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24.03.2022 - 18:25 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A top holiday destination for Brits will be lifting most of their Covid travel restrictions in time for the Easter holidays. The Canary Islands will be scrapping various rules from this week, including capacity limits in both indoor and outdoor venues, which will now be able to operate at full capacity.
Venues such as theatres and cinemas will be able to run at full capacity. From Thursday other entertainment activities including sports events and leisure activities will also open at 100 per cent capacity, the Canarian Weekly reports.
The move comes as 84 per cent of the population are now jabbed, HullLive reports. President of the Canary Islands government, Ángel Víctor Torres, announced: "It is not the end of the pandemic, of course not, we must remain vigilant and if the situation worsens we will have to reintroduce them."
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He said changes were "the next stage of normality for society” and is possible because authorities now had more tools to deal with the control of the virus and appearance of new variants. However, the full list of restrictions being banished will be revealed on Thursday.
The regional president stressed that this is a temporary suspension of the general and regional measures that, if circumstances worsen, can be reactivated again. The changes cover the Canary Islands region, which includes Tenerife, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and Gran Canaria.
Rules on face masks and Covid passports will still apply as they are national laws in use throughout Spain. Face coverings must still be used indoors and there are now plans to ease this requirement. However, the tourism industry is hopeful long-standing restrictions on nightclubs will be
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Spain and Italy have both confirmed they will extend Covid travel restrictions for at least another month.
School pupils and students across Scotland have now entered into their Easter holidays this week.
This Easter is the first school holiday since all coronavirus travel restrictions were lifted in the UK. Airlines have seen a boost in bookings for Easter getaways, with TUI revealing that Spain and Greece are among its most popular destinations.
With April underway and Easter fast approaching, schools are waving goodbye to the 2022 spring term. In Greater Manchester, the majority of schools have already closed for the Easter break, while others will break up at the end of this week.
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A spell of bad weather is hindering holiday plans for tourists heading to Spain over the next few days. Downpours, high winds and stormy seas have been battering the country.
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