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Algarve situation report October 24 2020

ARS Faro District Covid-19 Situation report

The District Civil Protection Commission of Faro today sent the usual assessment of the epidemiological situation in the region.In a statement sent and based on the data provided by the Regional Health Delegate, there are 831 active cases of covid.19 in the Algarve. So far, 2,391 infected people have been reported, plus 41 in the last 24 hours with 1,530 recovered (cumulative), equivalent to 63.99%. 29 people are hospitalized, 1 in the Intensive Care Unit. The same source reports 30 deaths in the region. Under active surveillance are 1,187 people and 133 (cumulative) were discharged.

Covid.19: Faro cemeteries limited to 50 visitors during All Saints’ Day

The Municipality of Faro informed that the municipality’s cemeteries will be open for visits on October 31 and November 1 (All Saints’ Day), between 8:30 am and 5:30 pm, with limited entries, and reinforced measures for the safety of all those who decide to pay tribute to loved ones.In a statement, the autarchy states that the municipal cemeteries will thus have a limit of 50 people simultaneously, in maximum groups of two to two people, who are obliged to wear a mask during the period of stay inside the space.

The sharing of hand tools such as shovels, spoons or other equipment is prohibited, and disinfection of the hands of visitors with the application of alcohol gel available in dispensers at the entrance is mandatory.The Municipality will also apply waiting distance markings outside the city’s cemeteries, having recommended the same procedure to the parish councils for the others. The municipality also calls for respect for the rules of social distance and hygiene, as well as for the recommendations and recommendations of the authorities, inside, outside and when accessing cemeteries.

Algarve report Wednesday October 21st

Registered unemployment in the Algarve rose 157.5% in September

The number of unemployed registered in September, in the employment centres of the Algarve, rose 157.5% in relation to the same month of last year, according to data released today, October 20, by the Institute of Employment and Professional Training (IEFP).

In relation to August, registered unemployment increased 4.3%.

The Algarve, as it has been happening since March, was again, in September, by a large margin, the region of the country with the highest year-on-year increase in registered unemployed.

Lisbon and Vale do Tejo, the region that had the second largest increase, stood at + 54.7%. Alentejo registered an increase of 27.3%. At the national level, the increase was 36.1%.

According to the IEFP statistical bulletin, at the end of September, there were 21,310 registered in the employment centres in the Algarve, 13,034 more than in the same month of 2019.

In relation to August of this year, there are more 885 unemployed people registered (+ 4.3%), a number that grew slightly due to the drop in tourism activity.

1st cycle teacher infected with COVID-19 in São Brás de Alportel

The municipality of São Brás de Alportel announced that a positive case of COVID-19 was detected in a primary school in the municipality, namely a teacher.

All families of students in this teacher’s class have been duly informed and the children are under surveillance in their homes.

All people in this teacher’s network are also under surveillance, and duly monitored by the Local Health Authority.

The Delegate of Local Health is once again, from the first moment, to monitor and intervene in this situation, in close articulation with the School Group, the City Council and other local and regional entities.

“We further inform you that at the moment the situation is under control and all people are well”, says a source from the municipality.

The municipality wishes the teacher “quick improvements and thanks the families and the whole educational community for understanding”.

Tavira holds information session aimed at UK nationals living in Portugal

The International Organization for Migration (IOM), through the UKNSF – British Citizens Support Fund, will hold, on the 4th of November, at 11:00 am, in Tavira, an information session for UK nationals and family members about rights and procedures of residence in Portugal.

According to the Tavira municipality, the program includes the opening and welcome at 11 am, presentation of the project – UKNSF – Support Fund for British Citizens at 11.05 am, general information on residence rights in Portugal, 11.15 am, questions and answers at 11.25 am and closing scheduled for 11:45 am

This action comes from the project, developed by IOM, to support British citizens to finalize their residence requests, in Portugal, at the moment when the United Kingdom leaves the European Union. The project has the collaboration of the British Embassy and the partnership of the High Commissioner for Migration (ACM).

Interested parties must pre-register by October 30, using the form: https://bit.ly/2Ih1fdV

More information through 913 590 456, anfernandes@iom.int, https://unitedkingdom.iom.int/uknsf-portugal, https://www.facebook.com/oimportugal.

Albufeira event United Kingdom Nationals Support

OM, in collaboration with the municipality of Albufeira, is promoting an Info Session about the UKNSF –United Kingdom Nationals Support Fund, 29th October at 11 am in Albufeira.

The Agenda for the Information Session is the following:

11h00 – 11h05 | Opening and Welcome Remarks
11h05 – 11h15 | UKNSF – United Kingdom Nationals Support Fund – Project Presentation
11h15 – 11h25 | General Information on Residency Rights in Portugal
11h25 – 11h45 | Questions Answers
11h45 – 11h50 | Check Out

To participate it is mandatory to register until the 23th October through the form: https://bit.ly/33Sjq1R

The location will be sent by email following registration.

If you wish to schedule an individual appointment for support with UKNSF team please provide that information on the registration form.

For further information contact us: +351 913590456 or anfernandes@iom.int

We look forward to meeting you!

Algarve October 17, 2020

Faro Airport recorded the largest decrease in the number of passengers handled between January and August

The movement in Portuguese airports maintained the recovery trend in August, but still with daily decreases of more than 50% in passengers, according to data released today by the National Statistics Institute (INE).Lisbon airport handled seven million passengers recording a decrease of 66.3%. Considering the three airports with the highest passenger traffic, Faro airport was the one that showed the greatest decrease in the number of passengers handled between January and August 2020 (-77.1%).

According to the INE’s fast statistics, in August 2020, at all airports, there was a movement of 2.2 million passengers, representing a decrease of 65.9% (-79.5% in July).The number of passengers disembarking at national airports on flights from the United Kingdom decreased by 69.1% (-85.5% in July).According to INE, the announcement of the inclusion of Portugal in the list of safe countries to travel (on August 20) contributed to a smaller reduction in the number of passengers disembarked between August 21 and 31 (-47.2%), when compared to that recorded between 01 and 20 August (-79.7%).

In August, according to the data released today, 12.4 thousand commercial aircraft landed at national airports, representing a year-on-year change of -46.4% (-62.0% in July and -86.6% in June).There was a movement of 2.2 million passengers (boardings, arrivals and direct transits), representing a year-on-year decrease of 65.9% (-79.5% in July and -94.6% in June).

President Marcelo visits Ribat da Arrifana, took selfies and debated with mayors

The President of the Republic made this Friday the 15th the penultimate v

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isit to an Algarve municipality, to Aljezur, in a tour that started in July and that was intended to “pull through the Algarve” , as he said in his first visit, to the municipality of Vila Real de Santo António.Because, considering that the Algarve, depends so much on tourism, has been the region most affected by the crisis created by the Covid-19 pandemic, the head of state promised that he would visit all the municipalities in the Algarve, to take his support to mayors and to talk more about the region.

Always with the Aljezurean mayor José Gonçalves as host, the President started by meeting, at Espaço +, with people linked to associations and IPSS in the municipality, and then went up the street to Igreja Nova, where he entered and prayed. Then he ate on the outdoor terrace of a pastry shop in that area of the village.After speaking with some of the journalists, the head of state headed to Ribat Arrifana, the ruins of an ancient Islamic monastery-fortress with nearly a thousand years of history, which is a national monument,After Aljezur, today Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa will be in Vila do Bispo, to get to know some of the problems and projects in the municipality and for his last dinner with the mayors of the Algarve.

Covid.19: António Pina does not believe that the numbers have gone up due to tourists but “because we are relapsing”

The President of the District Civil Protection Commission of Faro, spoke on Thursday at the usual press conference, regarding the situation of the pandemic in the region.António Pina, does not believe that it was tourists, who were responsible for the numbers that have been verified in the last days, “the problem here is us, and in the daily behaviour we have had, we are not going to try to put the problem on tourists now” and added “in the same way that the Portuguese and the Algarve behaved very well in the first phase before the summer, now they are not doing it”, he justified.

The also president of the Intermunicipal Community of the Algarve, warned that if people’s behaviour does not change, “the measures will have to be even harder”. The official drew the attention of the young people so that they do not think that the disease does not affect them, “so what about your parents and grandparents, do they not think about them?” he asked.

Covid-19 outbreaks at Faro Hospital affect 5 users and 3 professionals

There are five users and three health professionals infected with Covid-19, following outbreaks that emerged in the Orthopedics and Medicine Services 1 of Hospital de Faro, according to Regional health authority.The outbreak in Medicine 1 is the one with the most associated cases, those of the five users and those of two health professionals “in the field of nursing”, revealed today Ana Cristina Guerreiro, regional health delegate of the Algarve, during the fortnightly press conference of assessment of the epidemiological situation in the Algarve.

In this service, the origin is the employees, one of whom tested positive “on the 11th” and the other “on the 13th of October”. The cases in users, who have already been transferred to a Covid-19 wing of the Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Algarve, «are subsequent».In the case of orthopedics, “there is an infected health professional, a situation detected on 10 October”.Paulo Morgado, president of the Regional Health Administration (ARS), revealed that «there are 17 health professionals infected» with Covid-19, in the Algarve.

All tests carried out on users and employees of the Portimão care home were negative

All the tests done yesterday on the 98 users and employees of Lar Diogo Gonçalves, in Portimão, «gave a negative» revealed to Sul Informação the Mayor of Portimão.The tests were carried out after the death on 14^th October of a patient, a man “in his fifties and with many comorbidities”, who had been admitted to the hospital the day before and died in Faro hospital, victim of Covid-19.In all, according to our newspaper, analysis of the disease caused by SARS-Cov-2 was carried out to 59 home users and 39 employees.

