The Regional Secretary for Education has confirmed the closure of the 'O Principezinho' kindergarten in Caniço, as a second child has tested Covid positive.
Posts published in “NEWS”
The search for the young German tourist who fell from his boat into the sea off the north coast of the island ended yesterday, the 10th of November.
In a press statement by the Caniço Pharmacy (Farmácia do Caniço) administration, they confirm that they will be closed to the public for a week after a member of staff tested positive for Covid. The case was identified last Friday, the 6th of November, and the pharmacy was immediately closed.
Last weekend between 11:30 am and 1:30 pm, 'Madeira Street Arts' took to the streets of Fernão de Ornelas, Avenida Arriaga and Praça do Povo.
The Mayor of Funchal, Miguel Silva Gouveia has confirmed that the Câmara do Funchal is trying to do everything possible to ensure that this year’s Market Night on the 23rd of December goes ahead as planned.
Twenty-four students are to undergo PCR testing at local 2nd and 3rd Cycle Caniço School, who activated its Covid-19 contingency plans after a 8th grade student tested positive for Covid.
Victor Prior, the director of the Madeira Delegation of the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA), expects Madeira to be hit by tropical storm Theta from Friday afternoon onwards.
In the first provisional analysis of the effectiveness of a vaccine being developed by Pfizer and Biontech evidence has emerged indicating a +90% success rate in preventing non-SARS-CoV-2 infected participants from catching the virus.
According to the Regional Secretary for Health and Civil Protection, by the 7th of November a total of 38,729 vaccines had been administered in the Autonomous Region of Madeira (RAM). In a statement he said that in global terms, we have already exceeded the number of people vaccinated against influenza compared to last year's vaccination campaign.
Ivo Silva, the Chairman of the Board of the Union of Office, Commerce and Services Workers of the Autonomous Region of Madeira (SITAM), has indicated that the Câmara of Funchal is indifferent “to the problems that affect three thousand workers, and has proposed that during the Christmas season retail establishments should close at 7 pm on weekdays, at 2 pm on Saturdays and not open at all on Sundays or public holidays.”
Ten new CCTV cameras are to be installed in Funchal.
The President of the Regional Government will, on Tuesday the 10th of November at 4 pm, attend the launch of the Institute of Wine, Embroidery and Handicrafts of Madeira (IVBAM) Christmas Campaign entitled 'Offer what is UNIQUE this Christmas.'
Yesterday morning the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA) recorded a 1.5 magnitude earthquake, 30 km off the southeast coast of Funchal at 06.59. The tremor had a depth of 3 km.