The Vice-President of the Regional Government (RG), Pedro Calado, tentatively admitted today that the restrictive measures imposed in the RG could be eased from next week.
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As Miguel Albuquerque, the President of the Regional Government, stated last weekend, Madeira will undergo a massive and free Covid testing programme, and today, the Secretary for Health and Civil Protection, Pedro Ramos, confirmed that the testing will start on the 26th of April.
The Regional Government remains confident that it will achieve it's 70% vaccination target by September.
While visiting the Igreja Matriz de São Jorge, in Santana, the President of Madeira was was asked to comment on the controversy generated around the new Madeira Brand Logo, which has even been decried by the former president of the Regional Government, Alberto João Jardim as ' bourgeois snobbery.'
While officially opening a restaurant in Caniço, A Central, The President of Madeira, Miguel Albuquerque said that any changes to the curfew are dependent on the evolution of the pandemic following the re-opening of schools. Today five students tested Covid positive.
While visiting the Tecnopolo Vaccination Centre yesterday, the President of Madeira, Miguel Albuquerque announced that by the end of the month there will be a massive Covid testing campaign in operation, which aims to test the entire Madeiran population.
Yesterday Judicial Police officers raided the offices of SDM - Sociedade de Desenvolvimento da Madeira- at Rua da Mouraria in Funchal, as part of an ongoing investigation of the International Business Centre of Madeira (IBC).
This morning, the President of Madeira, Miguel Albuquerque, presented the schematics of Porto Santo's new health unit.
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 said that for now, the measures to contain the pandemic depend on the evolution of the pandemic situation, and for now, and unlike the situation on the mainland (who will remain in confinement until the 19th of March), the current confinement regulations will remain in place.
Whether it was the sudden accounting error that misled everyone into believing that 17,500 vaccines had arrived on the island this week, but Miguel Albuquerque stated today, that he hopes that in Madeira, the vaccine will not be misused. However, when questioned by reporters, he said he had more important things to worry about!
The President of the Regional Government, Miguel Albuquerque, will officially open the new Covid in-patient unit at the Dr. Nélio Mendonça Hospital tomorrow, the 28th January at midday.