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Health warning issued over Canary Islands heatwave

Government
Will Payne
8 July 2022

Health officials in the Canary Islands have issued a weather warning as temperatures are reportedly set to reach upwards of 30 degrees this weekend.

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The Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands has activated health risk notices between 9 and 11 July in different areas of Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, and La Palma, according to the Mirror.

A spokesperson reportedly said: "The plan is aimed at the entire population, and especially designed for the population groups most vulnerable to intense heat, such as the elderly, children and people with chronic pathologies.