Mayor Isilda Gomes added that these negative tests demonstrate “that we have been doing a good job at home”.The residential structure in question, located in the city centre and belonging to the Portimão Elderly Support Centre network, had recently been tested in late August.According to data from the Regional Health Authority yesterday (the most recent), the municipality of Portimão this Thursday had 74 active cases of Covid-19, while 6 more people had recovered from the disease, with this new death still to be regretted.

https://www.sulinformacao.pt/2020/10/todos-os-testes-feitos-a-utentes-e-funcionarios-do-lar-de-portimao-deram-negativo/

Situation Report Azores – 31st October 2020 – From our colleague in the Azores

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The Regional Health Authority has reported that, from 6,839 tests carried out in the two reference laboratories in the Region since the 24th of October, 20 positive cases of COVID-19 on the islands of São Miguel, Faial and Terceira have been diagnosed. All the cases have been detected at the airports during the required screening procedure or on the follow-up test carried out on all arrivals to the region on the 6^th day of the stay.
A 24-year-old man was also diagnosed following contact with the Azores Health Line, and the epidemiological investigation of how he caught the infection is now underway. A 31-year-old man was diagnosed, not resident in the Region, from an air connection with the Portuguese mainland, whose SARS-CoV-2 screening test performed on arrival produced a positive result. However, and according to the practice followed in previous situations, having submitted documentation proving infection and recovery in the country of origin, it is not considered an active case in the Region. Users of a gymnasium have all been tested and the results were negative.
6 recoveries have been recorded, 2 on São Miguel 2 on Pico and 2 on Terceira.
The cases are all in a stable clinical condition and the procedures defined for the confirmed case, testing and surveillance of close contacts, as well as all those inherent to the deepening of the epidemiological investigation, have already been carried out by the Local Health Delegations. So far, 384 cases of infection by the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19 disease, have been detected in the Region, with 80 active positive cases currently, of which 64 on the island of São Miguel, nine on Terceira island, one on Graciosa island, two on Pico island, two on Faial island, one on Santa Maria island and one on Flores island.
Pandemic prevention and containment measures should be maintained and strengthened, whenever possible, by citizens and public, private and social sector organizations. The Regional Health Authority reiterates the need to comply with all recommendations already made public in this regard, especially that, in case of symptoms, do not seek a Hospital or Health Unit, but call the Azores Health Line – 808 24 60 24.
For more information, visit the website created by the Government of the Azores on pandemic control in the Region, at https://destinoseguro.azores.gov.pt/ , or the Facebook page of the Regional Health Directorate, at https: / /www.facebook.com/DirecaoSaudeAcores/ . The Government of the Azores also makes available the Azores Non-Medical Clarification Line COVID-19, with the number 800 29 29 29, which can be used between 8:30 am and 6:30 pm, on working days, and the RIAC Line 800 500 501, which works from Monday to Saturday, from 9 am to 10:30 pm, and on Sundays, from 10 am to 10:30 pm.
It is also available the email address esclarecimentocovid19@azores.gov.pt for clarification on measures taken in the region to cope with the new coronavirus pandemic.

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Situation Report Azores – 24th October 2020 – From our colleague in the Azores
The Regional Government is keen to point out that taking into account the data known, as of today, on the situation of the pandemic of COVID-19 in the Region, the measures determined for the continental territory, in the scope of the calamity situation, namely those related to the prohibitions of movement between municipalities or circulation in public spaces and roads, do not apply to the Autonomous Region of the Azores. The current regulations as of today, are:-
Government Council Resolution No. 275/2020 of October 23rd, 2020
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Summary
Extends the declaration of the situation of public calamity in the islands of Santa Maria, São Miguel, Terceira, Pico and Faial.
Government Council Resolution No. 275/2020 of October 23rd, 2020
Following the permanent monitoring of the situation of the pandemic of COVID-19 in the Autonomous Region of the Azores, as of today, there are a total of sixty-nine positive positive cases, of which forty-six on the island of São Miguel, eleven on the island Third, one on Graciosa Island, four on Pico Island, four on Faial Island, two on Santa Maria Island and one on Flores Island. Furthermore, in view of developments at national and international level, and taking into account the air connections from abroad to the islands of Santa Maria, São Miguel, Terceira, Pico and Faial, the extension of the declaration of the situation of public calamity continues to be justified on these islands, as well as the extension of the alert situation in the Graciosa, São Jorge, Flores and Corvo Islands.
Thus, under the terms of paragraphs c) of no. 2 of article 59 and b) of no. 2 of article 66 and a), b), d), e) and l) of no. article 90, all of the Political-Administrative Statute of the Autonomous Region of the Azores, of paragraph 2 of article 2 of the Basic Law of Civil Protection, of Base 34 of the Basic Law of Health, Chapters IV and V of the International Health Regulations, approved for ratification by Decree-Law no. 299/71, of 13 July, in conjunction with articles 6, 7, 11 and 12 of Regional Legislative Decree no. 26/2019 / A, of 22 November, with article 45 of Regional Legislative Decree no. 28/99 / A, of 31 July, in its current wording, and with points a), e) and f ) of no. 1 of article 4 and c), d) g) and l) of article 7, all of the Regional Regulatory Decree no. 11/2001 / A, of 10 September, in its current wording ,after hearing the Association of Municipalities of the Autonomous Region of the Azores and the Regional Delegation of the Azores of the National Association of Parishes, the Government of the Azores, in an extraordinary meeting of the Government Council held today, by videoconference, resolves:
1 – Determine, in terms of readiness and response, within the scope of the Legal Regime of the Civil Protection System of the Autonomous Region of the Azores:

a) The extension of the declaration of the situation of public calamity, in the Islands of Santa Maria, São Miguel, Terceira, Pico and Faial, until midnight, on the 6th of November;
b) The extension of the declaration of the alert situation, in the Graciosa, São Jorge, Flores and Corvo Islands, until midnight, on the 6th of November.

2 – To determine that, after the reopening of the national maritime space to cruise ships and yachts, coming from international ports, the normalization of the mooring of these ships should be promoted, in the ports and marinas of the Archipelago, and provided that the respective passengers test the arrival, unless the regional health authority dispenses so in view of the nonstop travel time and the absence of symptoms.
3 – To determine, for the entire Azores Archipelago, the maintenance, until 24:00 hours, on November 6, of the following measures:

a) Suspension of all missions by workers of the Regional Administration, including public institutes and public companies, outside the archipelago;
b) Suspension of all travel to the Archipelago by external entities requested by the Regional Administration, including public institutes and public companies, unless absolutely essential, provided they are authorized by the Regional Health Authority;
c) Recommendation to other public and private entities in the Region to adopt the same procedure regarding the movement of their workers abroad in the Region.

4 – To determine that the execution of the provisions of paragraph 1 of this Resolution is coordinated, under the terms of Regional Legislative Decree No. 26/2019 / A, of 22 November, by the Regional Civil Protection and Fire Service of the Azores, even now authorized to request the collaboration of the security forces, as well as the use of human and material resources from the regional administration.
5 – The measures provided for in this Resolution may be reversed or cancelled, at any time, taking into account the evolution of the situation of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Region.
6 – Extend the provisions of Government Council Resolution No. 207/2020, of July 31, until midnight on November 6th.
7 – Under the provisions of article 6 of Regional Legislative Decree No. 26/2019 / A, of 22 November, this resolution takes effect as of 00:00 hours on 24 October.
Approved by the Regional Government Council, in Ponta Delgada, on October 22, 2020. – The President of the Regional Government, Vasco Ilídio Alves Cordeiro.

Situation Report Azores – 21st October 2020 – From our colleague in the Azores
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The Regional Health Authority has reported that, from 3892 tests carried out in the two reference laboratories in the Region since the 17^th of October, 13 positive cases of COVID-19 on the islands of São Miguel have been diagnosed.
All the cases have been detected at the airports during the required screening procedure or on the follow-up test carried out on all arrivals to the region on the 6^th day of the stay.
The cases are all in a stable clinical condition and the procedures defined for the confirmed case, testing and surveillance of close contacts, as well as all those inherent to the deepening of the epidemiological investigation, have already been carried out by the Local Health Delegations.
There have been 7 recoveries, 5 on the island of São Miguel, one on Terceira and one on Faial.
So far, 355 cases of infection by the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which causes COVID-19 disease, have been detected in the Region, with 65 active positive cases currently, of which 42 on the island of São Miguel, 11 on Terceira island, one on Graciosa island, four on Pico island, four on Faial island, two on Santa Maria island and one on Flores island.
Pandemic prevention and containment measures should be maintained and strengthened, whenever possible, by citizens and public, private and social sector organizations.
The Regional Health Authority reiterates the need to comply with all recommendations already made public in this regard, especially that, in case of symptoms, do not seek a Hospital or Health Unit, but call the Azores Health Line – 808 24 60 24.
For more information, visit the website created by the Government of the Azores on pandemic control in the Region, at https://destinoseguro.azores.gov.pt/ , or the Facebook page of the Regional Health Directorate, at https: //www.facebook.com/DirecaoSaudeAcores/ .
The Government of the Azores also makes available the Azores Non-Medical Clarification Line COVID-19, with the number 800 29 29 29, which can be used between 8:30 am and 6:30 pm, on working days, and the RIAC Line 800 500 501, which works from Monday to Saturday, from 9 am to 10:30 pm, and on Sundays, from 10 am to 10:30 pm.
It is also available at the internet address esclarecimentocovid19@azores.gov.pt for clarification on measures taken in the region to cope with the new coronavirus pandemic.

