Madeira Situation Report Wdednesday 1st December 2021
By Daniel Fernandes
Covid-19 update
There were 598 new Covid-19 cases, 354 recoveries and 12 deaths from Covid-19 in Madeira since the previous Madeira Situation Report, which was published a week ago. Once again, there were more new cases than in the previous week, and the vast majority of new cases were cases of local transmission. This
was also the deadliest week since the start of the pandemic.
On Wednesday, there were 103 new Covid-19 cases (13 imported cases – 1 from Germany, 1 from Italy, 1 from Poland and 1 from the UK & 90 cases of local transmission), 38 recoveries and 2 deaths. An 89-year old female patient and a 49-year-old male patient died from Covid-19 at Hospital Dr. Nélio Mendonça. They had pre-existing conditions. The number of patients in hospital increased to 59, 4 of whom in intensive
care. There were 108 Covid-19 transmission chains.
On Thursday, there were 56 new Covid-19 cases (2 imported cases – 1 from France and 1 from Spain & 54cases of local transmission) and 44 recoveries. The number of patients in hospital decreased to 57, 4 of whom were in intensive care.
On Friday, there were 101 new Covid-19 cases (3 imported cases – 1 from Germany, 1 from Switzerland and 1 from the UK & 98 cases of local transmission), 68 recoveries and 1 death. A 78-year-old female patient, who had pre-existing conditions, died from Covid-19 at Hospital Dr. Nélio Mendonça.
On Saturday, there were 96 new Covid-19 cases (16 imported cases & 80 cases of local transmission), 48 recoveries and 4 deaths. Two people died from Covid-19 at Hospital Dr. Nélio Mendonça. A male patient (aged 81) and 3 females (aged 57, 81 and 95), died from Covid-19 at hospital Dr. Nélio Mendonça. They had pre-existing conditions. This was also the day when the total number of Covid-19 deaths in the Region reached 100. The number of patients in hospital increased to 59, 4 of whom were in intensive care.
On Sunday, there were 72 new Covid-19 cases (9 imported cases; 63 cases of local transmission), 56recoveries and 1 death. A 91-year-old male patient, who had pre-existing conditions, died from Covid-19 at Hospital Dr. Nélio Mendonça. They had pre-existing conditions. The number of patients in hospital increased to 66, 3 of whom were in intensive care.
On Monday, there were 92 new Covid-19 cases (3 imported cases – 2 from the Lisbon and Tagus Valley Region and 1 from Northern Region; 89 cases of local transmission), 65 recoveries and 2 deaths. A 75 year-old female patient and an 89-year-old male patient died from Covid-19 at Hospital Dr. Nélio
Mendonça. They had pre-existing conditions. The number of patients in hospital decreased to 50, 3 of whom were intensive care.
And on Tuesday, there were 78 new Covid-19 cases (7 imported cases ; 71 cases of local transmission), 35 recoveries and 2 deaths. A 76-year-old male patient and an 88-year-old female patient, who both had pre-existing conditions, died from Covid-19 at Hospital Dr. Nélio Mendonça. The number of patients in hospital decreased to 41, 3 of whom were in intensive care.
There were 776 active cases on Tuesday, of which 61 had been imported while the other 715 cases had been a result of local transmission. As of Tuesday, there had been 13,856 cases, 12,975 recoveries and 105 deaths.
As of Tuesday, there were 38 patients in isolation in a dedicated hotel, 691 patients in isolation in their own accommodation and 41 patients in hospital, 3 of whom in intensive care. On Sunday, half to the hospitalised patients had not been inoculated.
On the same day, there were 250 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.
Also on the same day, there were 27,023 travellers under monitoring by the health authorities. Monitoring is being carried out through the ‘MadeiraSafe’ app. There were also 467 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, 320,795 samples had been collected until Tuesday (at 15h30).As for Covid-19 rapid antigen tests, a total of 445,741 tests had been carried out by November 14th, 371,530 of which as part of mass testing campaigns.
By Tuesday, 720,610 samples from RT-PCR tests had been processed in the Autonomous Region of Madeira. The SRS 24 helpline (Regional Health Service – 800 24 24 20) received 1,164 calls from Wednesday to Tuesday. Overall, it had received 70,249 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 9 calls from Wednesday to Tuesday. Overall, it has received 3,952 calls.
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Opening hours of vaccination centres for administration of the 3rd dose of the Covid-19 vaccine
The vaccination campaign for the administration of the 3rd dose of the Covid-19 is underway. The 3rd dose of the Covid-19 vaccine is being administered to people aged 18 or older, who had been inoculated with the 2nd dose of the vaccine more than 6 months ago. No appointment is required. Anyone interested simply has to turn up at any vaccination centre.
In addition, the 1st and 2nd dose of the Covid-19 vaccine can also be administered. Again, no appointment is required, and anyone interested simply has to turn up at any vaccination centre.
In the Autonomous Region of Madeira, the Covid-19 vaccine can be administered to any person aged 12 or older.
If there are any queries, the Regional Health Service Vaccine hotline is: 800 210 263.
