Situation Report Madeira 24 to 25 May
– From Daniel Fernandes
Covid-19 update
There were no new cases yesterday. There have been no new cases for 19 days. There are now 23 active cases and 67 recoveries.
There are 314 people under active monitoring and 117 in self-monitoring. So far, there have been 1,543 suspected cases, 1,453 of which came back negative.
As for Covid-19 testing, 10,470 samples from 9,451 people have been analysed at Laboratório de Patologia Clínica do SESARAM (Madeira Health Service lab).
The SRS 24 helpline (Regional Health Service – 800 24 24 20) received 24 calls from Saturday to Sunday, bringing the total number of calls to 7,870. So far, the Covid-19 mental health helpline (219 212 399 – available every day from
9h00 to 21h00) that was set up to provide emotional and mental support to Madeira residents has received 965 calls, with 116 people being monitored.
More passengers arrived in Madeira
Yesterday morning, more than 60 passengers landed in Funchal. About half of them will be in mandatory quarantine at Hotel Vila Galé, in Santa Cruz. The remaining passengers will be spending quarantine at home, after presenting evidence
of a negative Covid-19 test.
Restaurants allowed to have usual opening hours
The Regional Government confirmed that restaurants, bars and other similar businesses are allowed to have the opening hours specified on the licence that was issued by the relevant entities. In other words, their opening hours can be
the same that they used to have before the Covid-19 pandemic.
Power cuts
Empresa de Electricidade da Madeira (Madeira power supplier) announced
there will be power cuts in the following days, due to planned work on the electricity supply network. The following areas will be affected:
26th May – 9h00 to 10h30:
Funchal: Estrada Dr. João Abel de Freitas (numbers 2, 36, 36A, 36C, 38C and 38E & Rua Arcebispo Dom Aires (numbers 1 to 38)
26th May – 9h00 to 11h30:
Rua Dr. Pita number 46 & Azinhagas da Nazaré (numbers 3 and 20) e (and) das Virtudes
27th May – 9h00 to 11h30 & 14h00 to 16h00
– Estradas da Bica (numbers 4 to 10) and Cónego Camacho number 49
– Caminho da Achada (numbers 2 and 15)
– Veredas da Achada (numbers 4 to 32) e (and) dos Lavadouros number 7
– 1ª Impasse da Vereda da Achada
– Impasse Caminho da Achada numbers 4
28th May – 00h00 to 7h00
– Rua do Aljube (numbers 1 to 37)
– Rua João Tavira (numbers 4 to 6)
– Rua da Queimada de Baixo number 12
29th May – 9h00 to 11h30 & 14h00 to 16h00
– Caminho de São Martinho (numbers 40 to 77)
– Caminho da Igreja Nova
– Rua de São Martinho number 4
– Beco do Cemitério number 41
– Travessa do Pico da Igreja
However, power could be restored during the time frame mentioned above. So, for safety purposes, it should be assumed that there will be power at any time during this period of time.
If necessary, customers can contact the Customer Support Service (Serviço de Apoio ao Cliente): 800 221 187.