In a controversial statement, the President of Madeira, Miguel Albuquerque, has promised to find a solution for the Lugar de Baixo Marina, without using taxpayers money. However, when challenged by journalists about his plans for the area, he refused to comment.
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The Porto Santo Line will operate an additional return sailing from Madeira to Porto Santo on Friday the 30th of July.
The Regional Secretary for Tourism, Eduardo Jesus, believes that this summers tourism conditions are on track, especially as most airlines flying to Madeira are reporting aircraft occupancy rates of 90% and above. Of course, this is dependent on the evolution of the pandemic.
During a presentation at the Canárias / Madeira Regatta, the President of Clube Naval do Funchal, António Fontes, confirmed that in the next couple of days, a boat will be sunk close to the associations base, in order to create a natural reef as part of their biodiversity commitment.
The Porto Santo Line has issued a statement confirming that it will be operating additional services on Sunday the 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th of August.
The Portuguese naval training ship, NRP Sagres, docked in Funchal harbour yesterday and will remain here until Sunday when it will leave for the Azores via Porto Santo. This is the ships first stop on its two and a half month voyage from Lisbon Naval Base. On board are 169, 3rd year cadets from the Naval School commanded by Captain António Camilo.
This morning, the Regional Secretary for Health and Civil Protection, Pedro Ramos, announced that Madeira will accept visitors who have been vaccinated with the SinoPharm or Sinovac (China), Covaxin (India), Epivaccorona (Russia) or the Sovereign (Cuba), in addition, to the four vaccines approved by the European Medicines Agency; BioTech Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Janssen.
From today, the 1st of July, passengers departing from all Portuguese airports and aerodromes and ports will be subject to a €2 carbon tax fee.
The use of the European digital Covid-19 immunisation certificate, or proof of negative testing comes into force today, and since the 16th of June, more that one million certificates have been issued in Portugal.
The Secretary for Health and Civil Protection, Pedro Ramos, today said that the emergence of the Delta variant in the archipelago was already expected, stressing, that at the moment, it is not presenting a detrimental effect on the pandemic situation in the region.
While on a visit to a farm in Lazareto this afternoon, Miguel Albuquerque confirmed that the Regional Government wants to speed up the vaccination process against Covid-19, but for now, there will be no need to introduce any new restrictive measures.
Over the weekend, the Regional Secretary for the Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change, Susana Prada, was present at another clean up operation in the port of Caniçal. The first took place in September 2020, where 600 kg of rubbish, including tyres, batteries, glass, plastic and iron were collected.
The Vice-President of the Regional Government, Pedro Calado, confirmed this afternoon that he had received several statements from the UK Government affirming that Madeira will be placed on the UK green list.
The President of the Regional Government has confirmed that the 1 am curfew will remain in place, as it is an important measure to guarantee the safety of the population, and it will not be lifted anytime soon.
As of the 21st of June, the PCR test is being replaced by a rapid antigen test (TRAg) which must be carried out up to 48 hours before embarking on an inter-island trip, either by sea or air. The test is mandatory for both outbound and return journeys, as per the new rules issued on the 18th of June 2021, by the Regional Secretary for Health and Civil Protection.