Situation Report Azores – 17th October 2020 – From our colleague in the Azores
Communiqué from the Government of the Azores
Ponta Delgada, 15th October 2020
Following the permanent monitoring of the situation of the pandemic of COVID-19 in the Autonomous Region of the Azores, on October 14th, 2020, there are a total of 61 active positive cases, of which 33 on the island of São Miguel, 12 on the island of Terceira , three on the island of Graciosa, four on the island of Pico, five on the island of Faial, one on the island of São Jorge, two on the island of Santa Maria and one on the island of Flores.
In addition, in view of developments at national and international level and taking into account the air connections from abroad to the islands of Santa Maria, São Miguel, Terceira, Pico and Faial, the extension of the declaration of the situation of public calamity in these regions continues to be justified. islands, as well as the extension of the alert situation in the Graciosa, São Jorge, Flores and Coro islands, decisions that should be re-evaluated in a shorter time frame, taking into account the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In view of this situation, the Government of the Azores, in an extraordinary meeting of the Government Council held on October 14, by videoconference, decided:
1 – Determine, in terms of readiness and response, within the scope of the Legal Regime of the Civil Protection System of the Autonomous Region of the Azores:

a) The extension of the declaration of the situation of public calamity on the islands of Santa Maria, São Miguel, Terceira, Pico and Faial until midnight on October 23rd, taking into account the epidemiological situation that is taking place at national and International.
b) The extension of the declaration of the alert situation in the islands of Graciosa, São Jorge, Flores and Corvo until midnight on October 23rd, taking into account the epidemiological situation that is taking place at national and international level.

2- To determine that, after the reopening of the national maritime space to cruise ships and yachts coming from international ports, the normalization of the docking of these ships in the ports and marinas of the archipelago should be promoted, and provided that the respective passengers are tested on arrival, unless the Regional Health Authority dispenses so in view of the non-stop travel time and the absence of symptoms.
The measures provided for in this Resolution can be reversed or canceled at any time, taking into account the evolution of the situation of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Region.
The Government of the Azores reiterates the need to comply with the guidelines regarding the use of a mask, physical distance and respiratory etiquette.
Vouchers
The Government of the Azores, through the Regional Secretariat for Energy, Environment and Tourism has created a new initiative, “Voucher Destino Açores Seguro”, the platform can be accessed here https://voucher.azores.gov.pt where information about this financial incentive for the taking of screening tests for SARS-CoV-2 prior to shipment to the Azores, usable exclusively for the acquisition of goods or services in the Region, in activities of the tourism sector.
An order was published today in the Official Journal setting out the conditions and the period for the companies to subscribe to the Network of Members, the conditions for the reimbursement for the acquisition of technological equipment, as well as the concession period and procedure for using this measure.With regard to the Network of Members, as of today, establishments with headquarters or with a permanent establishment in the Region, and that operate within the tourism sector, according to the published list of CAE, can make their membership by filling in an electronic form on the portal.
Regarding the entry into force of the Voucher, it will be awarded to passengers who complete the Risk Assessment and Early Detection Questionnaire on the My Safe Azores tool at https://mysafeazores.com , starting on October 21st, when they present a negative screening test for SARS-CoV-2 on entry into the Region. The “Destination Insurance Azores Voucher”, with a global investment amount of 1.2 million euros, is a financial incentive of 35 euros, valid for two months and usable, exclusively, in the purchase of goods or services in the Region, in establishments of the Network of Members that develop their activity within the scope of the tourism sector.
Tourism
According to data from the Regional Statistics Service of the Azores, in the month of August, overnight stays in the region in all the types of tourist accommodation: hotel establishments, rural tourism and local accommodation recorded a year-on-year decrease of 68.7 %. From January to August 2020, overnight stays registered a negative year-on-year change of 74.4%.
In August, hotel establishments recorded 79.2 thousand overnight stays, representing a year-on-year decrease of 70.4%.
Overnight stays by residents in Portugal decreased by 39.5% and overnight stays by residents abroad decreased by 87.5%. The monthly rate of change (relative to July) changed by 120.3%. Total income reached 4.6 million euros and room income 3.5 million euros, corresponding to negative year-on-year changes of 72.3% and 73.5%.
Covid-19
The Regional Health Authority has reported that, from 3918 tests carried out in the two reference laboratories in the Region since the 13^th of October, 10 positive cases of COVID-19 on the islands of São Miguel and Terceira have been diagnosed. Some of the cases have been detected at the airports during the required screening procedure or on the follow-up test carried out on all arrivals to the region on the 6^th day of the stay, others have been detected as a result of close contact with a previously diagnosed case.
The cases are all in a stable clinical condition and the procedures defined for the confirmed case, testing and surveillance of close contacts, as well as all those inherent to the deepening of the epidemiological investigation, have already been carried out by the Local Health Delegations.
6 recoveries have been recorded on the island of São Miguel, Terceira and São Jorge.
So far, 342 cases of infection by the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which causes COVID-19 disease, have been detected in the Region, and there are currently 63 active positive cases, of which 36 on the island of São Miguel, 12 on Terceira island, three on Graciosa island, four on Pico island, five on Faial island, two on Santa Maria island and one on Flores island. Pandemic prevention and containment measures should be maintained and strengthened, whenever possible, by citizens and public, private and social sector organizations.
The Regional Health Authority reiterates the need to comply with all recommendations already made public in this regard, especially that, in case of symptoms, do not seek a Hospital or Health Unit, but call the Azores Health Line – 808 24 60 24.
For more information, visit the website created by the Government of the Azores on pandemic control in the Region, at https://destinoseguro.azores.gov.pt/ , or the Facebook page of the Regional Health Directorate, at https: / /www.facebook.com/DirecaoSaudeAcores/
Situation Report Azores – 14th October 2020 – From our colleague in the Azores
The City Council of Ponta Delgada has joined up with the Portuguese League Against Cancer, Regional Centre of the Azores, marking the International Breast Cancer Prevention Month and are lighting the city’s arcades in pink until the last day of October.
“Outubro Rosa” is the name of the international campaign to raise public awareness of the problem of breast cancer. A movement that emerged in the United States, after the American Congress determined October as the month of prevention of Breast Cancer.
One of the characteristics of “Outubro Rosa” is the lighting of important monuments of the cities with the pink colour to support the cause.
In Ponta Delgada, the Arcades of the historic centre will be lit up until October 31st.
Covid-19
The Regional Health Authority has reported that, from 4948 tests carried out in the two reference laboratories in the Region since the 10^th of October, eight positive cases of Covid-19 on the islands of São Miguel have been diagnosed.
All the cases have been detected at the airports during the required screening procedure or on the follow-up test carried out on all arrivals to the region on the 6^th day of the stay.
The cases are all in a stable clinical condition and the procedures defined for the confirmed case, testing and surveillance of close contacts, as well as all those inherent to the deepening of the epidemiological investigation, have already been carried out by the Local Health Delegations.
Eight recoveries have been recorded on the island of São Miguel and one on the island of Pico.
So far, 332 cases of infection by the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which causes Covid-19 disease, have been detected in the Region, with 61 active positive cases currently, of which 33 on the island of São Miguel, 12 on Terceira island, three on Graciosa island, four on Pico island, five on Faial island, one on São Jorge island, two on Santa Maria island and one on Flores island.
Pandemic prevention and containment measures should be maintained and strengthened, whenever possible, by citizens and public, private and social sector organizations.
The Regional Health Authority reiterates the need to comply with all recommendations already made public in this regard, especially that, in case of symptoms, do not seek a Hospital or Health Unit, but call the Azores Health Line – 808 24 60 24.
For more information, visit the website created by the Government of the Azores on pandemic control in the Region, at https://destinoseguro.azores.gov.pt/ , or the Facebook page of the Regional Health Directorate, at https: / /www.facebook.com/DirecaoSaudeAcores/

