A power struggle over rapid antigen tests has been raging for several weeks between the regional government of the Canary Islands and the Spanish central government in Madrid. First the islands recognized it, then Madrid drove over it and stipulated that only PCR tests are allowed. But now the Canaries prevailed.

Specifically, this means that the regional government will allow entry again from Thursday on presentation of an antigen finding. A negative PCR test, which must not be older than 72 hours, is still permitted. What is new, however, is that domestic travelers who, for example, live on the mainland and are on vacation on the islands, must present at least a negative antigen result. The regional government wants to avoid the introduction of the corona virus from other regions of Spain and thus protect tourism, which anyway only hangs by a thread.