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Zero New Coronavirus Cases Reported In The Canary Islands

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Tourist-free Gran Canaria reports first Covid-19 free day since March 9 Tourist-free Gran Canaria reports first Covid-19 free day since March 9 Photos Gran Canaria

There were no new cases of Coronavirus reported yesterday in Gran Canaria or anywhere in the Canary Islands for the first time since March 8, according to the local press.. 

While it is too soon to call an end to the epidemic and there will almost certainly be more cases, the Covid-19 free day is a sign that almost two months of strict lockdown have worked. The Canary Islands are on track to become one of the first places in the world to eliminate the virus completely. 

Director of the Canarian Health Service, Antonio Olivares, said yesterday that the virus is no longer out there amongst the people and that all remaining clusters of cases are under tight control. The islands are doing 3000 tests per day to make sure that the virus remains contained. 

So far, the islands have detected 2,231 people with Covid-19, of whom 143 have died and 1,194 have been discharged. There are 894 people that remain in recovery. 26% of cases were amongst doctors, nurses and other health professionals. In Gran Canaria, 546 people have been affected by the virus, with 328 of them already cured. 36 people have died. 

As daily life slowly returns to normal, the tourist-free Canary Islands now have to ask "what now?!"

 

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    The Parafarmacia In Gran Canaria Is Not A Chemist!

    If there is one thing we hate it is visitors being tricked in Gran Canaria. In the past we've warned about overcharging at Gran Canaria chemists, and rip off electronics shops in resorts. 

    In this Tip Of The Day we return to the island's chemists or rather, to the island's fake chemists.

    A chemist in Gran Canaria is called a Farmacia and always has a green cross sign. Farmacias are the only place tobuy medicine in Spain, even basics like paracetamol.

    However, there is another kind of shop in Gran Canaria that looks and sounds like a chemist but doesn't sell medicine. This is the Parafarmacia and it also uses a green cross sign.

    A parafarmacia is a herbal medicine shop that is not allowed to sell any normal medicine such as paracetamol, ibuprofen or antibiotics. 

    Instead, parafarmacias sell herbal alternatives to medicine but don't have to prove that they work and they can charge whatever they want.

    We recently heard from a visitor to Gran Canaria who went into a parafarmacia and was charged 40 euros for a herbal alternative to Ibuprofen. It was only when they read the label that they realised what had happened. 

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