Situation Report Azores – 10th October 2020 – From our colleague in the Azores
The Azores are once again included in the list of Green Destinations top 100 Sustainable Destinations, according to the regional secretary for Energy, Environment and Tourism.
“It is recognitions like this that make us continue with this path towards sustainability with strength and enthusiasm,” said Marta Guerreiro. “I cannot fail to show pride and satisfaction for receiving, once again, this recognition, which places the Azores at a high level with regard to sustainability issues, which we strive for and are recognized for”.
Since last year, the Azores have been certified as a Sustainable Tourist Destination, being the only archipelago in the world and the only region in the country with this distinction”. “EarthCheck is a certifier that is governed by strict criteria of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council, that is, with the United Nations seal, which attests to the quality of its action and our certification as a Sustainable Tourist Destination”.
Covid-19
The Regional Health Authority has reported that, from 3881 tests carried out in the two reference laboratories in the Region since the 6^th of October, nine positive cases of COVID-19 on the islands of São Miguel, Terceira, Pico and Faial, have been diagnosed.
All the cases have been detected at the airports during the required screening procedure or on the follow-up test carried out on all arrivals to the region on the 6^th day of the stay. The cases are all in a stable clinical condition and the procedures defined for the confirmed case, testing and surveillance of close contacts, as well as all those inherent to the deepening of the epidemiological investigation, have already been carried out by the Local Health Delegations.
Three people with covid-19 have returned to the continent by air. There have been four recoveries, three on São Miguel and one on Terceira.
So far, 324 cases of infection by the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19 disease, have been detected in the Region, with 203 recovered cases and 66 active positive cases currently, of which 33 on the island of São Miguel, 12 on Terceira island, five on Graciosa island, six on Pico island, six on Faial island, one on São Jorge island, two on Santa Maria island and one on Flores island.
Situation Report Azores – 7th October 2020 – From our colleague in the Azores
The Regional Health Authority has reported that, from 4481 tests carried out in the two reference laboratories in the Region since the 2^nd of October, eight positive cases of COVID-19 on the islands of São Miguel, Terceira, Graciosa and Faial, have been diagnosed.
Some of the cases have been detected at the airports during the required screening procedure or on the follow-up test carried out on all arrivals to the region on the 6^th day of the stay. Others are from chains of transmission already existing in the region.
The cases are all in a stable clinical condition and the procedures defined for the confirmed case, testing and surveillance of close contacts, as well as all those inherent to the deepening of the epidemiological investigation, have already been carried out by the Local Health Delegations.
There have been nine recoveries recorded, seven on the island of São Miguel and two on Terceira, bringing to 198 the number of recovered cases of COVID-19 in the Region.
So far, 315 cases of infection by the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which causes COVID-19 disease, have been detected in the Region, with 66 active positive cases currently, of which 37 on the island of São Miguel, 11 on Terceira island, five on Graciosa island, five on Pico island, four on Faial island, one on São Jorge island, two on Santa Maria island and one on Flores island.
Pandemic prevention and containment measures should be maintained and strengthened, whenever possible, by citizens and public, private and social sector organizations.
The Regional Health Authority reiterates the need to comply with all recommendations already made public in this regard, especially that, in case of symptoms, do not seek a Hospital or Health Unit, but call the Azores Health Line – 808 24 60 24.
For more information, visit the website created by the Government of the Azores on pandemic control in the Region, at https://destinoseguro.azores.gov.pt/ , or the Facebook page of the Regional Health Directorate, at https: / /www.facebook.com/DirecaoSaudeAcores/ .

Situation Report Azores – 3^rd October 2020 – From our colleague in the Azores
The Government of the Azores has extended the ‘Living the Azores’ campaign until March 31st, 2021, this incentive now includes holidays on the island of residence, according to a Council Resolution Government published recently in the Official Journal, which comes into force on 1^st of October. São Miguel and Terceira were not found to be benefitting from the incentive as much as the smaller islands.
This variation requires the purchase of accommodation, food, tourist activities. The allowance is fixed at 50% of the amount paid, up to a maximum limit of 75 euros per person. Mandatory minimum requirements for granting the incentive under this campaign are the purchase of two nights in a tourist resort, local accommodation or youth hostel on the island, the purchase of two meals in restaurants, per person, worth at least 15 euros each, and the purchase of a tourist activity, per person, worth at least 30 euros.
Travel Exemptions
Scotland will no longer oblige people arriving from the Azores and Madeira archipelagos to comply with a 14-day quarantine, but maintains the measure on mainland Portugal, the authorities announced.
The measure applies from 04:00 on Saturday 3^rd of October, this aligns Scotland with the other nations of the United Kingdom, namely England, Wales and Northern Ireland, which had already differentiated the Portuguese islands from the rest of the country in terms travel restrictions.
Wales was the first British region to differentiate Madeira and the Azores, where the number of infections has been reduced, from Mainland Portugal, where there has been an increase in cases.
The British government followed suit on 12^th of September, claiming that the more detailed information made it possible to assess islands separately from mainland territories and started to institute “regional travel corridors”. One of the main criteria for exclusion from the list of safe destinations is when the country registers an additional 20 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants over the course of a week.
The update of the list of countries and territories with ‘travel corridors’ for the United Kingdom, that is, exempt from having to quarantine on arrival, made this week, leaves the British only six destinations without travel restrictions. Madeira and the Azores, require negative tests on arrival or a period of confinement while waiting for test results.
Entry requirements can be found here. https://covid19.azores.gov.pt/?page_id=5532
Covid-19 cases
The Regional Health Authority has reported that, from 3165 tests carried out in the two reference laboratories in the Region since the 30th of September, five positive cases of COVID-19 on the islands of São Miguel, Terceira, Santa Maria and São Jorge, have been diagnosed.
All the cases have been detected at the airports during the required screening procedure or on the follow-up test carried out on all arrivals to the region on the 6^th day of the stay.
The cases are all in a stable clinical condition and the procedures defined for the confirmed case, testing and surveillance of close contacts, as well as all those inherent to the deepening of the epidemiological investigation, have already been carried out by the Local Health Delegations.
Three recoveries were recorded on the island of São Miguel and one on Terceira, bringing to 185 the number of recovered cases of COVID-19 in the Region.
So far, 307 cases of infection by the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which causes COVID-19 disease, have been detected in the Region, with 73 active positive cases currently, of which 46 on the island of São Miguel, 12 on Terceira island, four on Graciosa island, five on Pico island, three on Faial island, one on São Jorge island and two on Santa Maria island.
Pandemic prevention and containment measures should be maintained and strengthened, whenever possible, by citizens and public, private and social sector organizations.
The Regional Health Authority reiterates the need to comply with all recommendations already made public in this regard, especially that, in case of symptoms, do not seek a Hospital or Health Unit, but call the Azores Health Line – 808 24 60 24. For more information, visit the website created by the Government of the Azores on pandemic control in the Region,

Madeira Situation Report 31^st October by Daniel Fernandes

Covid-19 update

There were 26 new Covid-19 cases and 5 recoveries from Covid-19 in Madeira since the previous Madeira Situation Report.

On Wednesday, there were 9 new Covid-19 cases (from 1 passenger who had arrived from the UK, Germany, Poland, Italy, Finland, Australia and Northern Portugal and 2 cases of local transmission) and no recoveries. On Thursday, there were
4 new Covid-19 cases (from 2 passengers who had arrived from the UK and 1 who had arrived from the Czech Republic and 1 case of local transmission linked to a recently diagnosed patient) and 3 recoveries. And on Friday, there were 13
new Covid-19 cases (from 2 passengers who had arrived from the Lisbon and Tagus Valley Region, 2 who had arrived from the Czech Republic, 1 who had arrived from Poland, 1 who had arrived from the Netherlands and 7 case of local
transmission) and 2 recoveries.

There are currently 172 active cases, of which 152 were imported and identified through airport screening, while the other 20 were a result of local transmission. So far, there have been 440 cases and 268 recoveries. As for the active
cases, 138 are from non-residents while 34 are from Madeira residents. Madeira remains the only Portuguese district and autonomous region without any deaths from Covid-19.There are currently 80 patients in isolation at a dedicated
hotel, 90 patients in isolation at their own accommodation and 2 patients hospitalised in the Covid-19 unit at Hospital Dr. Nélio Mendonça.

There are currently 25 suspected cases under epidemiological investigation and analysis, 9 of which were identified through airport screening while 16 are linked to patients who tested positive for Covid-19 or two calls made to the
SRS24 helpline. As of Friday, there had been 1900 suspected cases, of which 1,460 were not confirmed. There are 6,452 people under active monitoring and 9,841 people in self-monitoring. Monitoring is being carried out by the health
authorities of the Region’s Municipalities through the ‘MadeiraSafetoDiscover’ app.

As for Covid-19 testing on passengers who had arrived at Funchal and Porto Santo airports, 97,242 samples had been collected until Friday (at 16h30). Overall, 149,561 samples have been processed in the Autonomous Region of Madeira. The
SRS 24 helpline (Regional Health Service – 800 24 24 20) received 206 calls from Tuesday to Friday. Overall, the total number of calls made to this helpline is 14,488. The Covid-19 mental health helpline (219 212 399 – available every
day from 9h00 to 21h00) that was set up to provide emotional and mental support to people in Madeira has received 2,364 calls, with 195 people being monitored.

https://funchalnoticias.net/2020/10/28/covid-19-continua-a-aumentar-ram-ja-tem-160-casos-activos-mais-19-suspeitos/

https://funchalnoticias.net/2020/10/29/mais-4-casos-positivos-de-covid-19-na-ram-sao-agora-161-os-activos/

https://funchalnoticias.net/2020/10/30/13-novos-casos-de-covid-19-com-7-casos-de-transmissao-local-25-novos-suspeitos/

More details on the 7 cases of local transmission

The Madeira health authorities informed that 2 civil servants from the Madeira Social Security Institute (Instituto de Segurança Social da Madeira) and 3 relatives of one of the (2 young students and 1 adult) tested positive for
Covid-19. In addition, the epidemiological investigation on a case that was diagnosed this week enabled another case to be identified. The other case of local transmission is of young student who is linked to a recently diagnosed
Covid-19 case and who had already been in isolation for a week and under monitoring by the health authorities. As a result of these cases, the Madeira Social Security Institute, 2 schools in the Municipality of Funchal and the
Municipality of Funchal activated their contingency plans.

https://funchalnoticias.net/2020/10/30/13-novos-casos-de-covid-19-com-7-casos-de-transmissao-local-25-novos-suspeitos/

Miguel Albuquerque remarks

Wikipedia

After the confirmation of several cases of local transmission of Covid-19, Miguel Albuquerque, the President of the Madeira Regional Government made several remarks regarding the pandemic. He appealed for calm and believed the situation
will be under control, particularly because the young student who had tested positive had already been in isolation for a week. He called on parents and schools to comply with the rules and assured the Regional Health Service is
monitoring the evolution of the pandemic. Although he ruled out the existence of community transmission, he said it is likely that new cases will be detected since there has been an exponential increase in the number of cases.
Furthermore, he said big restrictions will likely have to be introduced if the current pandemic situation continues. He also reminded that the sale of alcoholic drinks will be banned during the public Christmas festivities and that all
care will be taken to avoid gatherings. He finished by saying there will be the traditional Christmas lighting, because it is about the psychological side of things and the Christmas spirit is part of what being a Madeiran is all about.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/108475/Albuquerque_confirma_casos_de_transmisao_local_e_apela_a_tranquilidade

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/108350/Se_a_pandemia_continuar_a_evoluir_desta_forma_vamos_ter_de_introduzir_grandes_restricoes

Fines for not wearing face masks

The use of face masks will be mandatory in public places where for social distancing is not possible. Failure to comply will result in a €100 to €500 fine for individuals and a fine of up to €5,000 for businesses, with 75% of the money
generated going to the Autonomous Region of Madeira and 25% going to ARAE (Autoridade Regional das Atividades Económicas – Regional Economic Activity Authority).

