Azores Situation Report Wednesday 6th April 2022
From our colleague in the Azores
Covid-19
In the seven days from Friday 25th of March until Friday 1st April there have been 2,603 new positive cases of Covid-19 registered in the Azores, and a total of 8,411 tests performed. Another death was recorded on the island of Terceira.
The archipelago has of today 2,434 active cases and 16 people hospitalized in the three regional hospitals, none in intensive care.
Regarding vaccination, 91.2% of residents in the Azores have been fully vaccinated, and the booster dose exceeds 50%.
São Jorge
The President of the Azores Regional Civil Protection and Fire Service (SRPCBA) warned today that the reduction in the number of earthquakes recorded in recent days on the island of São Jorge should not lead the population “to think it’s all over”.
According to Eduardo Faria, this could “be a one-off situation” and it is important that “people maintain normalcy, regarding their daily activities”, but they should not “let their guard down, fail to take the measures we are asking for”. Since this “is a situation that can take a day, a week, a month or a year”.
“What is happening now is what we have to be prepared to live for in the near future”, said Eduardo Faria, reminding people that the V4 alert is still active.
According to the most recent data made available by the Centre for Seismo volcanic Information and Surveillance of the Azores (CIVISA), over the course of yesterday, April 3rd, about 389 events were recorded (one felt by the population), which denotes a decreasing trend relatively to the day before. Between 00:00 and 10:00 today, approximately 94 events were recorded.
SRPCBA
During the month of March, The SRPCBA held a total of 49 awareness-raising actions, under the scope of the ‘Civil Protection Clubs’ project, involving more than 1,800 students of the school community, from primary to secondary school students, including teaching and non-teaching staff.
The promoted actions had the following themes:
Lectures on Natural Risks and Self-Protection Measures
Talks on 112 and the Emergency Operations Centre
First Aid Talks
Basic Life Support talks
First Aid Classes
Basic Life Support Mass Training