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Torres admits tests at origin “will not be possible”

Canarian President Ángel Victor Torres appears to have accepted that tests at origin on all tourists to the Canaries are unlikely to happen. He has also admitted that the Canarian government does not have the power to introduce tests on all…

Mario’s Restaurant & Pizzeria

Mario's Restaurant Pizerria in Puerto Del Carmen are reopening! Their provisional opening time will be from 12:00, for any further information don't hesitate to contact them! Plus, they have a brand new website! Check it out, here. Phone:…

Spain to open borders again next Monday

Spain's President Pedro Sánchez has announced that Spain will will open its borders to 30 European nations from next Monday, 21st June. Although the agreement applies primarily to nations in the Schengen area, the Spanish government also confirmed…

The new normal indoors

One thing has been made very clear during the lockdown in Spain – home is a safe space for you, and for society. When you’re at home, you’re unlikely to be exposed to infection. More importantly, you are not going to infect anyone else. The…

The third patient

Lanzarote has spent weeks with a figure of three positive cases of Covid-19, but a closer look at those cases shows that there is still a lot to learn about the disease. Two of the three are recovering in a ward at the Dr José Molina…

Torres insists on tests at origin

Canarian President Ángel Víctor Torres has said that he will continue to fight for tests at origin for tourists who wish to come to the Canaries.  Torres told the Cadena Ser channel that this topic was one he had continually insisted on…

La Graciosa opens for “Covid-free” tourism

La Graciosa reopens to tourists today, with ferry company Lineas Romero operating 10 daily journeys to and from the island. The ferry company announced that “the eighth Canary island is now open for all Canarian residents to enjoy.”   La…

New school rules

Spain's ministries of Health, Education and Professional Training have presented a document that gives an glimpse of how different life will be be for schoolchildren when they return to classes in September after an unprecedented six-month…

Masks to be part of the “new normality”

The Spanish government has ruled that mask use will remain compulsory in public places where social distancing cannot be guaranteed once the country moves into the “new normality”. The law, unchanged from the one which currently…

Did the calima protect the Canaries?

In May's Gazette we speculated that the low incidence of coronavirus in the Canaries could have been assisted by the heavy calima (Saharan dust storm)  that caused a “mini-lockdown” three weeks before the official coronavirus lockdown. Now…