Madeira Situation Report Wednesday 18th May 2022
by Daniel Fernandes
Brief Covid-19 update
On May 16th, there were 25 patients hospitalised in the general Covid-19 unit (6 non-vaccinated, 1 vaccinated with the first dose, 5 fully vaccinated, 13 vaccinated with a booster shot), and no hospitalised patient in the Covid-19 intensive care unit. As for the age of the hospitalised patients who are in the general Covid-19 unit, 4 are aged 18-65 and 21 are 65 or older.
There were 3 deaths from May 9th to May 16th. There had been a total of 275 deaths.
Free entrance to Madeira Whale Museum
International Museum Day is being celebrated today. Madeira Whale Museum (Museu da Baleia da Madeira) is celebrating this by having free entrance to the permanent exhibitions, from 10h00 to 18h00. Last entry will be at 17h00.
Stretch of Via Expresso closed to traffic
Via Expresso will be closed to traffic today, from 09h00 to 13h00, on the stretch between Km 9,925 and Km 9,975. This will enable some scheduled work to be carried out on that stretch of road.
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
May 19th – 09h00 to 12h00
– Rua Pico da Lombada (number 1)
– Caminho da Lombada
– Caminho da Lombada (numbers 47 to 110
– Caminho da Ribeira dos Socorridos
– Vereda do Pico da Lombada (number 10)
– Levada dos Piornais (number 541)
May 20th – 00h00 to 0h400
– Rua Nova da Levada do Cavalo (Repsol Petrol Station & Rent-A-Car)
May 20th – 09h00 to 11h30
– Rua Dr. António Jardim Oliveira (number 8)
– Rua do Lazareto
– Avenida Santiago Menor (numbers 58 and 60)
– Travessa do Lazareto (numbers 2A and 7A)
– 2ª Travessa do Lazareto (numbers 1 to 26)
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.