The President of the Regional Government announced today that Madeira currently has an average floating (tourist) population of around 37 thousand people, and that between the 1st of July 2020 and the 29th of July 2021, 609,000 people entered Madeira. Which, according to Miguel Albuquerque' means that the tourism market is growing exponentially. Therefore, he said, all current pandemic health and safety measures will be maintained to safeguard public health.
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The Porto Santo Line (PSL) has confirmed that it will be operating an additional return service on the 6th of August.
A foreign citizen spent an hour inside a Portuguese Red Cross (CVP) ambulance before being seen by Dr. Nélio Mendonça Hospital, A & E triage nurses. Responding to this, a hospital source contacted local newspaper, JM, confirming that all additional tourist emergency pandemic protocols were observed.
This afternoon the Madeira Volunteer Firefighters were called out to Pico do Gato to assist a hypoglycemic tourist. The tourist, a diabetic man, was hiking between Pico do Areeiro and Pico Ruivo when he began to feel ill, due to a drop in blood sugar.
On Saturday the 31st of July, a 'Teenage Pfizer Vaccination Open Day' will be held between 13:00 and 19:00, at the Technopolo Vaccination Centre, Funchal, for children and teenagers aged 12 to 17 years old.
Speaking to JM journalists today, the Regional Director of Health, Herberto Jesus, has categorically stated that the current pandemic health and safety measures will remain in force in Madeira and Porto Santo until the end of September.
As of tomorrow, Wednesday, the 28th of July, the section between Rua das Hortas and Rua do Ribeirinho de Baixo (Rua do Carmo), will again proceed in a west-east direction.
Specialist, Raque Duarte, from the Institute of Public Health at the University of Porto, recommends that face masks should continue to be used in enclosed spaces and at public events.
During July, Porto Santo Airport received 71 national and international flights, equating to approximately 13,000 seats, an increase of 3.26% on 2019 (pre-pandemic) figures.
It was announced today (25.7), that from August, airlines TUI, Condor and EasyJet will resume their scheduled services between Germany and Madeira Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport.
In a statement this morning, the Public Security Police (PSP), confirmed that they have identified the driver of the car that hit a bicycle, killing a 45-year-old cyclist on on Friday night, in the Ribeira de João Gomes area.
The Porto Santo Line will operate an additional return sailing from Madeira to Porto Santo on Friday the 30th of July.
Strong winds affected the airport this afternoon, causing havoc and confusion at the airport for those waiting for their flights from London, Brussels, Manchester and Lisbon.
The Municipality of Funchal issued a statement today saying that due to work on the water distribution and wastewater network, at Bairro dos Moinhos, which will last until the 30th of July, Rua 5 de Outubro will be closed to traffic tomorrow.
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.