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/108385/Falta_de_mascara_vai_dar_multa_

More than 27,000 vaccine doses administered in Madeira.As of the 28th of October, 27,756 doses of the flu vaccine were administered, with 55% being administered to people aged 65 or older. The vaccination campaign started on the 28th of
September and vaccines can be administered from Monday to Saturday in places such as health centres, care homes, day centres and at home. A total of 56,000 doses were purchased by the Madeira Regional Government for a total cost of
€460,000.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/108240/Mais_de_27_mil_vacinas_administradas_na_RAM

Wizz Air flights from the UK to Madeira.

Wizz Air announced it will be launching flights between London Luton and Madeira. The first flight will take place on the 15th of December. There will be flights on Tuesdays and Saturdays.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/108356/Wizz_Air_anuncia_voos_para_a_Madeira_a_partir_de_dezembro

Water supply disruption

There will be several water supply disruptions next week in the Parish of Estreito de Câmara de Lobos, due to scheduled work on the water supply network to prevent water leaks. The following areas will be affected:

2nd November (9h00 e as 13h00) – Ribeira da Caixa, Ribeira Fernanda, Pico e Salões, Igreja (Church) and Quinta do Leme

4th November (9h00 e as 13h00) – Ribeira da Alforra, Heras, Preces, Fonte da Rocha and Serrado da Adega

5th November (9h00 e as 13h00) – Rancho

6th November (9h00 e as 13h00) – Caldeira and Rancho

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/desporto/ver/108480/Fornecimento_de_agua_sera_interrompido_em_varias_zonas_de_Camara_de_Lobos__

Madeira Report 28^th October by Daniel Fernandes

Covid-19 update

There were 56 new Covid-19 cases and 16 recoveries from Covid-19 in Madeira since the previous Madeira Situation Report. Although Madeira has just witnessed the biggest 7-day increase in the number of Covid-19 infections (101 cases in
the last 7 days), most cases were detected through airport screening and only a handful were cases of local transmission.

On Saturday, there were 15 new Covid-19 cases (from 8 passengers who had arrived from the UK, 3 who had arrived from France, 2 who had arrived from Northern Portugal and 2 cases of local transmission and 2 recoveries.

On Sunday, there were 8 new Covid-19 cases (from 5 passengers who had
arrived from the UK, 2 who had arrived from the Czech Republic and 1 case of local transmission linked to a recently diagnosed patient) and 2 recoveries.

On Monday, there were 19 new Covid-19 cases (from 6 passengers who had arrived from Poland, 5 who had arrived from the UK, 4 who had arrived from France, 3 who had arrived from Germany and 1 who had arrived from the Czech Republic) and
5 recoveries

And on Tuesday, there were 14 new Covid-19 cases (from 9 passengers who had arrived from the UK, 2 who had arrived from Germany, 1 who had arrived from Poland ,1 who had arrived from Northern Portugal and 1 case of local transmission)
and 7 recoveries.

There are currently 151 active cases, of which 141 were imported and identified through airport screening, while the other 10 were a result of local transmission. So far, there have been 414 cases and 263 recoveries. As for the
active cases, 128 are from non-residents while 23 are from Madeira residents. Madeira remains the only Portuguese district and autonomous region without any deaths from Covid-19.

There are currently 75 patients in isolation at a dedicated hotel, 75 patients in isolation at their own accommodation and 1 patient hospitalised in the Covid-19 unit at Hospital Dr. Nélio Mendonça.

There are currently 37 suspected cases under epidemiological investigation and analysis, 21 of which were identified through airport screening while 16 are linked to patients who tested positive for Covid-19. As of Tuesday, there had
been 1874 suspected cases, of which 1,460 were not confirmed.

There are 7,724 people under active monitoring and 8,697 people in self-monitoring. Monitoring is being carried out by the health authorities of the Region’s Municipalities through the ‘MadeiraSafetoDiscover’ app.

As for Covid-19 testing on passengers who had arrived at Funchal and Porto Santo airports, 95,279 samples had been collected until Tuesday (at 17h00). Overall, 147,085 samples have been processed in the Autonomous Region of Madeira.

The SRS 24 helpline (Regional Health Service – 800 24 24 20) received 193 calls from Friday to Tuesday. Overall, the total number of calls made to this helpline is 14,282.

The Covid-19 mental health helpline (219 212 399 – available every day from 9h00 to 21h00) that was set up to provide emotional and mental support to people in Madeira has received 2,358 calls, with 194 people being monitored.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/107864/Covid-19_Registados_15_novos_casos_na_Madeira

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/107934/Covid-19_IASAUDE_regista_oito_novos_casos_na_Regiao

https://funchalnoticias.net/2020/10/26/mais-19-casos-activos-de-covid-19-surgiram-hoje-na-ram-ha-21-casos-suspeitos/

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/107936/Covid-19_Ha_49_casos_suspeitos_em_estudo_25_estao_relacionados_com_contactos_com_infetados

https://covidmadeira.pt/dashboard/

Regional Government looking for another hotel to host Covid-19 patients

Miguel Albuquerque, the President of the Madeira Regional Government, confirmed the Regional Government has been meeting with hotel owners in order to find another hotel where Covid-19 patients can stay. Infected tourists will have to
cover some of the cost of staying in isolation in a hotel. He is very concerned with the spread of the pandemic in Portugal and reinforced his appeal for all precautions to be taken. As for mandatory use of face masks in Portugal, he
said the Regional Parliament will have to legislate on this but that the Madeiran people have been complying with this recommendation for a long time.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/108078/Governo_Regional_procura_novo_hotel_para_acolher_doentes_com_covid-19

New equipment to transport patients with infectious diseases

Two innovative pieces of equipment that can safely transport patients with infectious diseases, particularly Covid-19, were purchased by the Madeira Regional Government, through its Regional Civil Protection Service (Serviço Regional de
Proteção Civil). According to Pedro Ramos, the Madeira Health and Civil Protection Secretary, Capsule BIO-BAG EBV – 30/40IN-CH is a mobile equipment that enables a patient with infectious diseases or with weak a immune system to be to
be safely moved while protecting them from exposure to outside elements. It allows contact with patients to be safely and efficiently.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/107617/Protecao_Civil_adquire_equipamento_para_assegurar_transporte_de_doentes_com_doenca_infeciosa_na_Regiao

Miguel Albuquerque worried with risks of sports teams travelling into the mainland

The President of the Madeira Regional Government is worried with non-professional sports teams travelling into the mainland. As a result, the Regional Government will announce preventive measures on Wednesday. One of the measures could
be the requirement of a second Covid-19 test linked to mandatory quarantine. It is currently attempting to reach a consensus with sports federations and associations so as to prevent infections in places where athletes meet, such as
schools. Miguel Albuquerque appealed once again for the population to travel only if necessary.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/108011/Covid-19_Albuquerque_apreensivo_com_os_riscos_associados_as_deslocacoes_de_equipas_

12 ambulances acquired

The Regional Civil Protection Service (Serviço Regional de Proteção Civil) will start public tender for the acquisition of 12 ambulances, with each costing €660,000. The Regional Government expects to invest over €700,000 on this
project. The ambulances will increase the fleet of several fire services and Portuguese Red Cross Delegations and will increase the ability to provide pre-hospital emergency care and to reply to emergency calls to the European Emergency
Number (112).

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/108020/Proteccao_Civil_compra_12_ambulancias_de_emergencia

TUI UK start Madeira flights

TUI OK started flights to Madeira on Monday. It brought forward the first flight by two months. The 189-seat aircraft carried 180 passengers on the London Gatwick-Funchal flight. TUI OK is planning to have 1 weekly flight to Madeira,
although this number could increase.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/108002/TUI_UK_inicia_voos_para_a_Madeira_com_aviao_cheio

Madeira Report 24^th October by Daniel Fernandes

Covid-19 update

There were 21 new Covid-19 cases and 13 recoveries from Covid-19 in Madeira since the previous Madeira Situation Report.On Wednesday, there were 8 new Covid-19 cases (from 4 passengers who had arrived from the UK, 2 who had arrived from
Northern Portugal, 1 who had arrived from Poland and 1 who had arrived from France) and 2 recoveries.On Thursday, there were 9 new Covid-19 cases (from 5 passengers who had arrived from Poland, 1 who had arrived from the UK, 1 who had
arrived from the Lisbon and Tagus Valley Region, 1 who had arrived from Northern Portugal and 1 case of local transmission) and 3 recoveries. The case of local transmission is from a traveller who had stayed in the Autonomous Region of
Madeira for a short period of time and who tested positive for Covid-19 after returning home.

