A sign with Covid-19 rules stands in front of a deserted beach in Puerto del Carmen, Lanzarote, Spain on 21st November 2020. Beaches and resorts across the island are nearly deserted since tourism plummeted due to Covid restrictions elsewhere in Europe. Although the Canary Islands have been relatively unscathed by the virus, with 155 lives lost from 2.1 million residents, the region is heavily dependent on tourism and locals are hoping that numbers recover as lockdown measures ease and vaccines potentially reduce the numbers of infections.
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