Below are the opening hours for the Covid-19 vaccination centres:
December 1st (TODAY):
Centro de Vacinação do Funchal (Funchal Vaccination Centre) — 09h00-14h00
December 2nd (Thursday):
Centro de Vacinação do Funchal (Funchal Vaccination Centre) — 09h00-18h00
Centro de Vacinação de Santana (Santana Vaccination Centre) — 09h00-15h00
Centro de Vacinação de Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz Vaccination Centre) — 09h00-14h00
Centro de Vacinação do Porto Moniz (Porto Moniz Vaccination Centre) — 10h00-14h00
December 3rd (Friday):
Centro de Vacinação do Funchal (Funchal Vaccination Centre) — 09h00- 18h00
Centro de Vacinação da Ponta do Sol (Ponta do Sol Vaccination Centre) — 13h00-16h00
December 4th (Saturday):
Centro de Vacinação do Funchal (Funchal Vaccination Centre) — 09h00-18h00
Centro de Vacinação de Câmara de Lobos (Câmara de Lobos Vaccination Centre) — 09h00-17h00
Centro de Vacinação de Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz Vaccination Centre) 09h00-14h00
Centro de Vacinação da Calheta – Centro de Saúde da Calheta (Calheta Vaccination Centre – Calheta Health
Centre) — 09h30-14h00
Centro de Vacinação da Ribeira Brava – Centro de Saúde da Ribeira Brava (Ribeira Brava Vaccination Centre
– Ribeira Brava Health Centre) — 09h00-16h00
Centro de Vacinação do Machico (Machico Vaccination Centre) — 09h30-16h00
December 5th (Sunday):
Centro de Vacinação do Funchal (Funchal Vaccination Centre) — 09h00-14h00
More details on the “contact contention week”
A “contact contention week” will be in place from January 2nd and January 9th, in order to contain the spread of Covid-19 after the festive period. If the pandemic situation does not worsen, there will not be a mandatory work from home policy in the Region, school classes will restart on January 3rd and nightclubs
will not be forced to close.
The regional health authorities have appealed for people to be inoculated and to be tested every week (antigen testing). They have also released video footage of Madeira’s intensive care unit, highlighting Covid-19’s potentially serious consequences to individual health and to the community.
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New Covid-19 testing centres
New Covid-19 testing centres (for antigen tests) have opened across Madeira, in order to make it easier for the population to be tested weekly (as advised): – Calheta (at Praceta 25 de Junho) – open on Mondays and Wednesdays; from 16h00 to 20h00; on a first come, first served basis.
– Ponta do Sol (at Sala Multiusos – Rua Príncipe D. Luís number 10 – next to Loja do Munícipe) – open from
Monday to Saturday; from 16h00 and 20h00. Teenagers aged 12-18 must be accompanied by their parents.
– Câmara de Lobos (at Praça da Autonomia) – open from Monday to Saturday; from 09h00 to 19h00.
Municipal employees will have priority on Mondays, from 08h00 to 13h00.
– Curral das Freiras (at Centro Cívico – next to the church) – open from 09h00 to 19h00 (its opening hours will be influenced by demand). A booking is required. Bookings can be made by calling 291 712 493 or 935 712 493. Curral das Freiras residents will have priority.
Rapid testing can also be carried out in the following pharmacies located in the Municipality of Câmara de
Lobos:
– Farmácia Martim – (Parish of Jardim da Serra)
– Farmácia Lobos Mar (Parish of Câmara de Lobos)
– Farmácia Popular (Parish of Câmara de Lobos)
– Clínica Médica do Estreito de Câmara de Lobos (Medical Clinic at Estreito de Câmara de Lobos)
Câmara da Ponta do Sol põe em funcionamento novo posto de testagem
https://funchalnoticias.net/2021/11/29/camara-de-lobos-tem-mais-um-posto-de-testagem-municipal-a funcionar/
Covid-19 vaccination update
As of November 24th, 81% of teenagers aged 12-17 had been fully vaccinated against Covid-19. And 42% of Madeira’s healthcare professionals had been inoculated with a Covid-19 booster shot. Care homes for the elderly also have similar levels of inoculation of booster shots.
Overall, 86% of the Madeira population have been inoculated against Covid-19. This figure recently increased by 1%.
Madeira prepara-se para vacinar crianças logo que as vacinas chegarem a Portugal
Flu vaccination update
As of November 24th, 36,388 Madeira residents had been inoculated with the flu vaccine.
Madeira prepara-se para vacinar crianças logo que as vacinas chegarem a Portugal
Covid-19 children’s vaccination
Pedro Ramos, Madeira’s Health and Civil Protection Secretary, said the Region is ready to start vaccinating children with the Covid-19 vaccine. Parental consent must be provided before a child is inoculated. He also explained that the process of inoculating children is different. For instance, Pfizer informed that the second dose of its vaccine must be administered 21 days after the first inoculation.
He said the Region is waiting for the delivery of a batch of 7,500 Covid-19 vaccine doses. This batch will be part of a delivery of 300,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses that are expected to arrive in Portugal on December 20th. Efforts are underway by INFARMED (Autoridade Nacional do Medicamento de Produtos de Saúde, I.P.
– National Authority of Medicines and Health Products, I.P.) to ensure Portugal receive additional deliveries
in December.
Madeira prepara-se para vacinar crianças logo que as vacinas chegarem a Portugal
Cruise ship passenger airlifted to hospital
A 22-year-old Indonesian female passenger was airlifted from the Mein Schiff 4 cruise ship on Monday. She was suffering from acute chest pain. A Portuguese Air Force EH-101 helicopter was deployed from Porto Santo at 13h19. The passenger was airlifted from the ship, which had been sailing 250 Km south of
Madeira, and was flown to Funchal, where an ambulance took her to hospital three hours after the helicopter’s deployment.
EH-101 Merlin evacuou para a Madeira passageira do Mein Schiff 4
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 day and places:
FUNCHAL
December 2nd – 09h00 to 11h30
– Rua do Pina (numbers 14 to 47
– Rua do Vale Formoso (numbers 1 to 7 & number 18)
– Travessa do Pina (number 34)
– Travessa de São Luís (number 11)
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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