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New pedestrian signs along Las Canteras promenade and the beaches of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria city council's 'Ciudad de Mar' Department have announced new signage for pedestrians along the Paseo de Las Canteras this week, and at access points to the capital city's various beaches. The aim is to clearly set out safe physical distances, established by the health authorities during the different stages of the de-escalation from the State of Emergency, declared in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. On the Paseo de Las Canteras, the promenade, can get very crowded...
Mogán thoroughly cleans and aerates the beach sands of Gran Canaria’s sunny South West coast
The Mogán town hall on the sunny south west of Gran Canaria have spent the last week carrying out oxygenation work to the sand on its beaches. This action, they say, will improve the quality of the sand as it compacts over time and can be uncomfortable for beach users. The works started on the beach at Taurito, where a tractor carried out intense and continuous plowing of the sand down to 30 centimeters deep, so as to aerate it and kill any bacteria that might proliferate in areas where the...
Spain’s Prime Minister to request one month more to end State of Emergency
The Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sanchez, has confirmed that he will ask for a final one month extension to the State of Emergency, declared on March 14 throughout Spain. That is how long he expects it to take for the entire Spanish territory to have completed the de-escalation process and reach what he has termed as the "new normality". This announcement was made today, confirming that next Wednesday he will request a 30-day extension to the State of Emergency, keeping measures in place...
Spain designates Gran Canaria as one of only five airports and eight ports of entry to the country
An order from the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda published in Spain's Official State Gazette (BOE) this Friday, has designated just five airports through which travellers from outside Spain may now enter the country. These are: Gran Canaria (Las Palmas); Josep Tarradellas Barcelona -El Prat; Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas; Málaga -Costa del Sol; and Palma de Mallorca. The order takes effect this Saturday May 16 and will be remain in force until at least May 24. The sea ports...
The Cabildo budgets €1 million for “firefighter sheep” to clear public land and combat forest fires
The island government, the Cabildo de Gran Canaria, have allocated a budget of one million euros for utilising what they have termed as 'firefighter sheep' to help in the prevention of forest fires on Gran Canaria. The money will be used to support shepherds, on the basis that their livestock can be used as an important method of reducing flammable vegetation in the natural environment. GPS systems will be used to monitor flocks and fencing will help to protect repopulations. In addition to...
Nowhere near Covid-19 “herd immunity” in Spain or Canary Islands
According to preliminary data from a seroprevalence study, measuring the level of the novel corona virus covid-19 pathogen in the population, as measured in blood serum, undertaken by the Ministry of Health and the Carlos III Health Institute (ISCIII), only 1.4% of the province of Las Palmas and 2.1% of Santa Cruz de Tenerife residents, in the Canary Islands, have developed antibodies to the coronavirus since the pandemic began, which extrapolates to an average of just 1.8% of those living in...
Just three out of every ten cases diagnosed in Canary Islands remain active
In the Canary Islands, we only have 645 corona virus cases that remain active of a total of 2,271 detected and diagnosed, which means that 65% of those we know about have recovered. If we take into account the 151 known deaths from Covid-19 throughout the archipelago, we can now clearly say that three out of ten confirmed infections remain in progress. Of those remaining, 17 are in intensive care units (ICU) and 50 remain under observation in hospital. The remaining 578 are confined to their...
Spain has ordered all incoming flight passengers to spend 14 days in quarantine
In a clear demonstration that the coronavirus crisis is still a long way from over, Spain's Ministry of Health have announced they will require all visitors from abroad spend 14 days in quarantine if they enter the country after May 15 2020. The new order from the Ministry of Health, published on Tuesday in the BOE Official State Gazette, says that the objective is "to limit the risks derived from international traffic of people" during the de-escalation of the so-called "lockdown" confinement...
ANGER AT AIRLINES FAILING TO ENSURE SAFE DISTANCES BETWEEN PASSENGERS
There are already serious concerns regarding how Spain is entering De-escalation Phase 1 conditions and how restrictions are to be implemented by companies hungry to return to business as usual, after an Iberia Express flight to Gran Canaria was revealed to have taken off from Madrid airport last Sunday without any minimum safety distances between passengers, and in spite of tense and vocal complaints from those who purchased tickets. Many of those booked on the flight expressed consternation...
Spain urgently seeking European agreement on flight controls and third-party nationals
The Spanish Government have made clear that they will seek to strictly regulate entry of third-country nationals who begin to arrive in the country, as airlines continue flights to Spanish destinations. The statements come as German airline Lufthansa has announced that it is preparing to restart flights to Mallorca from June. Germany's Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has made clear that international travel before mid-june is not even on the table yet. Currently there is no official prohibition...
