Lanzarote adds nine new positive cases of covid provisionally and the accumulated cases amount to 1,537, as reported by the Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands.
In the Canary Islands, 154 new cases of COVID-19 coronavirus have been registered. The total of accumulated cases in the Canary Islands is 26,027. In the last hours, the death of three people in Tenerife has been reported, two women and one man, aged between 85 and 91 years. Two of the deceased are linked to the outbreak in the Santa Rita Residence.
By islands, Tenerife adds 101 cases, so the total of accumulated cases amounts to 12,686; Gran Canaria has 39 new cases and 10,285 accumulated. Fuerteventura remains at 985 accumulated, since it does not register new cases in the last hours. For its part, La Palma adds five new cases, so the accumulated cases are 279. La Gomera and El Hierro do not add any cases in the last 24 hours, keeping the accumulated cases at 181 and 74, respectively.
The Ministry of Health reminds that these data are provisional, since the Coordinating Center for Alerts and Emergencies does not receive epidemiological information from the Autonomous Communities on weekends and holidays, so there will be no communication of complete data nor will the Grafcan website be updated these days, but these provisional data will be reviewed and consolidated according to the protocols. The daily update will be active again next Monday, December 28.
Health recommendations for Christmas gatherings
The Ministry makes a call to follow the recommendations of the General Directorate of Public Health of the SCS to maintain social and family gatherings as safely as possible and avoid the possibility of transmission of COVID-19.
The ideal is to celebrate meals outdoors or in well-ventilated areas in order to avoid enclosed spaces. It is recommended to maintain the meetings of this period with the same bubble group of contacts so that the possibilities of transmission are limited and that if one of the guests has symptoms, they should not attend the celebration. In this case, you must isolate yourself and call the coronavirus care line 900 112 061.
The recommendations include maintaining distance at all times, including at the table during lunch or dinner, between non-cohabiting people and only removing the mask when eating and drinking, since the greatest risk occurs when people are unprotected, so it is important to avoid these exposures without a mask as much as possible.
Other recommendations are to greet without maintaining physical contact, therefore, without kisses or hugs; maintain separation at the table between non-cohabitants, for example including a free chair between non-cohabiting families; perform adequate hand hygiene, for which it may be useful to put hydroalcoholic gel on the table; avoid placing masks on the table; it can be stored, for example, in a paper envelope; do not share utensils, or snack from the same plate and it is recommended to mark the glasses so that there is no possibility of confusion; the food should always be served by the same person so that movement around the table is limited; toast without clinking glasses to avoid contact, and reduce the time after dinner to reduce the risk of coronavirus transmission.
Also, it is recommended that in the event that several family members are caregivers of a vulnerable person, they should not all coincide in the same celebration. If it were necessary to establish a quarantine, they would not all be affected.
