Germans fly TUI to the Canary Islands – will government now remove quarantine?
TUI flights from Germany to the Canary Islands have started up again after a month of COVID-19 cancellations.
The first flight landed last Saturday, 3rd October, with seven weekly flights planned for the rest of the winter season.
But despite the Canaries falling below 50 cases per 100,000, the German government has not removed them from its quarantine list.
To return home from Spain, tourists must either self-isolate or self-isolate until they receive a negative PCR result.
The German government uses 50 cases per 100,000 inhabitants as a benchmark for red-listing a region for travel.
They put the Canary Islands on the COVID-19 risk list on 2nd September.
But in yesterday’s statistics, the Canary Islands recorded 47 cases per 100,000 inhabitants over the last 7 days.
Both TUI and the Canarian government have made pleas to remove the islands from quarantine rules.
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Just 58 passengers flew with TUI last Saturday to the Canaries – leaving 122 empty.
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