The good news is that there is increasing evidence that Madeira is slowly beginning to recover from the pandemic as the latest information from the airport confirms that flights are expected to increase from 60 a week during July to a 140 per week in August.
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Mask use has to be one of the most emotive subjects to have arisen for a long time, with everyone from Ex-Presidents to workers decrying the Regional Governments (RG) decision to bring in the use of mandatory mask wearing from tomorrow.
Paulo Otero, a Law Professor at the Lisbon University Faculty of Law, categorically stated that the ‘mandatory use of masks along Madeira’s public roads’ can only be determined by the Assembly of the Republic. He also pointed out that the only time masks could become mandatory is during a ‘State…
With rising unemployment, mental health issues and increasing occurrences of assaults and robberies, the islands strays are also suffering, as small minded individuals are now turning their attentions to the numerous dogs and cats that roam Madeira's streets.
Despite the reassuring words from the Health Secretary that compulsory mask wearing in all public spaces would not have an knock on effect for tourism, some companies have already reported client cancellations, due to the controversial mandatory mask wearing law being brought in this weekend.
The Portuguese Naval ship, (NRP) Tejo left its naval base in Lisbon this morning en-route to Madeira, where it will remain until the end of October.
As of 7 pm this evening 4,000 people had signed the petition against the use of mandatory face masks in all public spaces, which is due to come into force this Saturday, the 1st of August.
The former President of the Regional Government, Alberto João Jardim, expressed through his Twitter account his reservations regarding the mandatory wearing of masks on public roads from the 1st of August.
Following the Regional Government's compulsory mask wearing decision yesterday, the 28th of July, the coalition government has once again reiterated that masks must be worn in all public spaces from the 1st of August, including streets, beaches and mountain areas.
CTT and CTT online are now selling the new MOxAdTech masks; the first to successfully eliminate 99% of coronavirus particles in tests carried out by the João Lobo Antunes Institute of Molecular Medicine (iMM), making them the first textile mask capable of inactivating the virus.
Well it is as we all expected, especially as a new surge of Covid-19 is rapidly spreading across Europe.
The Regional Government has announced that from Saturday the 1st of August it will be mandatory to wear a face mask while walking along a public street.
A member of the Portuguese community in the United Kingdom may hold the key to curing António Ferreira who resides in Jersey and suffers from a rare type of cancer. As such, he is desperately searching for a compatible donor for a stem cell transplant.
Although as yet there are no figures to support his thesis, economist and hotelier André Barreto, believes at least 50% of companies in Madeira linked to the hotel and tourism sectors will close due to the pandemic.