the Ciudad Deportiva Stadium welcomed fans back for the first time in months.

Covid passports “by end of June”

Spain’s Health Department has announced that it hopes to have Green Digital Certificates, or so called Covid Passports, ready by the end of June, in order that they will be fully operational for the summer season.

No fourth wave yet

Arrecife has registered over three quarters of Covid cases on Lanzarote in the past week, and the capital’s seven-day rate has once again risen into Level 2 territory. However, there is as yet no sign of a “fourth wave” on Lanzarote.

6 out of 10 litres lost

Almost six out every ten litres of fresh water that has been desalinated on Lanzarote is wasted, Canal Gestion have admitted.

New deal for Lanzarote and Fuerteventura

The Canarian Parliament has voted unanimously to offer “special treatment” to Lanzarote and Fuerteventura when allocating relief measures for the Covid crisis.

Janssen jab arrives

The first shipment of 300,000 doses of the Janssen vaccine will arrive in Spain today or tomorrow, and will initially be used to speed up immunisation of the 70 to 79-year old age group.

Diggers denounced

An ecologist and researcher has denounced the excavation of sand from the Jable desert region of Lanzarote. Alberto Ucero, a researcher for Spain’s Upper Council of Scientific Investigation, made a video in January showing footage…

Zara in Arrecife to close

Armando Santana, Arrecife’s Councillor for Tourism and Commerce, has confirmed that the Zara shop on the capital’s Calle Real would be closing “in the coming weeks”. The closure is part of a programme of national shop closures by the Inditex group, who own Zara as well as several other familiar high street names in Spain. There is no indication that the Zara branch in Puerto del Carmen’s Biosfera will be affected.

One more hour of nightlife as Lanzarote goes back to Level 2

Lanzarote returns to Level 2 today, after the expiry of the special Easter restrictions that have been in place for the last fortnight.

37% of active cases from “tourists and students”

30 of the 81 active cases registered recently on Lanzarote were brought in by tourists or students returning from the Easter holidays, according to La Voz de Lanzarote.