The Canary Islands Government Council decided this Thursday to reduce the alert level in Lanzarote, which will return to level 1 after almost six months.
It was last January 7 when the island entered level 2 and a few days later it rose to 3 and then to 4, where it remained for weeks, after the rebound in cases linked to Christmas. Afterwards, the alert level was reduced and on March 11 it dropped to level 2, but since then it remained stagnant in that phase, from which it has now managed to emerge.
The other change has been agreed in Fuerteventura, which in this case will rise from level 1 to level 2. The island of Majorera has been suffering a rebound in cases for two weeks and this Thursday it has already reached a cumulative incidence at 7 days of 85.19 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, entering high risk in this indicator.
For its part, Tenerife will continue at level 3 and the rest of the islands -Gran Canaria, La Gomera, El Hierro and La Palma- at level 1, to which Lanzarote is now also returning.
In the case of Gran Canaria, the Minister of Health, Blas Trujillo, has stressed that they will do "very close monitoring", since in recent days it has also suffered a rebound and this Thursday it has added 82 cases. On this island, the cumulative incidence at 7 days is 32.26 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, at medium risk. Thus, although for the moment it will continue at level 1, the Government does not rule out having to adopt measures if the figures continue to rise.
In addition, he also pointed out that the same monitoring will be done in Fuerteventura, which although it has risen one level, to alert 2, may require additional restrictions if infections are not controlled. The island of Majorera had already been showing worse indicators than Lanzarote since last week and this Thursday it almost quadruples its cumulative incidence figure at 7 days.
As for Tenerife, it is the one that continues to concentrate the greatest concern and will continue at level 3, although the restrictions will be reduced. In fact, in restaurants and hotels it will have in practice the same measures as level 2, after the Superior Court of Justice of the Canary Islands suspended last Tuesday on a precautionary basis the additional restrictions, attending to an appeal from the hotel sector of that island. Following that order, the Government reached an agreement with the sector that has also been approved this Thursday in the Governing Council.
In this way, it has been agreed that the use of interiors will be allowed, with a capacity of 50% and a maximum of two people at the bar and four people at the table, or six if all are vaccinated. As for the terraces, the maximum will be six diners, the same as in level 2, and with a capacity of 75%. In addition, the closing time will also be delayed to midnight.
