With 110 new positive cases of Covid, (103 local transmissions), and the shenanigans of the Savoy Palace end of year party, tension is high, especially since Porto Moniz, a municipality who thought it was safe from the virus woke up to find that one person had infected nineteen people, either directly or indirectly, forced dozens to self-isolate, including public officials, all through a days work of face to face meetings.
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Depression Filomena is expected to affect the Madeiran archipelago from this afternoon until Friday.
The Regional Government has passed a resolution regarding the restriction of movement. The resolution states that “as of 00:00 on the 5th of January 2021, while the state of emergency is in force or there are municipalities at high risk, travelling on public roads is prohibited in the Autonomous Region of Madeira between 11 pm and 5 am, with the following exceptions:”
The Regional Government has approved a resolution that sits safely within the current exceptional measures aimed at containing the pandemic in order to safeguard the public health of the population, and with a view to not spreading the virus.
Residents living close to Levada dos Tornos, have expressed their concern as the levada water is rising rapidly, and it is believed that the floodgates that regulate the water flow are blocked with debris causing a grave risk of flooding.
The Municipality of Porto Santo issued a statement this morning expressing its particular concern over the evolution of the pandemic in the Region, as well as the number of cases of infection that have occurred in the last 48 hours, in Porto Santo.
The Regional Secretary for Education (SRE) released this afternoon the covid-19 test schedule for teachers and non-teachers.
A TAP Portugal plane had trouble landing at Madeira's airport this morning, as the aircraft only briefly touched the tarmac before aborting the landing. It landed safely on its second attempt.
Due to the bad weather conditions over the next couple of days, the Institute for Forests and Nature Conservation (IFCN) has announced that they have closed all of their walking routes, and recommend that all recreational and sporting activities which were due to take place in the islands forested areas do not go ahead.
With the festive season over, the new confinement measures will come into force, especially as yesterday the island registered 99 new positive cases, 93 of which were local transmissions.
A 50-year-old man was seriously injured yesterday afternoon (03.01) after being attacked by a young man Rua Fernão Ornelas, Funchal. The beating resulted in a fractured nose and lacerations to the face. According to a hospital source, the man was assisted by a Portuguese Red Cross team and admitted to the…
The Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA) has placed the south coast and the mountainous regions of Madeira under a red warning for rain.
The United Kingdom leaves the European student exchange programme, Erasmus, as a consequence of the post-Brexit trade agreement reached with the European Union. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a replacement programme, named after British mathematician, Alan Turing.
In a tense press conference, the President of Madeira, Miguel Albuquerque categorically stated that if people do not start behaving themselves and take the situation seriously, he will have no option but to construct containment fences, and restrict movement from one parish to another.