Political Party, Juntos Pelo Povo (JPP) has confirmed that they will meet on Monday, the 8th of March in Porto Santo, to finalise the Madeira - Porto Santo Air Mobility document. In their statement, Élvio Sousa, spokesperson for the initiative and Parliamentary Leader of the JPP said:
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During the visit to the Macaronesian Forest Centre at Quinta do Santo da Serra, The President of Madeira, Miguel Albuquerque, said that the vaccination programme for teachers would be released soon. However, this all depends on the number of AstraZeneca vaccines that arrive this weekend.
The President of the Regional Government, Miguel Albuquerque has said that this year the Madeira Wine Rally may not go ahead. At the moment, the governments goal is to have 70% of the population vaccinated by the end of the summer, which will allow certain events, such as the Flower Festival to go ahead in September.
He may have been an hour late, but as Chega party leader André Ventura entered the auditorium of the Vila Galé hotel, in Santa Cruz, he soon let it be known that winning a seat in the Madeiran Legislative Assembly is one his major objectives.
Through the Official Journal of the Autonomous Region of Madeira (JORAM), the Regional Government has published Government Council Resolution No. 132/2021, dated the 26th of February, which readjusts the measures to control and contain the current pandemic situation.
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.
Once again Garajau came under the scrutiny of the Public Security Police (PSP) as people flouted the weekend 6 pm curfew.
The President of the Regional Government visited an organic agricultural production centre in Santo António, Funchal, this weekend.
Yesterday was a day of celebration, as the two surviving Covid-19 patients, who were flown to Madeira at the end of January are now back in Lisbon.
The Prime Minister of Portugal, António Costa today thanked health professionals from the Dr. Nélio Mendonça Hospital for all their hard work and dedication towards the three mainland Covid-19 patients who were flown to Madeira on the 29th of January.
A further batch of 5,850 Pfizer arrived yesterday on a TAP flight. The vaccines are currently stored at an airport warehouse, and will be transported under Public Security Police (PSP) guard to the the Dr. Nélio Mendonça Hospital tomorrow morning.
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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.