The Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands has reported that, at this time, leaving aside the outbreaks related to migration that are isolated in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, in the archipelago there are six active outbreaks that are being monitored by the islands' tracking network.
In Tenerife there are two outbreaks, one of them with four people originating from a trip to the United States, which is "about to close and has not been expanded", according to the Ministry. The other outbreak has 10 positive people and a broad case study that is being followed by the tracking teams.
In Gran Canaria there are four outbreaks, the first of which is shared with Fuerteventura with 12 people in total (7 in Fuerteventura and 5 in Gran Canaria). A second outbreak was already reported last week and has three people already isolated with a contact study carried out. The third comes from a foreign sailor who tested positive last week and whose ship is isolated with 19 crew members, of whom two more have tested positive. The last notified outbreak corresponds to three young people whose contact study exceeds 45 people at this time.
Pursue and sanction private parties
On the other hand, the Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands indicates that it met this Monday with representatives of the Association of Responsible Leisure of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria with the aim of analyzing and studying the situation of the specific measures for COVID-19 in the islands before the arrival of the new normality. The Minister of Health, Blas Trujillo, highlighted the compliance by “the businessmen of this important sector for the Canary Islands who are collaborating with the Government so that leisure is compatible with health”.
“The business world of nightlife in the Canary Islands is complying with the measures established by the Government of the Canary Islands. However, unregulated leisure is what really worries us because it is where the greatest risk practices are currently taking place,” says the counselor.
In this sense, Trujillo has announced greater control by the Government of the Canary Islands to pursue and sanction “harshly” this type of private parties that are “a real source of transmission of the virus and that put everyone's health at risk.” Faced with this reality, he calls on citizens not to attend this type of meeting and to report those that may be suspicious.
Measures
The Ministry of Health recalls that the agreement published on July 4 in the Official Gazette of the Canary Islands (BOC), which updates certain prevention measures to deal with the health crisis caused by Covid-19, establishes that discos and other nightlife establishments may open to the public exclusively for seated consumption while standing and always in nominative reservations.
The capacity on outdoor terraces will be 100% and discos and nightlife indoors 70%, with a maximum limit of 300 people for closed places and 1,000 for outdoor activities, always maintaining interpersonal distance or, failing that, the use of a mask.
Access will be through nominative tickets in reservations for groups of up to eight people from their social or family environment sitting or standing and consumption will be directly served in each reservation. In premises with a dance floor, this space will be occupied with tables or reservations, being prohibited to dedicate said space to its usual use.
The rule also establishes that it will be the security personnel who will ensure that interpersonal distance is respected and avoid the formation of large groups and crowds, paying special attention to access areas and surroundings, as well as any other where interpersonal distance is not respected. Likewise, the premises must have frequent natural ventilation or, if air conditioning is used, sufficient air renewal will be guaranteed, capturing outside air in an appropriate place.
The Ministry of Health also insists on the importance of maintaining security measures such as the physical distance of 1.5 meters, the use of masks in closed environments and when it is not possible to maintain the distance and frequent hand washing.
