There has been quite a rush up to the Teide National Park to see the snow, and that is expected to increase over the weekend even as the snow starts to disappear. As a result, and in an attempt to restrict traffic to control the spread of covid, the Tenerife Cabildo has announced that there will be a form of Operación Nevada in place from this afternoon until Sunday night. From 2pm today until 10pm Sunday, the La Esperanza road will be descending only, with ascent through the other access roads via La Orotava, Vilaflor, and Chío. Cabildo Roads Councillor Enrique Arriaga explained that theREAD MORE

Updated 15 January 2021: Regional President Ángel Torres has said today that all the first doses have been given of the vaccine that has been delivered to the Canaries and that the second doses will start to be given from Sunday. Torres said that the group that had been vaccinated was the priority 1 group of those heavily dependent on or in intensive or residential nursing care, plus workers in that sector. The national Government’s vaccine strategy is explained in THIS working paper, and after the first group has received its second vaccination, attention will turn to the second, that of healthcare professionals and frontline workers.READ MORE

Entry to Tenerife is restricted by three measures. Spain’s ban on UK arrivals who aren’t resident and which is in place currently until 2 February. The only documents which show legal residence for this purpose are the old Certificado de Registro (A4 or credit card size) and the new TIE – but some problems have been experienced by Registro holders, as explained in the link the Canarian Government’s restrictions on arrivals from within the national territory, with only those with legitimate reasons allowed to enter or leave islands in Level 3 and Diagnostic Test for Active Infection required for entry to other islands until atREAD MORE