Negative Tests for Tourists ?

[Ducks]

Am I right, that if travelling to Fuerteventura to our own second home, that we don't need to take a pre flight test?  If so, what paperwork does one need to prove that?

A shortened copy of your escritura - copia simple.  I think I have these words correct but I did not check.  My suggestion, not official.

If they are not checking at the airport and only at the point of "check-in" at your touristic destination, it shouldn't be necessary to bring anything. 

However, I would think a utility bill for your property (water/electric/phone) should prove that you are coming to a place that you either own or have on long-term rental.

[Captain Sensible]

The law is likely to be passed today. Details here: https://www.canarianweekly.com/posts/Cou...CvUZxQil40

[Captain Sensible]

The Canarian Government have approved the law which now states that tourists staying in hotels and licenced accommodation will require a negative COVID test. The details have been published in the BOC (the Official Canarian Bulletin). There is a transitional period of 10 working days, which means the first arrival date when tests are mandatory for arrivals will be Monday 16th November (to be confirmed).
Test Certificate
Adults and children over six years old, coming to The Canary Islands, irrespective of where they are from, are required to provide a certificate confirming they have been tested within 72 hours of arrival, establishing they are not positive as a COVID transmitter. The certificate can be presented digitally or on paper, and must have details of the issuing organisation. It should include the date and time of the test, the patient’s name and details of the test centre used.

Accommodation providers on the island – hotels, apartment complexes and  Viviendas Vacacional(licenced private rentals) owners are required to verify the test documents when people check into their accommodation.

Arrivals Without Test
If visitors attempt to check-in without a certificate, they should be refused access, and directed to the nearest test centre to take a test at their cost.

In exceptional circumstances, accommodation providers may allow guests to stay overnight, remaining in their rooms, as long as they agree to a test the following day.

Track & Trace App
All visitors are required to download the Radar COVID track and trace app, and should keep the app on their phones for 15 days after return to their home country, in order that any follow up contact due to exposure to a carrier can be made.

Canarian Residents
Residents of the islands can travel between islands and stay in tourist accommodation. They must provide a document affirming that they have been on the islands for at least the previous 15 days.

Covid insurance Scheme
All visitors staying in regulated accommodation on the islands benefit from special COVID insurance, which will cover the cost of treatment and extended stays for quarantine, if they contract the virus while on the islands.
Non-Regulated Accommodation
This includes your own property on the island, staying with friends and family, or staying in unregulated accommodation. There is no mechanism in place to check those visitors have been tested, but they are strongly advised to do so. In any case, they must download the track and trace app.

The BOC (in Spanish) - http://www.gobiernodecanarias.org/boc/20...2sJodLHHF8

[Ducks]

Track & Trace App
All visitors are required to download the Radar Covid track and trace app, and should keep the app on their phones for 15 days after return to their home country, in order that any follow up contact due to exposure to a carrier can be made.

How is this going to be checked and policed? What about people who don't have smartphones, or whose phones won't run the app?

I have no problem with filling in forms or wearing a mask, but I take a very dim view of being forced to carry a tracking and monitoring app with absolutely no guarantees of security of information, especially as it will be difficult to Police.

[FVmouse]

How does the Radar app work over there and is it mandatory for everyone to download it in Spain ? 

Is this part of the Law also subject to the ten working days transition period ?

Many thanks.

[Jason W]

Track & Trace App
All visitors are required to download the Radar Covid track and trace app, and should keep the app on their phones for 15 days after return to their home country, in order that any follow up contact due to exposure to a carrier can be made.

How is this going to be checked and policed? What about people who don't have smartphones, or whose phones won't run the app?

I have no problem with filling in forms or wearing a mask, but I take a very dim view of being forced to carry a tracking and monitoring app with absolutely no guarantees of security of information, especially as it will be difficult to police.

Buy a pay as you go phone and leave it in your room. No one says you must turn it in or carry it with you (unless that becomes law).

[Jason W]

https://www.tui.co.uk/destinations/info/covid19-testing

Seems you can obtain a private test but what is to say it is you that took the test?

[DavidP]

I had  to carry a phone whilst working plus radio plus plus
I do not carry one now, no intention of carrying one now.
I have one in the house for when I need it.

[Ducks]

Or install a firewall to keep the app offline and turn the Bluetooth off. Your privacy is safe and the rulers happy at the same time. 🤔 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

BTW, using a firewall should be anyone's priority with or without this tracking app in force.

Is there anything specific you'd recommend for iOS, Sam? I would prefer not to disable BT as I use the Watch and like being able to get alerts without having to keep the phone to hand. 

The funny part is, the only places we've gone since arriving have been to shop for groceries and other essential items (toiletries/medical/clothes/electrical). Aside a trip home and back, we haven't done anything else since March. Haven't seen anyone socially back home since probably last November; here, not since February. I sit at home all day except for the occasional long walk!

I have no good reason for disliking the tracking so much, but I simply do not trust that the world's biggest-ever accumulation of data won't prove too tempting for sale, analysis, and theft. I also appreciate that the app is supposedly designed to limit monitoring, but I cannot say I trust that, either. I don't consider myself a conspiracy theorist, but data is one of the most valuable commodities in the world, and almost every country is currently looking at a rocky couple of years financially. Generally speaking, I think the less information held on you, the safer you are from profiling, phishing, identity theft, and other nasties of the 21st Century.

Probably mental, but everyone has their own personal neurosis! 

[Emmi Smith]

Is it correct that some iPhones cannot accept this track and trace app? I read something somewhere that anything below iphone7 can not do so?