The Salesian School of Funchal has activated their Covid-19 measures after the father of a 7th grade student tested positive for the virus last Friday.
Madeira Weekly
The Prime Minister of Portugal, António Costa today (02.11) proposed to the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, that a state of emergency be decreed "of a preventive nature" to "eliminate doubts" about the Government's action to protect citizens in relation to the pandemic.
Scientists at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre in Seattle (USA) have discovered an antibody that could be effective against Covid-19 and which is thought to be 530 times more powerful than any other antibody identified so far.
The council land clearing initiative near Quinta do Leme is nearing completion and once finished the land will be partitioned to provide allotments to those who are interested and wish to produce their own fruit and vegetables.
Tomorrow, Friday the 30th, Porto Santo Airport will carry out a full-scale emergency exercise, which will take place from 10 am until 5 pm.
In a move to create a little joy in these pandemic times, Monte parish council will distribute 'Bread for God' food packages to 400 children.
Porto Santo is now a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.
The wearing of masks in streets became mandatory as of today, although there are exceptions, and non-compliance will be punished with fines OF up to €500 euros.
The Calheta Volunteer Firefighters, in partnership with the Calheta City Council and the Forestry Police, rescued a cow this afternoon that was stuck in a cattle grid located on the road to Fonte do Bispo, Paul da Serra.
The President of Madeira, Miguel Albuquerque says that there is no need to impose an inter municipality travel ban during Halloween on the 31st of October, and All Saints Day on the 1st of November.
After national tourism helped get Madeira back on track during the summer, the winter market is firmly based on attracting both British and German tourists, with Christmas and New Year being the main attractions.
From the 1st of November, Madeira will have two more hotels will come on line, bringing the total to three. The new hotels are the Madeira Terrace Mar and Pestana Bay Hotel.
The Regional Directorate for the Sea recently took part in a marine cleaning initiative organised by Clube Naval do Funchal (CNF), and included in this a number of Blue Flag and Marina do Funchal programme of activities.
According to data released by the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Commission's internal scientific service on “Technology and Democracy,” indicates that on average the Portuguese spend 129 minutes a day on social networks and this ranks Portugal as the fifth country in the European Union (EU) with the highest social media use and thus leaving the population more exposed to phenomena such as misinformation and political unrest.