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Covid-19 – Royal Decree Limiting Movements in Spain
President Pedro Sanchez of Spain has announced sweeping measures to control the spread of Coronavirus in Spain, here slow we have a translation from professional community advisor and volunteer Nicky Gordon... More as we get it: NEW “State of Alert “. Rules and regulations STARTING DATE - MONDAY 16th March 8am Spain has announced emergency measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19 that restrict public movement to essential journeys only. The measure affects the Canary Islands and come into...
Two Nurses Confirmed With COVID-19 on Gran Canaria
Two nurses, who work at a health centre in the neighbourhood of Schamann, in the capital Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, have been confirmed on Friday afternoon as new cases who have tested positive for coronavirus on the island. According to reports, the healthcare professionals, who have been admitted to the Doctor Negrín Hospital, were recently in Madrid and have spent several days at home before going to the Emergency Department for treatment. As of Friday afternoon, that brought the total...
The Ministry of Health confirms 63 active cases of coronavirus COVID-19 and 7 discharges
The Canary Islands Ministry of Health report 63 active cases of coronavirus COVID-19 this Friday 13th and 7 recovered, representing a total of 70 accumulated cases confirmed in the archipelago so far. Of these, 18 people are hospitalised, 3 of them serious; two in Gran Canaria and one in Tenerife. Tenerife now has 45 positive active cases and 5 recovered and discharged, two of which have occurred in the last hours. This means 50 accumulated cases on Tenerife so far. On Gran Canaria there are...
Serious concern among health professionals in the Canary Islands about the coronavirus response
Canarian public health professionals are "exhausted, overwhelmed, and concerned." The coronavirus curve is on the rise and cases are expected to increase exponentially over the coming days. The staff working in the health sector are not hiding their "concern and confusion" regarding the health situation, and insist on the importance of protocols that are more "demanding, more preventive, with more and better contingency measures and information, which we have to say is not arriving". The same...
Spanish Government to decree State of Alarm: what is it and how long can I last?
The Government of Spain is reportedly about to announce that it has decreed a state of emergency to deal with the coronavirus epidemic. This same measure was taken in 2010 to deal with an air traffic controllers crisis. MORE INFORMATION Countries that prohibit the entry of Spaniards due to the threat of the coronavirus The Organic Law of States of Alarm, Exceptions and Situations (La Ley Orgánica de Estados de Alarma, Excepción y Sitio) of June 1, 1981, contains the elements necessary to apply...
Coronavirus on the Canary Islands: Confirmed Cases Double
The Ministry of Health have today reported a total of 46 active cases of COVID-19 in the Canary Islands with 5 recovered. Of these, 15 cases are in hospital under close supervision, with two of them in intensive care. The accumulated total is 51 cases so far. On Tenerife 34 positive cases have been reported, of which three have recovered, Gran Canaria has 12 active cases , there is one case in Fuerteventura, two currently on La Palma and two who have recovered on La Gomera . Containment...
Mogán suspends carnival events and markets to prevent coronavirus COVID-19
The town hall of Mogán, following the measures of the Government of the Canary Islands to prevent the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19, has suspended the events of the Carnival Costa Mogán 2020, the Carnival of Barrios in Playa de Mogán and the municipal markets.One of the indications of the Canary Islands Executive is the suspension of mass events of sports, social or cultural nature for the next three weeks. For the Mogan government, prevention of the spread of the coronavirus comes first,...
The Canary Government insists that all events with crowds of more than 1,000 people are prohibited
The President of the Canary Islands, Ángel Víctor Torres, insisted today, Thursday, March 12, that the order of the Minister of Health of the Autonomous Government, Teresa Cruz, signed yesterday, Wednesday 11, establishes with complete clarity and legal legitimacy that on the islands all sporting, cultural and social events, both in bounded and unbounded spaces, involving crowds of people over 1,000 are banned or suspended and also stressed that this measure to protect public health, is being...
Maspalomas suspends all markets for a period of fifteen calendar days
The town hall of San Bartolomé de Tirajana suspends the activities of the Municipal Market of Maspalomas, the second market "rastro" and the Farmers' Market. The suspension will operate, in principle, for a period of fifteen calendar days.In compliance with the Order of the Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands and having seen the opinion of the municipal technicians linked to this service, the City of San Bartolomé de Tirajana has suspended all markets, usually held in...
Seven more confirmed Corona cases in the Canary Islands
The Ministry of Health reported this afternoon that seven new Covid-19 corona virus positives have been confirmed, bringing the total active cases registered in the Canary Islands to 28. The seven new cases are on the island of Tenerife, where a total of 20 active cases are being monitored and of these, four are from the same group of Italians who were hospitalised last week, three of them without symptoms and one presenting clear symptoms. Outside that group, one other has been hospitalised...
