The de-escalation continues: closing at 3.00 and greater capacity in Gran Canaria

The rest of the islands maintain their current alert levels. This means that Tenerife and Gran Canaria remain at alert level 4; and La Palma, Fuerteventura, El Hierro and La Gomera remain at level 3.

On the other hand, the Government Council of the Canary Islands agreed continue with the de-escalation of restrictions in force to contain the pandemic caused by COVID-19.

To this end, two unique packages of measures have been established, which correspond to the more flexible than the existing ones, to be applied depending on the level of risk where each island is located. With the new regulations approved today, some measures are specified for the islands of Tenerife and Gran Canaria and others, more flexible, for Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro.

In this sense, it is necessary to clarify that “health alert levels” are determined by epidemiological indicators and care established by the Ministry of Health, while the “measures” are for protection and control and are agreed by the regional governments based on the parameters achieved and the trend that the evolution of the pandemic presents at all times.

Considering the current pandemic situation, there is a high transmission of the virus with a limited healthcare impact in relation to the total number of cases. This allows, due to the principle of proportionality, to gradually relax prevention and control measures, while still maintaining alert levels.

Therefore, the agreed measure, which responds to the new pandemic scenario, It will enter into force tomorrow after its publication in the Official Gazette of the Canary Islands.

It represents one more step in the de-escalation process that began on January 7, when the measures corresponding to alert level 4 were modulated and which continued last week with the relaxation of the measures, applying the alert level restrictions to each island. before it was found.

The downward and continued trend that has been experienced in recent weeks, both in the Cumulative Incidence at 7 and 14 days, encourages the continuation of the process of relaxation of the measures, as is taking place in other regions of the country. , although some have already announced the end of the restrictions.

However, the commitment of the Government of the Canary Islands since the start of the pandemic has consisted of progressively de-escalating, taking into account Public Health indicators and the principles of prudence and surveillance of epidemiological data when establishing measures that help to reconcile with guarantees health security with the development of economic and social activity in the Islands.

Most notable measures

For the islands of Gran Canaria and Tenerife, the most outstanding measures are:

–General capacity: 75% outdoors and 50% indoors.

–Groups of people in spaces for public and private use, closed or outdoors: 8 people maximum, except cohabitants.

–Closing times in establishments and activities that, prior to the pandemic, did not have a fixed closing time or had a higher one: 03.00 hours.

–night leisure: 75% outdoors and 50% indoors, at tables of 8 people and closing at 03:00.

–Hospitality and restoration: 75% capacity outdoors and 50% indoors, at tables of 8 people and closing time at 03:00.

–Practice of non-federated physical and sports activity outdoors and in sports facilities and centers: 75% capacity outdoors and 50% indoors and in groups of a maximum of 8 people, except cohabitants.

–Federated sports practice at a regional or island level, outdoors or in closed spaces, and non-federated sports practice outdoors: 85% public capacity outdoors and 75% public capacity indoors.

– Cultural activity: in open-air public spaces it will have 85% capacity and in closed cultural and artistic venues and establishments 75%.

– Essential Retail Businesses: The maximum capacity in closed spaces is set at 75%.

–Health centers: Visits are made more flexible, which will be supervised by center staff and the established prevention measures will be extreme.

For the rest of the islands: Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro, the most outstanding measures are:

–General capacity: 100% outdoors and 75% indoors.

–Groups of people in spaces for public and private use, closed or outdoors: 12 people maximum, except cohabitants.

–Closing times in establishments and activities that, prior to the pandemic, did not have a fixed closing time or had a higher one: 04.00 hours.

–night leisure: 100% outdoors and 75% indoors, at tables of 12 people and closing at 04:00.

–Hospitality and restoration: 100% capacity outdoors and 75% indoors, at tables of 12 people and closing time at 04:00.

–Practice of non-federated physical and sports activity outdoors and in sports facilities and centers: 100% capacity outdoors and 75% indoors and in groups of a maximum of 12 people, except cohabitants.

–Federated sports practice at a regional or island level, outdoors or in closed spaces, and non-federated sports practice outdoors: 100% public capacity outdoors and 75% public capacity indoors.

– Cultural activity: in open-air public spaces it will have 100% capacity and in closed cultural and artistic venues and establishments 75%.

–Health centers: Visits are normally allowed in hospitals.

Transport measures for all islands

– In the discretionary public transport of passengers in passenger cars and rental vehicles with a 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 driver’s row of seats, when the rear seats have been previously exhausted, except when the driver can be considered a person at risk.

– The capacity in regular urban and metropolitan land public transport for passengers is set at 100% of the maximum capacity allowed for the respective vehicles. Adequate ventilation and/or air renewal must be guaranteed, as well as the rest of the general measures for the prevention and control of SARS-CoV-2