And on Friday, there were 4 new Covid-19 cases (from 2 passengers who had arrived from Germany and 2 who had arrived from Northern Portugal) and 8 recoveries.There are currently 111 active cases, of which 102 were imported and
identified through airport screening, while the other 9 were a result of local transmission. So far, there have been 358 cases and 247 recoveries. Madeira remains the only Portuguese district and autonomous region without any deaths
from Covid-19.There are currently 59 patients in isolation at a dedicated hotel and 52 patients in isolation at their own accommodation. A patient who had at the Covid-19 unit at Hospital Dr. Nélio Mendonça was discharged and will be in
isolation at home.

There are currently 31 suspected cases under epidemiological investigation and analysis. As of Friday, there had been 1818 suspected cases, of which 1,460 were not confirmed.There are 7,861 people under active monitoring and 9,358
people in self-monitoring. Monitoring is being carried out by the health authorities of the Region’s Municipalities through the ‘MadeiraSafetoDiscover’ app.As for Covid-19 testing on passengers who had arrived at Funchal and Porto Santo
airports, 90,734 samples had been collected until Friday (at 18h00). Overall, 141,227 samples have been processed in the Autonomous Region of Madeira.The SRS 24 helpline (Regional Health Service – 800 24 24 20) received 162 calls from
Tuesday to Friday. Overall, the total number of calls made to this helpline is 14,089.The Covid-19 mental health helpline (219 212 399 – available every day from 9h00 to 21h00) that was set up to provide emotional and mental support to
people in Madeira has received 2,345 calls, with 193 people being monitored.

https://funchalnoticias.net/2020/10/21/madeira-tem-agora-109-casos-activos-de-covid-19-mais-15-casos-suspeitos/

https://funchalnoticias.net/2020/10/22/mais-9-casos-activos-de-covid-19-3-recuperados-e-19-suspeitos/

https://funchalnoticias.net/2020/10/23/ram-tem-quatro-novos-casos-de-covid-19-8-recuperados-e-111-casos-activos/

Situation of Calamity extended and Covid-19 testing clarification

On Thursday, the Madeira Regional Government extended the State of Calamity in Madeira until the 30th of November. In addition, it clarified that healthcare, education, higher education, social and civil protection staff and higher
education and Erasmus students must undertake a 2nd Covid PCR test between the 5th and 7th day following the arrival at Madeira Airport.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/107701/Governo_Regional_renova_estado_de_Calamidade_e_esclarece_sobre_testes_a_profissionais_e_estudantes

Madeira carrying out 2,000 Covid-19 tests per day

Pedro Ramos, the Madeira Health and Civil Protection Secretary, said that while Madeira carried out about 50 Covid-19 tests per day at the start of the pandemic in March, at the moment Madeira has been carrying out about 2,000 tests per
day. This figure is consistent with the number of passengers landing at the archipelago’s airports.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/107607/Covid-19_Madeira_realiza_2000_testes_por_dia_e_ja_processou_138671_amostras_desde_marco

Mandatory Covid-19 test for passengers of the first cruise ship docking in Madeira

Seadream I, carrying about 100 passengers will be the first cruise ship to dock in Madeira since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. It is due to dock today. Passengers who would like to disembark must present evidence of a negative
Covid-19 test or be tested on arrival. Pedro Ramos, the Madeira Health and Civil Protection Secretary, said the testing strategy will be similar to the one that was implemented at the Region’s airports. He finished by saying whoever
would like to disembark in Funchal must be tested even if the ship will docked for less than 12 hours, which is the amount of time it usually takes for the test results to be announced.

Miguel Albuquerque, the President of the Madeira Regional Government, reacted to the cruise ship arrival by saying the disembarking of cruise ship passengers in Madeira is not very worrying. However, he said it is concerning for the
local economy because the passengers stay will be very limited. He reminded that 495,000 cruise ship passengers disembarked last year and generated €50M in revenue. Although this year’s figures will be lower, Madeira will not relinquish
safe disembarking procedures.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/107641/Cruzeiros_Miguel_Albuquerque_diz_que_desembarque_de_passageiros_na_Madeira_nao_traz_grandes_preocupacoes__

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/107604/Teste_obrigatorio_para_passageiros_do_primeiro_navio_de_cruzeiro_a_atracar_na_Madeira

German tourist missing after falling into the sea

A German tourist is missing after falling into the sea on Thursday afternoon, next to the dock in São Jorge, in the Municipality of Santana. The National Maritime Authority (Autoridade Marítima Nacional) is cooperating with the Regional
Civil Protection Service (Serviço Regional de Protecção Civil) in the coordination of the search operation.On Friday, the Maritime Police (Polícia Marítima), Santana Fire Service (Bombeiros Voluntários de Santana), Public Security
Police (Polícia de Segurança Pública – PSP) and a drone were used for the search on land. A drone, a Funchal Lifeguard (Estação Salva-vidas do Funchal) vessel and a SANAS (Corpo Voluntário de Salvadores Náuticos – a sea rescue volunteer
group) vessel were used for the search at sea. A Portuguese Air Force helicopter also provided assistance in the search operation.

The search operation will continue today and a Portuguese Air Force Merlin helicopter will likely provide assistance. Adverse sea conditions and high waves are preventing a wider search at sea. Despite this, the use of Civil Protection,
Fire Service and PSP drones is ensuring the search continues.

https://funchalnoticias.net/2020/10/23/turista-desaparecido-no-mar-do-norte-da-ilha-ainda-nao-foi-encontrado/

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/aconteceu/ver/107773/Continuam_as_buscas_por_jovem_alemao_desaparecido_no_mar_em_Sao_Jorge

Power cut

Empresa de Electricidade da Madeira (Madeira power supplier) announced there will be power cuts in the following days, due to planned work on the electricity supply network. These works must not be postponed. The following areas will be
affected:

FUNCHAL

26th & 27th October – 09h00 to 11h30 & 14h00 to 16h00

– Caminho das Fontes (numbers 24, 26 and 59)

– Caminho da Ladeira (number 106)

– Vereda da Fonte do Jamboto

27th October – 09h00 to 12h00

– Rua Urbanização da Nazaré (number 13)

– Azinhaga da Nazaré (numbers 3 to 18)

28th October – 22h00 to 24h00

– Rua Dr. Pestana Júnior (BP Petrol Station)

28th & 29th October – 09h00 to 11h30 & 14h00 to 16h00

– Estrada da Camacha (numbers 1 to 16)

– Vereda Dr. Falcão

– Travessa do Ribeiro Seco de Cima

29th October – 22h00 to 24h00

– Caminho do Trapiche

– Caminho da Barreira

– Vereda do Camacho

– Beco do Ribeiro Pereiro

30th October – 09h00 to 12h00

– Caminho do Pico da Cruz (next to the antennae )

PORTO MONIZ

26th October – 09h00 to 09h30 & 11h30 to 12h00

– Britadeira do GR

26th October – 09h00 to 12h00

– Mercado Abastecedor

– Zona Industrial

ACHADAS DA CRUZ

26th October – 09h00 to 09h30 & 11h30 to 12h00

– Achada Grande

– Cable Car

CAMPANÁRIO

27th October – 09h00 to 10h00

– Sítio da Longueira

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 (Serviço de Apoio ao Cliente): 800 221 187.

https://funchalnoticias.net/2020/10/24/publicidade-o-fornecimento-de-energia-sera-interrompido-nos-dias-horas-e-locais-abaixo-indicados-anuncio-81-2020/

Madeira Situation report 21^st October by Daniel Fernandes

Covid-19 update

There were 27 new Covid-19 cases and 30 recoveries from Covid-19 in Madeira since the previous Madeira Situation Report.

On Saturday, there were 3 new Covid-19 cases (from 1 passenger who had arrived from Italy, 1 who had arrived from the Netherlands and 1 who had arrived from the Lisbon and Tagus Valley Region) and 12 recoveries.

On Sunday, there were 7 new Covid-19 cases (from 2 passengers who had arrived from the UK, 1 who had arrived from Venezuela, 1 who had arrived from the South of Portugal and 3 as a result of local transmission) and 3 recoveries.

On Monday, there were 14 new Covid-19 cases (from 11 passengers
who had arrived from Poland, 1 who had arrived from the UK, 1 who had arrived from the Netherlands and 1 who had arrived from the Lisbon and Tagus Valley Region) and 9 recoveries.

And on Tuesday, there were 3 new Covid-19 cases (from 2 passengers who had arrived from Germany and 1 who had arrived from the Lisbon and Tagus Valley Region) and 6 recoveries.

There are currently 103 active cases, of which 95 were imported and identified through airport screening, while the other 8 were a result of local transmission. So far, there have been 337 cases and 234 recoveries. Madeira remains the
only Portuguese district and autonomous region without any deaths from Covid-19.

There are currently 51 patients in isolation at a dedicated hotel and 52 patients in isolation at their own accommodation,

There are currently 17 suspected cases under epidemiological investigation and analysis. As of Tuesday, there had been 1797 suspected cases, of which 1,460 were not confirmed.

There are 8,892 people under active monitoring and 10,429 people in self-monitoring. Monitoring is being carried out by the health authorities of the Region’s Municipalities through the ‘MadeiraSafetoDiscover’ app.

As for Covid-19 testing on passengers who had arrived at Funchal and Porto Santo airports, 88,738 samples had been collected until Tuesday (at 17h00). Overall, 138,671 samples have been processed in the Autonomous Region of Madeira.

