Spain’s Health Minister, Carolina Darias, yesterday announced that Spain would follow France, Germany, Italy and several other European countries, and suspend the administration of the Oxford/AstroZeneca (AZ) vaccine until the possibility that it may be linked with a handful of cases of pulmonary thrombosis is discounted.

Fernando Simón, the Director of Emergencies at Spain's Health Ministry, and perhaps the most widely recognised of Spain's Covid experts, told an interviewer yesterday that he did not believe that masks were the key to controlling the virus.

It wasn’t the best of days: the sea was unsettled and choppy beneath a cloudy sky, but it wasn’t just the weather that was uncertain. On the morning of Saturday the 14th of March 2020, those who had been reading the news knew something was coming, but no one knew exactly what.

Just over a year ago, the Gazette dedicated at least six pages to cultural and sporting events every month. On an island where there was almost always something going on, whether it was a marathon, a footie match, a jazz concert, an art exhibition or a local fiesta, it was one of our most popular features.

The Canarian Government has administered 192,191 does of the coronavirus vaccines so far, and has fully immunised just under 60,000 people on the islands with double doses. This figure represents 4.4% of the target population.

Ecologists have denounced works that took place in the Barranco de Chafariz in Haría, just as the birds in the valley begin their nesting season.  First published in Gazette Life, March 1st 2021. “Chafariz” is an ancient Canarian…

Lanzarote is confidently expecting to reach Level 2 of the Canarian Government's anti-Covid system tonight, when the Council of Ministers make their weekly decision based on the performance of the islands.

Over half of Lanzarote islanders think that the majority of their fellow islanders have shown a lack of responsibility in relation to anti-Covid measures, according to a survey carried out in late January by the Lanzarote Data Centre.

The Canaries saw the highest amount of divorces and separations in Spain during the three months following last year’s lockdown.

Almost a quarter of Lanzarote residents were born outside Spain, recent figures from the Canarian Institute of Statistics show, and the largest foreign-born population on the island remains those from the United Kingdom .

One of the few positive sides of the Covid epidemic is the fact that those who have been fortunate enough to avoid contracting the coronavirus also appear to have avoided other viruses such as common colds and influenza.

The Canarian Health Department has requested islanders not to attend the several demonstrations that have been called to mark International Women’s Day on Monday 8th March.

Lanzarote will remain in Level 3 until 11th March, the Canarian Government decided last night, despite the fact that the island currently fulfils the conditions to enter Level 2.

The start of March last year was full of sunshine and promise, and then we all became familiar with our first lockdown and self isolation, with the weather seeming to reflect the mood of the island. As soon as we entered lockdown it became overcast and we even saw some light showers, too.