The Government of the Canary Islands decided to go down to the island of Tenerife to health alert level 1, the lowest and equivalent to the green traffic light, which is applied when the epidemiological indicators are those of the new normal or the low level of transmission, in the terms established by the Interterritorial Council of the National Health System. These are the main measures of alert level 1:
Tenerife drops to alert level 1 after eight months
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General measures
As in the rest of the levels, in level 1 the health authority may establish additional limiting measures to those that make up the regime of each level of health alert, provided that it considers them necessary and proportional in accordance with the regime generally established in the health legislation. and public health.
In addition, the limiting measures that make up the different alert levels may be temporarily lifted or totally or partially modulated by the health authority in the territorial areas where it is possible, depending on the specific epidemiological situation, provided that the health indicators do not change. and that the general interests of intervention against the COVID-19 pandemic and the preservation of the healthcare capacity of the health system are not put at risk.
The use of masks will be mandatory for everyone over six years of age.
Specific measures
1. Capacity: the maximum capacity allowed in outdoor spaces will be 100% of what they have established and 75% in indoor spaces.
2. Groups of people: the permanence of groups of people both in spaces for public and private use, closed or outdoors, will be subject to not exceeding the maximum number of 12 persons, except in the case of cohabitants. In the event that the group is made up of cohabitants and non-cohabitants, the maximum number of people indicated will not be exceeded. Cohabiting is understood to be those people who reside under the same roof.
3. Closing hours: in those establishments and activities that, prior to the pandemic, did not have a closing time set, or had a higher one, the maximum authorized closing time will be 3:00 am.
4. Mass events. its celebration and the maximum number of attendees will be adjusted to what is established in the health authorization and other circumstances provided for in article 13.
5. The health centers will modulate the limitations of capacity and groups of people so that there is no impairment in health care, maximizing preventive and hygiene measures.
6. A maximum of 50 people may participate in tour guide and active tourism activities.
7. The activity of nightlife establishments: discotheques, cocktail bars and karaoke bars, only for those hospitality activities, such as restaurants or bars, that are authorized by their municipal license, under the same conditions as the establishments that have it as a specific activity. Dancing is not allowed. The schedule will be at the latest until 04.00 hours, without the need to present a COVID passport to access the premises, as the Government announced this Thursday.
8. The persons responsible for nightlife establishments and activities will collect the information of the employees, users or participants for the traceability of contagions and contacts, in accordance with the provisions of article 5.2 of this Decree-Law. The information collected will include name and surname, ID, telephone number and date and time of the service. This record will be kept at the disposal of the health authorities for a month after the event. The information processing will be carried out in accordance with the provisions of the personal data protection regulations, with the sole purpose of monitoring, surveillance and epidemiological control of COVID-19.
9. Parties, festivals and other popular events may not be held.
10. Public shows: cultural, recreational, leisure and leisure activities, including sports, that take place sporadically and in places other than the establishments used for the regular exercise of said activity and, where appropriate, those held in removable or removable facilities. Open sky, which are not considered mass events, will be adjusted to the following regime:
• In those held outdoors, the maximum capacity allowed will be 75% if the public remains seated and does not consume food, and 50% if the public remains seated and consumes food. If the public remains standing, the maximum capacity will be 50% and no food or beverages may be consumed.
• In those that are held in closed spaces, the maximum capacity will be 50% and you will not be able to consume food or beverages, no standing public will be allowed.
11. Outdoor children’s and youth camps will have a maximum capacity of 75% in outdoor spaces with a maximum of 150 participants including the monitor. In the activities carried out in closed spaces, the maximum capacity will be 50% with a maximum of 50 people including the monitor.
12. In the discretionary public transport of passengers in passenger cars and rental vehicles with driver, with up to nine seats including the driver, it is allowed to occupy all the rear seats of the vehicle, as well as those offered in the row of seats of the driver , when the rear ones have been previously exhausted, except when the driver can be considered as a person at risk.
13. Saunas can only be used individually or by people living together simultaneously, and must be cleaned and disinfected between successive uses.
14. The sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages, individually or in groups, on public roads, parks or outdoor recreation areas will not be allowed.
15. The practice of federated sports, regional or insular, outdoors or enclosed spaces, and non-federated sports in the open air are allowed, ensuring the maintenance of the interpersonal distance of 2 meters whenever possible, with mandatory use of the mask. The number of participants will be limited by the specific regulations of each sport. The public capacity will be 100% in open spaces and 75% in closed spaces.
