Madeira Situation Report Wednesday 16th February 2022
By Daniel Fernandes
Moderate earthquake in Madeira (today)
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake was felt in Madeira early in the morning. It took place at 04h32. Its epicentre was 35 Km south of Funchal and its depth was 7 Km. It was felt more strongly in the Municipality of Câmara de Lobos. It was felt with less intensity in the Municipalities of Funchal, Machico, Ribeira Brava and Santa Cruz. So far, no personal or material damage has been reported by the Regional Civil Protection Service (Serviço Regional de Proteção Civil – Madeira).
https://www.ipma.pt/pt/geofisica/sismicidade/
https://www.ipma.pt/pt/geofisica/comunicados/index.jsp
Brief Covid-19 update
Since the start of February, updates on the Covid-19 situation will be published monthly. However, hospitalisation information, such as the number of hospital admissions, admissions to Covid-19 Units and Covid-19 Intensive Care Units, will be issued daily by the Madeira Health Service.
On Tuesday, there were 62 patients in hospital (17 non-vaccinated, 1 vaccinated with one vaccine dose, 25 fully vaccinated, 19 vaccinated with a booster shot), 4 of whom in intensive care (1 non-vaccinated, 2 fully vaccinated, 1 vaccinated with a booster shot).
There were 5 deaths in the last 7 days. There have now been a total of 188 deaths.
https://covidmadeira.pt/novas-regras-sanitarias-a-partir-do-dia-1-de-fevereiro-na-ram/
https://funchalnoticias.net/2022/02/15/62-internados-com-covid-19-mais-4-nos-cuidados-intensivos/
Funchal Vaccination Centre
The Funchal Vaccination Centre (Centro de Vacinação do Funchal) at Madeira Tecnopólo has been open for over a year. According to the Regional Health and Civil Protection Secretariat, by the end of its first year (February 13th), Covid-19 inoculations had taken place during 360 days. It was only closed on December 24th, 25th, 26th and 31st and on January 1st. It was also highlighted that the vaccination centre was open very early in the day and only closed 30 minutes after the last person had been inoculated. There were several days when it closed many hours later than it was supposed to. The Regional Health and Civil Protection Secretariat expressed its gratitude to all professionals who ensured the administration of more than 500,000 Covid-19 doses.
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:
FUNCHAL
February 16th – 09h00 to 11h30 (TODAY)
– Caminho do Laranjal (numbers 62, 65, 82, 84, 90 & 95)
– Vereda do Júlio (numbers 3 & 10)
RIBEIRA BRAVA
February 16th – 09h00 to 12h00 (TODAY)
– Pomar (partial)
– Lombo Cesteiro (partial)
– Fajã da Ortiga (partial)
RIBEIRA BRAVA
February 17th – 09h00 to 11h30
– Caminho dos Saltos (number 160)
– Rua Comendador César Fernandes Rosa (numbers 2 to 29)
FUNCHAL
February 17th – 23h00-24h00 & February 18th – 00h00-03h00
– Largo Jaime Moniz
– Rua Bela Santiago (number 34)
– Rua do Hospital Velho (number 41 – Bloco A & Bloco C)
FUNCHAL
February 18th – 09H00-11h30
– Caminho do Miranda (number 30 to 67)
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.