The Regional Secretary for Health and Civil Protection has released this week's vaccination programme. At this moment in time, only those aged 80 and over, or those aged 75 -79 with medical conditions are being vaccinated.
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Due to the pandemic situation in many of Madeira's tourism markets, and the fact that the role out of the vaccine has been slower than anticipated, the Regional Government |(RG) has decided to postpone this year’s Flower Festival and cancel the Festival of the Atlantic.
So far, home delivery catering establishments can deliver meals up until 10 pm, Monday through Friday, and until 5 pm on Saturdays and Sundays. Today, the Governing Council must approve the motion to allow for the extension of home delivery meals until 10 pm seven days a week.
Today, in the Government Council, the Madeiran Executive is expected to move forward and announce which sporting activities are allowed to resume next week. So far, the list includes athletics, canoeing, bodyboarding, swimming (open water), surfing, triathlon and golf.
The closing date for applications for the "Viveiro de Lojas do Funchal," a Funchal City Project which aims to serve as a platform for testing new businesses and their brands, is the 5th of March 2021.
Marking the eleventh year anniversary of the 2010 floods, the Regional Government issued a statement on their social network pages, saying: "Today, 11 years after February 20, 2010, we have plenty of reasons to be proud.
The green corridor at Madeira International Airport is now open to tourists who have been either vaccinated or recovered from Covid-19, and who present a 90-day proof of validity.
A black and white cat, who has now been named Rafael was found with wires sticking out from his tummy. He was a victim of inhumane cruelty, as someone had deliberately pushed the wires through him, but luckily for Rafael, charity Ajuda a Alimentar Cães managed to rescue him and provide him with emergency veterinary treatment.
Writing on his social media, renown geographer, Raimundo Quintal stated how indignant he is that the Fortim do Faial still remains closed to the general public.
Already this week, there have been newspaper reports about the increased number of people now living on the streets of Madeira. Today, photos have been published of a 'couple' who have set up home on the promenade of São Vicente.
The Ordem dos Farmacêuticos has confirmed that last weekend that staff from 50 Madeiran pharmacies received their first vaccination against Covid-19.
While Presenting the 'Madeira Safe to Discover' certificate to Calheta Travel Agency RMK Tours, the Regional Secretary for Culture and Tourism, Eduardo Jesus, stated that he expects tourism to show signs of recovery in the second half of this year, as there will be a holiday 'demand boom' as more and more people are vaccinated and travel restrictions are lifted.
Whether it was the sudden accounting error that misled everyone into believing that 17,500 vaccines had arrived on the island this week, but Miguel Albuquerque stated today, that he hopes that in Madeira, the vaccine will not be misused. However, when questioned by reporters, he said he had more important things to worry about!
Australian adventurer, Jackson Groves has published a new video of his experiences at Pico Ruivo, where he contemplates the sunset, under a blanket of snow that covers Madeira's highest peak.
Madeira's emblematic, Belmond Reid's Palace Hotel, which survived the First World War and the Spanish Flu, has unfortunately not survived the pandemic, and officially closes on the 1st of February.