Madeira Situation Report Wednesday 23rd March 2022 

By Daniel Fernandes

Brief Covid-19 update

As of March 22nd, there had been 59 Covid-19 cases in the Region’s educational establishments in the previous 24 hours (29 students, 17 teaching staff and 13 non-teaching staff).

On March 21st, there were 87 patients in hospital (16 non-vaccinated, 30 fully vaccinated, 3 vaccinated with 1 dose), none of whom were in intensive care. As for the age of the hospitalised patients who are in the general Covid-19 area, 3 are aged 0-17, 19 are aged 18-65 and 65 are 65 or older.

There were 10 deaths from March 15th to March 21st. There had been a total of 226 deaths.

Covid-19 vaccination

Madeira started administering the Covid-19 booster shot to youths aged 12 to 17. A total of 1,017 vaccine doses were administered during the last weekend, 93 of which were booster shots to youths aged 12-17 and 68 were to children aged 5 to 11.

Municipal heath centres are welcoming all residents aged 5 or older who want to be inoculated against Covid-19 and all residents aged 12 or older who want to receive a booster shot, as long as they had been administered the second vaccine dose more than 90 days ago.

Bookings must be made by calling the vaccine hotline (800 210 263). Residents can choose where to be inoculated. In the Municipality of Funchal vaccination takes place at Bom Jesus Health Centre (Centro de Saúde do Bom Jesus) on Saturdays and Sundays while vaccination in the remaining municipalities takes place every fortnight, on Saturdays.

Ukrainian refugees

As of March 16th, around 280 Ukrainian refugees had arrived in the Autonomous Region of Madeira. Valentyna Chan, the regional representative of Associação dos Ucranianos de Portugal (an association representing Ukrainians in Portugal), said there had been some difficulty in the provision of accommodation to them, although they have been trying to help everyone.

Whoever is interested in helping to provide accommodation to Ukrainian refugees should register with Secretaria Regional da Inclusão Social e Cidadania (Regional Secretariat for Social Inclusion and Citizenship), by filling in a form mentioning the type of accommodation and its location.

A campaign is underway to receive donations of goods that are being sent to Ukraine. Food and medication are the most needed goods. According to Valentyna Chan, clothes were no longer required.

The Municipality of Funchal, Grupo Sousa and Associação dos Ucranianos de Portugal had signed a deal with the aim of collecting all donations to be sent to Ukraine. The Municipality of Funchal is responsible for providing information on the donation requests. LOGISLINK (belonging to Grupo Sousa) will assemble all donations and ship them by sea to the mainland (Alverca), before being shipped to Ukraine.

Heavy seas warning

A warning against heavy seas is in place today until 18h00. There will be strong winds, good (sometimes moderate) visibility, 3,5-4 metres high waves from north-west on the north coast, and 1-2 metres high waves from west on the south coast. Vessel owners are advised to take the necessary precautions to ensure their safety.

Power cut

Empresa de Electricidade da Madeira (Madeira power supplier) announced there will be power cuts due to scheduled work on the electricity supply network. These cannot be postponed and will take place in the following days and places:

SANTA CRUZ

March 23rd – 09h00 to 12h30 (TODAY)

– Caminho de Roma

– Moinhos

– Dona Mércia

– Levadas

– Fazenda

– Eira do Palheiro

– Rua Capela Nossa Senhora dos Remédios

FUNCHAL

March 23rd – 09h00 to 11h30 (TODAY)

– Avenida Santiago Menor (numbers 1A, 1B, 1C, 2A, 2B, 2C, 21, 23 – Shop, 3A, 3B, 3C)

RIBEIRA BRAVA

March 24th – 09h00 to 10h00

– Espigão

FUNCHAL

March 24th – 00h00 to 06h00

– Rua Hospital Velho (numbers 5A to 19A)

– Largo dos Lavradores (number 3)

March 25th – 00h00 to 04h00

– Rua do Padre Gonçalves Câmara (numbers 24 to 28)

– Rua 5 de Outubro (number 58B)

– Rua do Marquês de Pombal

– Travessa do Forno (LREC)

March 25h – 09h00 to 11h30

– Avenida Santiago Menor (numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 and 14)

CANIÇO

March 26th – 00h00 to 04h00

– Rua Dom Francisco Santana

– Travessa Encosta dos Reis Magos

– Encosta dos Magos

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 number (Serviço de Apoio ao Cliente): 800 221 187.

 

 

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