Maderia Situation Report Wednesday 1st June 2022

by Daniel Fernandes

Brief Covid-19 update

On May 30th, there were 45 patients hospitalised in the general Covid-19 unit (8 non-vaccinated, 3 vaccinated with the first shot, 13 fully vaccinated, 21 vaccinated with a booster shot), and no hospitalised patients in the Covid-19 intensive care unit. As for the age of the hospitalised patients who are in the general Covid-19 unit, 1 is aged 0-17, 9 are aged 18-65 and 35 are 65 or older.

There were 7 deaths from May 23rd to May 30th. There had been a total of 285 deaths.

On May 31st, it was announced that there had been 25 new Covid-19 cases in the Region’s schools (6 students, 12 teachers and 7 non-teaching staff).

New Navy patrol boat arrived in Madeira

 NRP Hidra, an Argos-class patrol boat, arrived in the Region on May 28th. She is joining NRP Dragão in reinforcing the Navy’s presence in the Region. NRP Hidra’s commanding officer is Second-Lieutenant António Lopes Ferreira. The boat has a crew of 9 sailors. In addition to reinforcing the Navy’s presence in the Region, its deployment will strengthen the Navy’s monitoring of the Region’s waters and safeguard human life at sea.

Limited access to the quay at Porto da Cruz

Due to planned rehabilitation work at Porto da Cruz, access to its quay will be limited from May 30th to June 17th.

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

June 1st – 09h00 to 11h30

– 1ª Vereda do Pinheiro das Voltas (numbers 2 to 5)

SÃO JORGE

June 1st – 09h00 to 12h00

– Achada Grande

– Farrobo

– Pico

– Vigia

– Tanque

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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