The Deputy Secretary of Organization of the Popular Party of Lanzarote, Yonathan de León, has criticized the decision of the Canary Islands Government Council to keep Lanzarote in phase 2 at the alert level for Covid, "despite the fact that the island has significantly reduced the number of cases, hospital pressure has been reduced and the rate of vaccination is much higher than that of other islands in the archipelago."
“It is disappointing that the positive progress that Lanzarote is having in the development of the pandemic is not translated into the phase increase and that for another week it remains stagnant at level 2 together with Tenerife, which effectively does have a much higher incidence, of 73.44 cases per 100,000 inhabitants”, says Yonathan de Leon.
“The situation of both islands is totally different. We do not understand how Lanzarote remains in phase 2 with 34.2 cases and that islands such as La Gomera are in phase 1 with higher incidence data, specifically, 41.52”. “These inconsistencies are incomprehensible when the Canary Islands Government also recognizes that hospital pressure is at minimal risk”, he points out.
The Deputy Secretary of the Popular Party affirms that the decision adopted this Thursday by the Governing Council “represents a new blow to the economic recovery and to the expectations of the island's hotel sector”. “Companies and small businesses are in an unsustainable situation and for most of them these months are decisive to be able to recover”. Yonathan de León points out that phase 1 would allow restaurants to recover tables of up to 10 people, 100% of the space on terraces and up to 75% indoors, while nightlife would extend its hours until 2 in the morning.
The Populars believe that these advances would represent “a breath of fresh air for establishments that have been among the most affected since the beginning of the pandemic”. “Delaying it even further, questionably, is extending the economic agony of an important part of the island's business fabric”, adds Yonathan de León.
