Madeira Situation Report Saturday 3rd June 2021
by Daniel Fernandes
Covid-19 update
There were 26 new Covid-19 cases, 17 recoveries and no deaths from Covid-19 in Madeira since the previous Madeira Situation Report.
On Wednesday, there were 13 new Covid-19 cases (from 1 passenger who had arrived from the UK, 1 passenger who had arrived from the Lisbon and Tagus Valley Region and 11 cases of local transmission) and 4 recoveries. The only patient in hospital was not in intensive care.
On Thursday, there were 5 new Covid-19 cases (from 1 passenger who had arrived from Brazil and 4 cases of local transmission) and 6 recoveries. There were no patients in hospital.
And on Friday, there were 8 new Covid-19 cases (from 1 passenger who had arrived from Brazil, 1 passenger who had arrived from Northern Portugal, 1 passenger who had arrived from the Lisbon and Tagus Valley Region and 5 cases of local transmission) and 7 recoveries. There were no patients in hospital for a second consecutive day.
There were 76 active cases on Friday, of which 16 had been imported while the other 60 cases had been a result of local transmission. As of Friday, there had been 9,668 cases, 9,519 recoveries and 73 deaths.
On Friday, there were 13 patients in isolation in a dedicated hotel, 63 patients in isolation in their own accommodation and no patients in hospital.
On the same day, there were 52 suspected cases under epidemiological investigation and analysis, which were all linked to patients who tested positive for Covid-19, to calls made to the SRS24 helpline, to referrals by SESARAM (Madeira Regional Health Service) and to airport screening.
There were 22,031 travellers under monitoring by the health authorities. Monitoring is being carried out through the ‘MadeiraSafe’ app. There were also 377 people, who had contact with positive cases, being monitored by the health authorities of several Madeira municipalities and of Porto Santo.
As for Covid-19 testing on passengers who had arrived at Funchal and Porto Santo airports, 247,165 samples had been collected until Friday (at 15h30). By Friday, 497,570 samples from RT-PCR tests had been processed and 72,939 antigen rapid tests had been carried out in the Autonomous Region of Madeira.
The SRS 24 helpline (Regional Health Service – 800 24 24 20) received 367 calls from Tuesday to Friday. Overall, it had received 54,864 calls.
The Covid-19 mental health helpline (Linha de Acompanhamento Psicológico da Direção Regional de Saúde – 291 212 399 – available every day from 09h00 to 21h00), which was set up to provide emotional and mental support to anyone in Madeira received 4 calls from Tuesday to Friday. Overall, it has received 3,693 calls.
https://funchalnoticias.net/2021/06/30/13-novos-casos-de-covid-19-4-recuperados-46-suspeitos/
Covid-19 vaccination update
A shipment of 7,000 Janssen vaccines arrived in Funchal on Friday. The shipment of this one-dose vaccine will accelerate the vaccination campaign.
On Friday, more than 50% of the Region’s population (126,022) had been inoculated with the 1st vaccine dose while more than 39% (97,932) had been fully vaccinated. So far, 223,954 Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered in the Region.
https://funchalnoticias.net/2021/07/02/mais-7-mil-vacinas-da-janssen-chegaram-ao-sesaram/
https://web.sesaram.pt/COVID19_INFO
Ten intensive care beds available for patients from the mainland
Pedro Ramos, Madeira’s Health and Civil Protection Secretary, called Marta Temido (Portugal’s Health Minister) on Wednesday and informed her that 10 intensive care beds are available for Covid-19 patients from the mainland. The Region had previously hosted critically ill Covid-19 patients who had been flown from the mainland.
More than 600 British tourists arrived in Madeira
The Autonomous Region of Madeira is back on the UK’s green list for travel. As such, more than 600 British tourists arrived in Madeira on Friday.Jet2 had three flights (from London, Manchester and Glasgow) while easyJet and British Airways had two flights.
https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/133734/Mais_de_600_britanicos_aterraram_hoje_na_Madeira
Power cut
Empresa de Electricidade da Madeira (Madeira power supplier) announced there will be power cuts due to planned work on the electricity supply network. These works cannot be postponed and will take place in the following days and places:
FUNCHAL
July 6th – 09h00 to 12h00
– Estrada Comandante Camacho de Freitas (numbers 744 to 849)
– Estrada da Fundoa (number 58)
– Caminho de São Roque (numbers 105 to 168)
– Caminho da Fundoa de Cima
– Caminho da Igreja Nova (numbers 2 to 15)
– Rua Nova de Levada do Cavalo
– Beco da Igreja Nova (numbers 4 to 9)
– Vereda da Capela do Rosário (number 38)
SANTO ANTÓNIO
July 6th – 09h00 to 09h45 & 11h45 to 12h00
– Caminho do Engenho Velho
– Caminho da Ribeira dos Socorridos
– Mademármores
CÂMARA DE LOBOS
July 6th – 09h00 to 09h45 & 11h45 to 12h00
– Caminho de João Ernesto Pereira
-Caminho da Fajã (partial)
– Central Hidroelétrica (hydroelectric power plant)
CÂMARA DE LOBOS
July 7th – 09h00 to 12h00
– Caminho da Levada dos Barreiros (numbers 38 to 58)
– Caminho da Nazaré (numbers 12 to 39)
– Rua do Cabrestante (numbers 24 to 404)
– Rua do Curaçau (number 40)
– Estrada do Cabrestante (numbers 3 to 8)
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 free Customer Support Service (Serviço de Apoio ao Cliente): 800 221 187.