A headline in one of the papers today confirmed that the absence of contact between family members and those in care homes has created 'terrible psychological consequences.' What is worse, many health care experts, especially psychologist Lúcia Ferreira, claim that many of those who are in care homes will not die from Covid-19, but will die little by little from isolation and loneliness.
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MadeiraShopping, who are managed by Sonae Sierra, and through its partnership with SGS (a world leader in inspection, verification, testing and certification, whose head office is in Geneva), has implemented a series of health and hygiene procedures, guaranteeing the continued safety and well-being of its visitors, tenants, suppliers and employees.
The Funchal City Council (CMF) has announced that they are to install a new radio communications system at the Parque Ecológico do Funchal.
To mark 'Ocean Day' and despite being in lock down, local Caniço Primary school and the Junta de Freguesia challenged youngsters during May and June to create posters to raise awareness among the population about the risks to public health, nature and marine life that discarded disposable personal protective equipment, such as masks, gloves and wipes, has on the environment. In addition the children wanted to highlight the use of reusable masks, in order to produce less waste.
Taking to social media this morning, (11/07) the Mayor of Porto Santo, Isalino Vasconcelos, advised visitors and residents that they need to comply with the new beach signs.
An air filter has been developed by a team of researchers at the University of Houston, U.S.A. which they say is capable to killing the coronavirus instantly.
Yesterday, the 8th of July, was a historic moment for the islands tourist industry as the toboggans operated by Carreiros do Monte were again operating, and like many other activities has adopted several health and safety measures for its operatives.
It may be hot and wearing a mask may be stuffy, but passengers must realise that Madeira’s rules are the rules, and although the majority of visitors to the island are complying, others are visibly complaining. Furthermore, it would appear that people do not fully understanding the Polymerase Chain Reaction…
Playgrounds will officially re-open on the 18th of July with a new set of rules. These are:-
The Government Council has determined that the consumption of alcoholic beverages in public open spaces, situated near roads is now prohibited, except for bar and restaurant terraces.
By Janine Langner Our flight to Madeira had been planned for a long time. Therefore, we were very happy when the flight took place on July 2nd as scheduled, despite Covid.We had regularly informed ourselves in advance online and already installed and filled in our data in the “Madeira Safe…
China's health reputation has taken a turn for the worst as several cases of 'bubonic plague' have been confirmed. According to the BBC, authorities are on high alert after a case was confirmed in the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia.
The Public Security Police (PSP) arrested a 28-year-old male citizen from Funchal for drug trafficking, following a search at his house yesterday (06/07), as part of a police operation to combat the selling of drugs in 'sensitive' urban areas.