At a cost of €100,000 and built in seventy-five days, Quinta Magnolia, Funchal, now has a new putting green and driving range aimed at improving the image of the sport, as well as increasing its popularity among 'all' Madeirans.
Madeira Weekly
This morning the Regional Secretary for Health and Civil Protection, Pedro Ramos, confirmed that the Delta coronavirus variant already represents 20% of the samples sent by the Autonomous Region of Madeira to the Ricardo Jorge Institute.
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.
The Regional Secretary for Health and Civil Protection, Pedro Ramos, has issued a statement saying that all those who were vaccinated with the AstraZenaca vaccine on the 22nd and 23rd of April, and whose second vaccine is scheduled for the 15th and 16th of July have had their appointments brought forward to the 7th and 9th of July respectively.
The incident over last weekend, where ten passengers who were travelling from Lisbon to Madeira were denied boarding at Lisbon Airport for not having a negative PCR test, has been called an 'absurd interpretation of the law, which will not be repeated again' by the President of Madeira, Miguel Albuquerque.
Today, the 5th of July, a delegation from the Funchal Popular Youth (JP) of Funchal, visited the Interpretative Monte Train Centre in Largo da Fonte.
The Public Security Police (PSP) were called out on Saturday night to stop a violent argument between a couple, in Santo Amaro, Funchal. According to witness statements the man had come home drunk and had started abusing his wife.
If it isn't one thing, it is another, as strong winds affected air traffic at the airport this afternoon. In many cases, it took pilots two or three attempts before they could land, while a later UK flight was forced to divert to Porto Santa, as it was still unable to land after the third attempt.
According to the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA), the Madeira archipelago is at a very high risk of ultraviolet (UV) exposure today.
The PS Parliamentary Group will file a request for a parliamentary hearing with the Regional Secretary for the Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change, Susana Prada, in the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of Madeira, with a view to finding out the whole truth about the asbestos found buried at the Ginjas site, in São Vicente.
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.
Starting from tomorrow the 5th of July, Madeirans organising events of more than 100 people need to register the occasion in advance with IASAÚDE. This will then allow all those attending the event to have a free rapid antigen test at one of the participating antigen testing hubs - pharmacies, laboratories and clinics -.
A further 35,100 Pfizer vaccines arrived in the region this morning.
he Regional Secretary for Health and Civil Protection, Pedro Ramos has contacted the Portuguese Minister of Health, Marta Temido, offering her the use of ten intensive care unit beds in the Covid-19 multipurpose unit at the Dr. Nélio Mendonça Hospital, for mainland Covid patients.