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COVID-19: More than 85% of newly detected cases are people under 30 infected during leisure time

COVID-19: More than 85% of newly detected cases are people under 30 infected during leisure time

The Canary Islands Ministry of Health have today reported that more than 85% of newly diagnosed COVID-19 cases  in the Canary Islands over the last week have been people under 30 years of age, who have been infected during leisure activities or at family gatherings without having maintained the prescribed security measures such as social distancing. Over the last 24 hours, 85 new COVID-19 cases have been detected,  59 of which are on Gran Canaria, 20 on Tenerife, 2 on Fuerteventura and 4 on...

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More than half of the 421 Canary Islands active cases are now on Gran Canaria

More than half of the 421 Canary Islands active cases are now on Gran Canaria

The Canary Islands continues to carry out, on average, of more than 1000 tests a day, having so far carried out more than 192,000 tests, and have gone for almost 2 whole months without any new deaths attributed to Covid-19, but this weekend added two more fatalities, last Saturday, to bring the total to 164 dead since the pandemic first arrived on the islands, on January 30th.  The total infections detected over that time has now nearly reached 3,000 (2,959 as of Monday afternoon) and so the...

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Tragic migrants dying to reach Canary Islands this week

Tragic migrants dying to reach Canary Islands this week

[Patera capsizes (Archive Image), Patera washes ashore (UNHCR)] - Reports estimate up to 50 sub-Saharan migrants drowned this last week, when the boats in which they were travelling towards the Canary Islands were either run aground or broke down. Moroccan authorities found seven bodies, and rescued 40, last Monday, and details started to emerge on Thursday night of a patera or cayuco (open boat) wrecked off the coast of Nouadhibou, Mauritania, where it was thought up to 40 people had...

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Is the mayor of Mogán planning to evict The Food Project in Arguineguín?

Is the mayor of Mogán planning to evict The Food Project in Arguineguín?

This afternoon it came to our attention that Item 6 on the Ayuntamiento de Mogán council meeting agenda for (tomorrow) Wednesday August 5th is a sudden proposal, without warning, to evict http://TheFoodProject.es in Arguineguín from the premises where they have been serving the poorest people in our community, as the only food bank in the area, and helping hundreds of local families, for years, by supplyIng emergency rations of food once a week to the most poverty stricken in our area of...

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All newly clarified Canary Islands safety rules regarding masks, hospitality and drinking on the street

All newly clarified Canary Islands safety rules regarding masks, hospitality and drinking on the street

There has been much debate, since the Canary Islands de-escalated from the State of Emergency, between bar owners, hospitality providers, clients, residents and tourists about when and where masks must be used and safety distances maintained.  From the beginning it has always been the case that if you are meeting with someone you do not live with you are expected to maintain a minimum interpersonal distance of 1.5m and if you are unable to guarantee that, then you are expected to wear a mask....

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Canary Islands to tighten control over bars and nightspots, large gatherings and private parties

Canary Islands to tighten control over bars and nightspots, large gatherings and private parties

The Canary Islands Government has been evaluating whether it needs to strengthen the rules obliging the use of masks in public places, as has happened in recent days and weeks in other autonomous regions of Spain, the consensus seems to be that this is not a necessary measure at this time, so long as guidelines are being followed. They have said however that they will intensify and harden controls over young people gathering, in what are locally known as "botellones", as well as poeple at...

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