The Canary Islands Government has not changed the level of any island this Thursday, but in practice it has lowered one to all of them, by reducing restrictions. In the case of Lanzarote, it will remain at level 3 but will be governed by the rules of level 2. In addition, other changes have also been approved that affect the entire archipelago. For the island, these are the new measures that will come into effect from this Friday:
Group meetings: Since it re-entered alert level 3, a maximum of 6 non-cohabiting people could meet in Lanzarote. Now, when applying the restrictions of level 2, the maximum becomes 8, in both public and private spaces.
Closing time: The hours of establishments and nightlife activities are also extended, and now they can open until 3 in the morning.
Capacity in hotels and restaurants: The capacity will be 75% outdoors and 50% indoors, with a maximum of 8 people per table
Capacity in sporting events: The Canarian Government has also modified this restriction and now, regardless of the alert level of each island, a capacity of 85% will be allowed when events are in open venues and 75% in closed places. As for training, it is recommended that they be done “preferably without an audience”, although their attendance is not expressly prohibited either, which would be governed by the same capacity percentages as a match.
Capacity in cultural events: Like sporting events, cultural activity is no longer governed by alert levels, and the capacity on all the islands will be 75% when it takes place in closed premises and 85% when it is outdoors, in bounded public spaces.
Mortuary health: The other change that the Canary Islands Government approved this Thursday refers to the farewell given to people who died with Covid. Until now, in those cases the wake and any intervention on the corpse were prohibited, and even the possibility of burial or incineration before 24 hours was foreseen. Now, that order has been annulled. “Scientific evidence, after two years of pandemic, allows treating and assisting the death of patients with Covid as that of any other death that takes place due to any other disease, with the corresponding wake under the general regulations in force for this type of activities”, they point out from the Canarian Government.
Without covid certificate: The covid certificate to access the interior of certain premises and establishments stopped being mandatory a few days ago, but the voluntary certificate will not be maintained either, as the Canary Islands Government intended. And it is that this same Thursday, the Superior Court of Justice of the Canary Islands has rejected extending that measure, which allowed extending hours and capacities to businesses that voluntarily requested it.
