The Mayor of Porto Moniz, Emanuel Câmara, has issued a plea to the Regional Government following a meeting with the Regional Secretary for Health and Civil Protection, Pedro Ramos, and other regional Mayors.
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From today, the 22nd of February, the Region will return to its pre-carnival curfew. This is 7 pm on weekdays, and 6 pm at weekends, with commercial, industrial and service industries having to close at 18:00 during the week.
The President of the Regional Government confirmed today that Madeira will remain under a mandatory curfew until Easter Sunday, the 4th of April, (46 days from now). The curfew will be 7 pm on weekdays and 6 pm at the weekend.
The President of the Regional Government announced today that physical exercise outside the home and so-called 'hygienic walks, by this I think he means 'dog walking,' will no longer be allowed after curfew.
The President of the Regional Government has just announced that throughout next week (carnival week), there will be a mandatory curfew of 6 pm, with all commercial establishments closing at 5 pm. However, this will only be confirmed on Thursday after the Government Council Meeting.
This evening, the first day of the new restrictive measures, the Public Security Police (PSP) were out monitoring traffic and ensuring that the new timings are adhered to. And as motorists desperately tried to get home before 19:00, traffic became congested during the busy streets of Funchal.
As curfew hour drew gradually closer, many ignored the weather and safety warnings and drove up into the mountains to see the snow, while Funchal became a ghost town. https://www.facebook.com/100009450955174/videos/2908935056098164/ Samantha Gannon info at madeira-weekly.com Photo and videos courtesy of JM-Madeira
Diario de Noticias has just released a video of police patrols around Funchal, as the first of two weekend curfews starts tonight.
Due to the revised curfew over the next two weekends (9th and 10th and 16th and 17th), public transport company, Horários do Funchal has announced that they will be readjusting some of their bus timetables from 6 pm onwards.
In a press release, the President of Madeira, Miguel Albuquerque stated that during the next two weekends (9th - 10th and the 16th - 17th) the curfew will be brought forward from 11 pm to 6 pm. This means that no one, is allowed to be on a public road between 6 pm - 5am, unless any of the below exceptions apply.
The Regional Government has passed a resolution regarding the restriction of movement. The resolution states that “as of 00:00 on the 5th of January 2021, while the state of emergency is in force or there are municipalities at high risk, travelling on public roads is prohibited in the Autonomous Region of Madeira between 11 pm and 5 am, with the following exceptions:”
With the festive season over, the new confinement measures will come into force, especially as yesterday the island registered 99 new positive cases, 93 of which were local transmissions.