Coronavirus in Fuerteventura - Discussion

[Catlover]

Helas, The Netherlands put Spain, including Canarias!, In the orange zone. This means no recreation or holiday stay.

For us it can mean we have to fly before Sunday, our planned date.

For the Canaries it means no income of tourism. Sad!

[Tardis]

I’m not sure if this has already been mentioned, the Canarian Government have a COVID-19 website:
 
https://grafcan1.maps.arcgis.com/apps/op...d1fd70efb6

If you click on Fuerteventura, it will display various statistics.

[Jason W]

I’m not sure if this has already been mentioned, the Canarian Government have a Covid-19 website:
 
https://grafcan1.maps.arcgis.com/apps/op...d1fd70efb6

If you click on Fuerteventura, it will display various statistics.

What’s the story in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria? Over 1400 current active cases if I’m reading it correctly?

[FVmouse]

Google says the Canary Islands population is 2.15 million. Treat with caution but there it is.

So 338 new cases just reported represents 16 per 100,000 people.

I believe the U.K. government is (sort of) setting its removal from quarantine threshold when a country maintains this figure at less than 20 for 28 consecutive days (two quarantine periods). 

With a bit of luck the islands won’t exceed this 20 figure (assuming they haven’t already) and then just maybe the UK Govt might consider regional differences and lift the UK quarantine.

But if that number rises above 20 then it’s staying in place for quite a while IMO.

Of course it all depends on the figure they are using for the population which is a bit of a moving feast.

[Jason W]

I think it is the rolling 7 day total per 100,00 they use and that is far too high for the quarantine to change any time soon. From what I can see that seems around 80.

[Johnrgby]

When the figures are released reference the refugees, which on past figures you have t assume at least 20+ will be infected, that will put us near or over that figure, anyone besides me seeing a second lockdown coming?

[Johnrgby]

OK, we now have 98 cases, given a population of 124,769 { Spanish Government figures July 2019 } that is close to 79 in a 100.000

[Jason W]

Those that arrived yesterday didn't show up in the figures.
However, bad news today in that 28 new cases have been reported in the last 24 hours - 8 residents and 13 migrants. 2 people have recovered and gives a total of 98 active cases.

I am not interested in the migrant argument but should they be excluded from the reported numbers given the way they distort the picture on Fuerteventura, especially given the way case numbers are used to set policy by Spanish and Foreign governments? I know we are nowhere near the UK allowing quarantine exemption but one boat could be enough to provoke a major policy change one day given the relatively small population of the Island.

[Ducks]

First of all, it's quite a surprise to see less than half of the migrants being active. They spent days with no chance to distance from each other. Only 13 infected could be down to using non effective tests or someone just lying, TBH.

Very possible that the remainder already had the infection and gotten over it before testing. The latest mutations seem to be less damaging.

However, you can never rule out finessing of figures where governments are involved and there is Money at risk.

[Captain Sensible]

21 new cases, making it 127 active cases in Fuerteventura, two of the patients are in the hospital, the rest under home monitoring.

https://www.diariodefuerteventura.com/no...oronavirus

That should mean that further restrictions will be put in place, as in Gran Canaria and Lanzarote.