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Tenerife closes down

While Covid numbers on Lanzarote have remained encouraging, infection rates continue to climb on Tenerife, which once again reported over 200 new cases yesterday and has seen 17 deaths in the last week.

Message from the Christmas Voices

The pandemic has sadly put an end to many of the usual seasonal events that we're used to, and among them are the traditional Christmas carol concerts by the Christmas Voices group from Lanzarote.

Spain passes euthanasia law

Spain’s parliament has voted to permit assisted dying for the terminally ill and those whose lives have become “intolerable”.

Clarity on antigen tests at last

Cheap, rapid antigen tests will not be valid for entry to the Canary islands after the Spanish Council of State questioned last week’s Canarian decree permitting overseas tourists to use negative results of antigen tests. The next step for the Canarian Government is an almost-certain overruling in Spain’s Constitutional Court.

Star of Wonder

From tonight until Christmas it should be possible to see the great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn , which has been hailed in the press as the first appearance of the Star of Bethlehem for 800 years.

We all stand together

The Canaries has rejected the idea of classifying Tenerife separately to the other islands in order to salvage the winter season.

Don’t forget your residence document

The British Embassy is advising British residents in Spain who are visiting the UK for Christmas and returning in the New Year to carry proof of residence with them.

Christmas Covid tearjerker

In July, as Spain entered what was being called “the new normal”, the Canarian Government commissioned a public health advertisement to warn against the risks of family gatherings, which went viral on social media and won international awards.

Canarian Covid data report launched

Journalists, researchers and Covid nerds will be pleased to learn that the Canarian Health Service has launched a new daily report giving more information about the Covid-19 situation on all seven Canary Islands.

The Tenerife mystery

More than eight out of ten cases of Covid-19 on the Canaries are currently reported on Tenerife. But why is the largest and most populated of the Canary islands suffering so much during the pandemic? No one really knows.