With news that nightclubs are not adhering to the rules, and that people are using fake certificates to get in, the President of Madeira, Miguel Albuquerque has said that the Regional Authority for Economic Activities (ARAE) will be inspecting the island's nightclubs over the next couple of weekends.
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The President of the Regional Government, Miguel Albuquerque, stressed today that the situation in Porto Santo is complicated, and that to address the situation, a greater police presence will be maintained.
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.
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.
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.
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!
With the pandemic under control, the President of Madeira is not taking any unnecessary risks and has announced that to protect the health of the Madeirans and Porto-Santenses there will be no market nights in any of the regions municipalities.
While visiting a chicken farm 'Aviatlântico' in Santo António da Serra, the President of Madeira, Miguel Albuquerque, said that 'his objective is to increase, as much as possible, the region's self-sufficiency in poultry farming. Currently, the Regions chicken farmers raise around 2.5 million birds a year, about 50% of what is consumed annually by Madeirans.
The President of Madeira, Miguel Albuquerque, again justified the use of masks by saying that the exponential increase in positive cases of Covid-19 in Madeira does not surprise the Regional Government, which, for this very reason, they enforced the use of masks outdoors.
In a statement the President of Madeira, Miguel Albuquerque, stated that he understands that wearing a mask "is boring," but considers their use is essential as part of the drive to prevent the spread of Covid-19.