The SRS 24 helpline (Regional Health Service – 800 24 24 20) received 181 calls from Friday to Friday. Overall, the total number of calls made to this helpline is 13,927.

https://funchalnoticias.net/2020/10/17/3-novos-casos-de-covid-19-uma-duzia-de-recuperados-uma-duzia-de-suspeitos/

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/107313/Mais_sete_novos_casos_de_covid-19_na_Regiao

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/107442/Mais_14_novos_casos_de_covid-19_na_Madeira

https://funchalnoticias.net/2020/10/20/tres-novos-casos-de-covid-19-dois-da-alemanha-e-1-de-lisboa-ha-103-activos/

Mandatory Covid-19 testing after trips lasting less than 72 hours

From Thursday onwards, every person who leaves the Region, even if for a period of less than 72 hours, must be tested for Covid-19 on arrival at Madeira’s airports. Miguel Albuquerque, President of the Madeira Regional Government,
announced this decision yesterday.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/107442/Mais_14_novos_casos_de_covid-19_na_Madeira

Municipality of Funchal activated contingency plan after employee tested positive for Covid-19

An employee from Sociohabita (belonging to the Municipality of Funchal) tested
positive for Covid-19 after 2 negative tests had been carried out since his return from holidays. The employee had been in self-isolation at his home since Saturday, the day when he started showing symptoms. He was tested once again on
Monday evening. The Municipality of Funchal activated its contingency plan as soon as it was informed of the employee’s positive test result. It is currently cooperating with the health authorities to identify all possible contacts. The
floor where Sociohabita’s office is located and where the employee works has been cordoned off and will be disinfected today. This Covid-19 case is one of the 3 new cases that were announced on Tuesday.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/107520/Funcionario_da_Sociohabita_infetado_ja_tinha_feito_dois_testes_negativos

First Covid-19 case at a Madeira school

On Sunday, a pupil from Escola Bartolomeu Perestrelo tested positive for Covid-19. His case is linked to that of a relative who had arrived from Porto and who had not complied with the isolation requirement while waiting for the result
of a Covid-19 test that had been carried out on arrival at the airport. In accordance with the contingency plan and the guidance from the regional health authorities, 40 pupils were identified and are currently in quarantine. The pupils
are from 2 different classes, with 1 being the pupil’s class and the other linked to 3 pupils who had direct contact with the infected pupil. The remaining pupils carried on with the normal school activities while complying with safety
guidelines. So far, there are not any teachers in isolation.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/107312/Ha_um_caso_de_covid-19_na_Escola_Bartolomeu_Perestrelo

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/107367/Bartolomeu_Perestrelo_Pelo_menos_17_alunos_realizaram_teste_a_covid-19

79 positive Covid-19 test results on Madeira-bound travellers

Pedro Ramos, the Madeira Health and Civil Protection Secretary, informed that 35,000 Covid-19 tests have been carried at laboratories in the Portuguese mainland since the 1st of July. These tests were carried out on passengers who had
planned to travel to Madeira. The Madeira Regional Government paid for the tests, which were carried out at laboratories it had signed contracts with. A total of 79 tests came back positive and as a result such passengers did not travel
to the Madeira archipelago. Pedro Ramos used this data to reinforce the importance of Covid-19 tests being carried out at the point of departure, rather than on arrival in Madeira.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/107480/Dos_35_mil_testes_feitos_a_covid-19_no_continente_79_deram_positivo_

Municipality of São Vicente will distribute reusable face masks

The Municipality of São Vicente informed it will
once again distribute reusable face masks in the Municipality’s schools. All students aged 6 or older and all teaching and non-teaching staff from primary and secondary schools will receive a package containing 2 face masks and an
instruction booklet. As part of its Covid-19 pandemic and mitigation strategy, the Municipality had decided to produce its own face masks with the assistance of workers from
Programa Municipal de Formação e Ocupação em Contexto de Trabalho (a municipal work scheme). This is another contribution from the Municipality in providing assistance to the community.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/107422/Sao_Vicente_distribui_mascaras_reutilizaveis

Plenty of work for the fire service and municipal workers in Câmara de Lobos due to heavy wind

Heavy wind on Tuesday forced the fire service and municipal employees to spend hours removing big branches from several streets in the Câmara de Lobos town centre. As a result, traffic was disrupted in some areas due to the big size of
the branches. Despite the situation, there have not been of any victims or material damage.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/aconteceu/ver/107491/Bombeiros_e_funcionarios_da_Camara_sem_maos_a_medir_por_causa_do_vento_forte_em_Camara_de_Lobos

Flooding at Praia Formosa

The heavy rain that fell on Sunday evening and in the early hours of Monday caught the local population and drivers by surprise in some areas near Praia Formosa, in Funchal. There were reports of flooding, falling rocks, landslides,
flooded streets, floods and flight disruptions.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/aconteceu/ver/107383/Chuva_inundou__ruas_da_Praia_Formosa_com_fotos

Power cut

PRAZERES

22nd October – 13h00 to 16h00

– Sítio Vale dos Prazeres (Pedreira-AFA)

ESTREITO DA CALHETA

22nd October – 13h00 to 16h00

– Ribeira Funda e Atalinho (including iGA)

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 (Serviço de Apoio ao Cliente): 800 221 187.

Madeira Report 17^th October by Daniel Fernandes

Covid-19 update

There were 20 new Covid-19 cases and 5 recoveries from Covid-19 in Madeira since the previous Madeira Situation Report.
On Wednesday, there were 5 new Covid-19 cases (from 5 passengers who arrived from the UK and 1 who had arrived from Spain).
On Thursday, there were 9 new Covid-19 cases (from 2 passengers who had arrived from the UK, 2 who had arrived from Poland, 2 who had arrived from Brazil, 1 who had arrived from Switzerland, 1 who had arrived from the Lisbon and
Tagus Valley Region and 1 case of local transmission) and 5 recoveries.
And on Friday, there were 6 new Covid-19 cases (from 4 passengers who had arrived from the UK, 1 who had arrived from Venezuela and 1 who had arrived from Belgium) and 8 recoveries.
There are currently 106 active cases, of which 100 were imported and identified through screening at Funchal Airport, while the other 6 were a result of local transmission. So far, there have been 310 cases and 204 recoveries.
Madeira remains the only Portuguese district and autonomous region without any deaths from Covid-19.
There are currently 59 patients in isolation at a dedicated hotel and 47 patients in isolation at their own accommodation, The patient who had been hospitalised in the Covid-19 unit at Hospital Dr. Nélio Mendonça was discharged from
hospital.
There are currently 9 suspected cases under epidemiological investigation and analysis. These were identified through screening at Madeira Airport. As of Friday, there had been 1770 suspected cases, of which 1,460 were not
confirmed.
There are 8,983 people under active monitoring and 10,554 people in self-monitoring. Monitoring is being carried out by the health authorities of the Region’s Municipalities through the ‘MadeiraSafetoDiscover’ app.
As for Covid-19 testing on passengers who had arrived at Funchal and Porto Santo airports, 85,043 samples had been collected until Friday (at 18h30). Overall, as of Friday, 132,643 samples had been processed in the Autonomous Region
of Madeira.

The SRS 24 helpline (Regional Health Service – 800 24 24 20) received 147 calls from Tuesday to Friday. Overall, the total number of calls made to this helpline is 13,743.The Covid-19 mental health helpline (219 212 399 – available
every day from 9h00 to 21h00) that was set up to provide emotional and mental support to Madeira residents has received 2,304 calls, with 190 people being monitored.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/106962/5_novos_casos_na_Madeira_e_mais_18_em_estudo_

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/107073/Mais_9_casos_positivos_5_recuperados_e_21_em_estudo

https://funchalnoticias.net/2020/10/16/6-novos-casos-de-covid-19-na-regiao-8-recuperados-e-9-suspeitos/

Italian tourist in isolation after escaping from hotel before receiving Covid-19 test result

photo Madeira Island’s news

An Italian tourist is in isolation at a location chosen by the Madeira regional health authorities after escaping from her hotel while waiting for her Covid-19 test result. She had been tested for Covid-19 on Thursday at Funchal Airport
and had been ordered to remain in her hotel while waiting for the test result. She had toured Funchal and a rapid test was carried out on her at Hospital Dr. Nélio Mendonça to check if she is infected with Covid-19. The regional health
authorities are urgently trying to determine if an epidemiological investigation is required on all people she came into contact with while touring Funchal. She is currently in isolation and under heavy surveillance by the regional
health authorities.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/107192/Cidada_italiana_em_confinamento_diz_Embaixada

No public festivities during Christmas

The Madeira Regional Government confirmed that this year there will only be the traditional Christmas lighting and New Year fireworks display. It also wants to do its utmost to prevent alcohol sales and consumption on the streets
because they cause gatherings. Miguel Albuquerque, the President of the Madeira Regional Government, joked that people start hugging and kissing each other after having 3 drinks and that this is not convenient.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/107129/Governo_Regional_confirma_Natal_sem_festividades_publicas

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/107024/Governo_Regional_quer_reduzir_ao_maximo_a_venda_de_alcool_na_rua

Miguel Albuquerque continues to call for Covid-19 testing before flights

Miguel Albuquerque, President of the Madeira Regional Government, once again called for all passengers, particularly those who travel through European airports, to be tested for Covid-19 before boarding their flights. He argues this is
one way of improving safety and increasing the number of passengers moving around Europe.He was also asked if Madeira has to adapt to the measures the government approved. He replied that Madeira has been under a situation of calamity
for a long period of time, the use of face masks is mandatory in public places and has been successful in preventing infections and the Region has already implemented the use of the ‘MadeiraSafetoDiscover’ app. Indeed, he said the
Madeira Regional Government will ask the Portuguese Government to include the ‘MadeiraSafetoDiscover’ app in the legislation because it has been used in the Region for a long time.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/107120/Albuquerque_continua_a_defender_teste_a_todos_os_passageiros_antes_de_entrarem_nos_avioes

