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The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to the Canary Islands on 31 January 2020, when a German tourist was tested positive in La Gomera. [2] [3] [4] The second confirmed case of the disease in the islands was found on 24 February, following the outbreak in Italy, when a medical doctor from Lombardy, Italy who was vacationing in Tenerife was tested positive for the disease.
On 2 April, 950 people died of the virus in a 24-hour period—at the time, the most by any country in a single day. [13] On 17 May, the daily death toll announced by the Spanish government fell below 100 for the first time, [14] and 1 June was the first day without deaths by COVID-19. [15] The state of alarm ended on 21 June. [16]
On the Canary Islands, two Italian tourists, who were on holiday with the Italian doctor and his wife, also tested positive. The group were transferred to University Hospital of the Nuestra Señora de Candelaria and underwent quarantine. [43] In Barcelona, a 22-year-old man who visited Italy a few days ago was tested positive. [44]
As of March 2024, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention no longer advises a five-day isolation period when you test positive for COVID-19, but recommends taking other precautions once ...
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Travelers can expect the rules to be in flux as countries adjust to match the evolving COVID-19 pandemic. Here are the entry requirements for some of the most popular Caribbean island destinations.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing and related measures were recommended by several governments as alternatives to an enforced quarantine of heavily affected areas. According to UNESCO monitoring, more than a hundred countries implemented nationwide school closures in response to COVID-19 , impacting over half the world's student ...
Since 21 January 2021, all arrivals from the Cook Islands can enter New Zealand, without having to undergo mandatory quarantine (provided they have been in Cook Islands for at least 14 days). However, since 23:59 on 19 March 2020, borders are closed to all other non-citizens and non-residents including the previously exempt Pacific Islands or ...