The spokesperson for the Government of the Canary Islands, Julio Pérez, announced this Thursday, after the meeting of the Governing Council, that the Canary Islands will subsidize PCR tests or antigen tests, preferably at origin, for Canarian residents who return to the Islands from the rest of the country during these Christmas dates. The measure aims to provide maximum security and thus protect their families and the population in general in the Islands.
In a Council focused basically on the health situation in the Canary Islands and the measures adopted in this area, Pérez explained that it had been agreed that the regional president, Ángel Víctor Torres, would resolve through decrees the control systems for entry to the Archipelago for students, other Spanish citizens and travelers from other countries. To this end, the regional government is adhering to the royal decree law that regulates the state of alarm in force, which grants regional presidents the powers to adopt these decisions.
In the company of the Minister of Health, Blas Trujillo, Julio Pérez indicated that the Canary Islands Health Service (SCS) will pay for the tests and establish the protocol for action to control Canarian residents by carrying out antiCOVID tests in their places of origin. In his opinion, this is “a decree of great importance” to be signed by the president. “We want the students to return, but analyzed, thus minimizing the risks of contagion. These measures do not exempt them, however, from complying with the rest of the rules, such as safety distances, etc.”, stressed Pérez.
A second decree will be aimed at non-resident peninsulars in the Canary Islands who wish to travel to the Archipelago. The operating system will be very similar to that of residents in the Islands, but it will not be subsidized by the Autonomous Community. In this case, and as explained by the government spokesperson, a very similar model will be sought, which will be coordinated with the one also applied in the Balearic Islands, which will facilitate the action of tour operators and airlines.
