The President of the Regional Government, Miguel Albuquerque said that the recent Covid-19 transmission in Porto Santo needed vigilance to maintain and control the situation. As such, he appealed to all hoteliers, saying: "I ask you to recommend to our tourists, who are happily returning to Madeira, to wear a mask whenever they go out.
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A rescue team from the Portuguese Red Cross (CVP) last night (Wednesday the 26th) had to call on the support of the Public Security Police (PSP), as they tried to assist a 40-year-old man who was drunk and injured on Rua do Seminário, Funchal.
Fourteen people are in quarantine, eleven of which in Porto Santo, after having been in contact with a visitor who was staying on the island, and who reported testing positive for the virus on returning to the mainland.
The Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation (IFCN) has closed the leisure areas on the Areeiro / Eira do Serrado Forest Road, for safety reasons, due to the high temperatures forecast for Madeira for tomorrow (26th) and the day after (27th).
The Regional Command of Public Security Police (PSP) Madeira confirmed they have arrested a man and a woman, aged 59 and 30 years respectively, for the crime of drug trafficking.
A violent shop robbery this morning Câmara de Lobos resulted the stabbing of a pregnant Chinese woman.
The Director-General of Health (DGS), Graça Freitas has admitted that she supports mandatory vaccination against Covid-19, but considers it too early to make a decision.
The Prime Minister of Portugal, António Costa, has authorised the purchase of 6.9 million individual vaccines, costing the state €20 million, in a European Union coordinated move to control the pandemic.
This morning CDU (United Democratic Coalition) representatives met residents from the parish of São Martinho, Funchal.
On the 5th of September, the Municipality of Ribeira Brava and the local Parish Council will be holding their II Regional Yoga meeting in the Ribeira Brava Municipality gardens.
Five-minute breaks, classes starting earlier and ending later, students helping to disinfect rooms, and canteens with take-way services only are some of the changes planned by schools across Portugal for the next school year.
In a statement by the Minister of Health, Marta Temido this week, she confirmed that the Government of Portugal is not currently considering banning smoking in open public spaces as in the case of Spain, but there are “many issues that require further monitoring and analysis before a decision can be made.”
The Portuguese Lung Foundation has defended the extension of mask wearing in all public places, even if they are outside, to combat the pandemic, and “strongly” advise health authorities to take precautionary action.
The Vice-President (VP) of the Municipality of Funchal, Idalina Perestrelo, stated that seventeen streams are to be cleaned as part of the CMF's flood prevention initiative. This work is currently underway and should be completed in September at a cost of about €63,000.
The Ombudsman's Office has received five complaints about the mandatory use of masks in public spaces in Madeira.