SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Jan 10 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands, in collaboration with the Official Associations of Pharmacists of the provinces of Las Palmas and Santa Cruz de Tenerife, authorizes pharmacy offices to issue the COVID-19 vaccination certificate.
This measure, which is activated since Monday, seeks to facilitate access to this document for people residing in the Canary Islands, as well as to decongest the health centers that had been taking the certificates of patients and users who could not access the app mycertificadocovid.com or the website enabled by the Canary Islands Health Service for this purpose.
People interested in obtaining this document in pharmacies, which will have no cost, must present their ID and, in case of requesting the COVID-19 certificate from a third party, it will be necessary to show the identification document of the person requesting it to register who makes the request.
For now, pharmacies will only issue the certificates of residents, a fact that they will verify through the Canary Health Card.
Residents of other autonomous communities who want to access the certificate will have to do so through digital services or by going to health centers.
The Ministry of Health thanks the official colleges of Pharmacists of both provinces for their good disposition for the collaboration requested at all times.
MOBILE APP
Likewise, from the Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands it is recalled that the Canary Islands Health Service (SCS) has the mobile application and the web www.miCertificadocovid.com for anyone already vaccinated, with one or two doses or with the booster dose, to access, save or print their COVID certificate.
The implementation of this document in the islands was ratified by the Superior Court of Justice of the Canary Islands (TSJC), under the modality of compulsory use, for all sectors that are subject to capacity or schedule restrictions on the islands that are at levels alert 3 and 4.
This measure, which came into effect on December 25 and will last for one month, will be subject to monitoring and evaluation, without prejudice to the possibility of a new extension depending on the evolution of the epidemiological situation.
The mandatory certificate for establishments and activities subject to time limits and capacity limits on the islands at levels 3 and 4 does not allow them to benefit from applying lower level measures as was the case when the use of the COVID certificate was maintained as voluntary.
The objective is to establish exceptional measures to control the health situation of people who access certain establishments, facilities or activities considered risky for the transmission of COVID-19, to stop its spread.
Thus, the establishments, facilities or activities on the islands that are at health alert levels 3 and 4 that are affected by the application of the mandatory COVID certificate are hospitality and restaurant establishments, nightlife establishments and dedicated to recreational activities and by chance with a capacity greater than 30 people; events and celebrations with concentration of people and music festivals with attendance of more than 500 people; sporting events attended by more than 500 people; public shows attended by more than 500 people; cultural activities in cinemas, theaters, auditoriums and the like whose opening license has a capacity of more than 50 people; gyms and similar equipment: health establishments and centers and residential or day care centers.
The remaining establishments, facilities or activities, such as shops, hairdressers and transport, among others, in which users remain using the mask, on the islands that are in health alert levels 3 and 4, They will be able to apply the certificate voluntarily.
VOLUNTARY USE
The COVID certificate is for voluntary use to access certain establishments and activities on the islands that are in levels 1 and 2, a measure that was also ratified by the TSJC and that allows the establishments that use it to benefit from the capacity and schedules of the level lower than those on the island in question.
