According to experts, the impact of vaccinations against the new coronavirus is not expected to be felt in Portugal and the rest of the world before the end of 2021, even if the first immunisations take place at the beginning of the year.
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During his press conference regarding new Covid 19 restrictions during Christmas and the New Year, the President of Madeira confirmed that "the pandemic is now controlled because we have all the connections and the entire circuit of local transmissions. We do not want community transmission and that is what we have to avoid in Madeira."
In a brief statement, the President of Madeira confirmed that Madeira is due to receive 200,000 vaccines, and that procedures are in place for the distribution of the vaccine.
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The Moderna biotechnology company today announced that provisional data from their latest trials indicate that their Covid-19 vaccine is 94.5% effective in reducing the risk of contracting the disease.
Businesswoman Cristina Pedra presented a bleak picture at the PS-Madeira Studies Office conference 'Responding to the Present, Preparing for the Future.'
According to this morning's headlines, the number of local Covid-19 transmissions has increased by 30% this month, with 70 local cases confirmed resulting in 600 people being confined.
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.
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.
Ten new CCTV cameras are to be installed in Funchal.
The new pioneering AT MicroProtect technology, which inactivates 99.97% of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles in the air in a minute, has now successfully managed to destroy three of the four tuberculosis bacteria strains.
Moleculas Soberbas, a start-up company which aims to undertake research on deflamine, a protein extracted from lupine seeds which is believed to have anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties, has been given the green light to create a small biscuit factory in Madeira.