A Canary Islands tourist hot spot has closed its beaches immediately after being hit by second coronavirus wave. The holiday island of El Hierro in the Canaries has shut down its beaches immediatel…
Credit: Rita SobotEl Hierro was one of the few places in Spain to escape the pandemic, registering only a handful of cases and no deaths.
"In this sense, health protection measures have been issued, within each area of competence, in order to reduce and prevent risky contacts between citizens in relation to Covid-19," he said. The El Hierro government team says it is in close contact with the Canary government because of the proximity of the planned return of schools on September 15th.
By islands, Gran Canaria accumulates 3,702 cases of coronavirus of which 2,899 are still active, which represents 68 per cent of the total active cases on the islands. Tenerife has a cumulative 2,380 cases of which 782 are still active, three times less than the active cases in Gran Canaria.
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