The Superior Court of Justice of the Canary Islands has authorized the extension of the Covid certificate requirement to access certain premises or events on the islands that are at alert levels 3 and 4, as is the case of Lanzarote. This was announced by the Government of the Canary Islands, which had requested judicial endorsement to extend this measure that was launched in December for an initial period of one month.
In this way, it will remain active for one more month, until 24 hours on February 24. "It will be subject to monitoring and evaluation, without prejudice to the possibility of requesting a new extension depending on the evolution of the epidemiological situation," they specify from the Ministry of Health.
The resolution of the TSJC Chamber states that "the current circumstances undoubtedly make the requested extension necessary" by virtue of the report of the General Directorate of Public Health of the Canary Islands Health Service, which includes the upward evolution, with no signs of remission in the short term of the epidemiological situation in the Canary Islands, since the transmission of Covid-19 has entered a phase of persistent and progressive transmission, with a very significant penetration of the Ómicron variant in recently diagnosed cases.
"The objective of this regulation is to establish exceptional measures to control the health situation of people who access certain establishments, facilities or activities considered at risk for the transmission of Covid-19, to stop its spread," reiterate from the Ministry.
Health access requirements
Access to establishments, facilities or activities of public use set in the regulation will require accreditation of absence of active COVID-19 infection to users over 12 years and 3 months. This accreditation will be done by showing the negative result of an active COVID-19 infection diagnostic test, performed in a legally authorized laboratory with a maximum advance of 48 hours, not being admissible self-diagnostic tests.
This accreditation may be replaced, at the option of the interested party, either by the voluntary accreditation of vaccination, showing an official certificate of having received the complete vaccination schedule in accordance with the provisions of the Vaccination Strategy against COVID-19 in Spain, from 14 days after the date of administration of the last dose of the complete vaccination schedule, or by the voluntary accreditation of having passed the disease between 11 and 180 days prior, by showing an official certificate.
The accreditation will be made by showing any of the certificates provided, in digital or paper format, to the persons designated for access control by the owner or person in charge of the establishment, facility or activity, who will carry out their verification.