Free flu vaccine at Madeira health centres

The second phase of the flu vaccination campaign will start on the 19th of October. It will be aimed at all people aged 65 or older, people with chronic illnesses and other people who belong to at-risk groups. The aim is to vaccinate
all people who belong to at-risk groups. The vaccination campaign started on the 28th of September. So far, many people, mostly pregnant women and healthcare, civil protection and social care professionals, have been vaccinated. The
Madeira Regional Government has purchased 56,000 vaccine doses for a total cost of €460,000. This year there was a bigger investment on the purchase of more vaccine doses in order to ensure a larger proportion of the population is
vaccinated against flu. The vaccine is free of charge and is available in the health centre that serves a person’s area of residence. All a person needs to do is to visit a health centre and the vaccine could be administered safely and
quickly, on the same day. Teams of healthcare professionals will be available at health centres to administer the vaccine and there will be flexible opening hours to make it easier for the population to be vaccinated.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/106983/Vacinas_contra_a_gripe_gratuitas_nos_Centros_de_Saude_da_RAM

Persistent rain and heavy winds in the Madeira archipelago

From the 18th until the 20th of October, heavy and persistent rain is forecast, particularly in mountain areas and on the 20th. There will be heavy winds, with gales between 70 and 90 km/h, which could even be over 100 km/h at higher
altitude during the evening between the 19th and 20th of October. There will also be heavy seas from the 18th of October.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/107193/Chuva_persistente_e_vento_forte_no__Arquipelago_da_Madeira

Porto Santo Line cancelled all Porto Santo ferry services on Sunday and on Monday

Porto Santo Line has cancelled all Porto Santo ferry services on Sunday and on Monday, due to bad weather that is forecast on the next days and that poses a risk to the safety of the ferry and its passengers. Passengers can rebook their
tickets by visiting one of Porto Santo Line counters or calling (+351) 291 210 300 (on weekdays from 09h00 to 12h00 and from 14h00 to 18h00). Porto Santo Line apologised for any inconvenience caused by this situation.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/107155/Porto_Santo_Line_cancela_viagens_para_o_Porto_Santo_domingo_e_segunda_feira

Fares discount on Madeira-Canary Islands flights

Binter has reduced fares on flights between Madeira and the Canary Islands. The discount will apply to flights booked until the 31st of October, for travel between the 16th of December and the 15th of January 2021. Fares will start at
€70,86 for flights between Madeira and the Canary Islands on Thursdays and on Sundays. These fares are valid per flight if a return flight is booked but the fare could be different, depending on the route. Checked luggage, seat
selection and a high-quality in-flight service are included in this discount campaign. Flights can be booked online (www.binter.pt), by phone (291 290 129) or through travel agencies.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/economia/ver/107123/Binter_lanca_promocao_para_voar_entre_Madeira_e_Canarias

Power cut

FUNCHAL

20th October – 09h00 to 11h30 & 14h00 to 16h00

Caminho dos 3 Paus à Viana (number 41)
Vereda da Viana (numbers 41, 43 and 45)

21st October – 09h00 to 11h00

Rua Cidade Santos (numbers 29 to 42)

21st October – 09h00 to 12h00

Beco do Abrigo de Nossa Senhora de Fátima (number 16)
Travessa do Tanque (numbers 18 to 51)

22nd October – 09h00 to 11h30 & 14h00 to 16h00

Caminhos do Curral Velho e do Trapiche (number 126)
Rua Professor Eleutério Gomes de Aguiar (numbers 49, 51, 63 and 75)
Veredas do Ribeiro Lavadouro, Trapiche (numbers 64 to 82) and 2ª Vereda do Corgo
Travessa do Curral Velho

SANTO DA SERRA (MACHICO)

19th October – 09h00 to 09h30

Ribeira de Machico de Cima

PORTO MONIZ

19th October – 09h00 to 09h30 & 11h30 to 12h00

Britadeira do GR

19th October – 09h00 to 12h00

Mercado Abastecedor and Zona Industrial

ACHADAS DA CRUZ

19th October – 09h00 to 09h30 & 11h30 to 12h00

Achada Grande and Teleférico

https://funchalnoticias.net/2020/10/10/publicidade-publicidade-o-fornecimento-de-energia-sera-interrompido-nos-dias-horas-e-locais-abaixo-indicados-anuncio-75-2020/

Madeira report by Daniel Fernandes, Wednesday 14th of October

Covid-19 update

There were 20 new Covid-19 cases and 5 recoveries from Covid-19 in Madeira since the previous Madeira Situation Report.

On Saturday, there were 7 new Covid-19 cases (from 5 passengers who arrived from Venezuela, 1 who had arrived from the Lisbon and Tagus Valley Region and 1 who had arrived from Central Portugal).

On Sunday, there were 6 new Covid-19 cases (from 2 passengers who had arrived from the Czech Republic, 1 who had arrived from Poland, 1 who had arrived from Spain, 1 who had arrived from the UK and 1 who had arrived from the Lisbon and
Tagus Valley Region) and 2 recoveries.

On Monday, there were 2 new Covid-19 cases (from 2 passengers who had arrived
from Poland) and 2 recoveries.

And on Tuesday, there were 5 new Covid-19 cases (from 3 passengers who had arrived from Vezenuela, 1 who had arrived from the UK and 1 who had arrived from Northern Portugal) and 1 recovery.

There are currently 99 active cases, of which 92 were imported and identified through screening at Funchal Airport, while the other 7 were a result of local transmission. So far, there have been 290 cases and 191 recoveries.
Madeira remains the only Portuguese district and autonomous region without any deaths from Covid-19.

There are currently 56 patients in isolation at a dedicated hotel, 42 patients in isolation at their own accommodation and 1 patient remains in the Covid-19 unit at Hospital Dr. Nélio Mendonça.

There are currently 10 suspected cases under epidemiological investigation and analysis. These were identified through screening at Madeira Airport. As of Tuesday, there had been 1750 suspected cases, of which 1,460 were not confirmed.

There are 9,389 people under active monitoring and 11,239 people in self-monitoring. Monitoring is being carried out by the health authorities of the Region’s Municipalities through the ‘MadeiraSafetoDiscover’ app.

As for Covid-19 testing on passengers who had arrived at Funchal and Porto Santo airports, 82,817 samples had been collected until Tuesday (at 17h30). Overall, as of Monday, 132,643 samples had been processed in the Autonomous Region of
Madeira.

The SRS 24 helpline (Regional Health Service – 800 24 24 20) received 181 calls from Friday to Tuesday. Overall, the total number of calls made to this helpline is 13,596.

The Covid-19 mental health helpline (219 212 399 – available every day from 9h00 to 21h00) that was set up to provide emotional and mental support to Madeira residents has received 2,288 calls, with 188 people being monitored.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/106556/Covid-19_Madeira_tem_sete_novos_casos_de_infecao

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/106626/Madeira_regista_hoje_mais_seis_novos_casos_de_covid-19_e_dois_recuperados

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/106744/Madeira_com_2_novos_casos_e_mais_2_recuperados

https://funchalnoticias.net/2020/10/13/regiao-quase-a-alcancar-uma-centena-de-casos-activos-neste-momento-sao-99/

Travel corridor appeal to the British Ambassador

Miguel Albuquerque, the President of the Madeira Regional Government, has written a letter to the British Ambassador to Portugal, highlighting Madeira’s position as one of “the safest tourist destinations” in Europe and asked for his
“personal support and commitment” in ensuring Madeira remains on the UK travel corridor.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/106751/Albuquerque_reforca_apelo_ao_Reino_Unido

President of the Regional Government sent his best wishes to Cristiano Ronaldo

Miguel Albuquerque, the President of the Madeira Regional Government, sent
Cristiano Ronaldo his best wishes and hoped for a “speedy and swift recovery”. The football player, who was born and grew up in Madeira, had tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday.

“At this most difficult moment for our great Cristiano Ronaldo, I wish him, with friendship, esteem and admiration, a swift recovery. I know he will soon be back to the football pitches, where he is happy, and to scoring the superb
goals we are used to watching. The best player in the world will come back even stronger and with the stamina, intensity, determination and humility that are his hallmarks. We will be here to witness it.”

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/106866/Albuquerque_deseja_uma_rapida_recuperacao_ao_melhor_do_mundo

Urgent need for Covid-19 testing at the point of departure

Miguel Albuquerque, the President of the Madeira Regional Government, said tourism in Madeira is still facing a critical situation and urged
the European Union to promote its recovery and to introduce mandatory
Covid-19 testing for passengers at the point of departure. He said it is “urgent” to adopt measures to “promote and stimulate” tourism at a European level. He added that he has been asking for months for mandatory Covid-19 testing for
passengers at the point of departure. He said “this should have already been in place “by everybody and for a long a time”.

Reinforcing this, Pedro Ramos, the Madeira Health and Civil Protection Secretary, praised once again the screening policy for all passengers arriving at Madeira Airport and said this should have been carried out at the point of
departure in all EU member-states. He added that he hopes this will be the main policy Portugal will propose when it takes over the Presidency of the European Council in 2021. He said such a policy will make tourism safe and Madeira
will then benefit from tourism, a very important sector for its economy.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/106835/Albuquerque_reitera_necessidade_urgente_da_Uniao_Europeia_forcar_testes_na_origem

Deal signed to provide financial support for fishermen

Teófilo Cunha, the Secretary of Sea and Fisheries, signed the first contracts to provide a special financial support package to fishermen and owners of fishing vessels, so as to reward them for the work they carried out in May, June and
July. Teófilo Cunha said that despite it being a difficult and uncertain period of time, “these fishermen and owners of fishing vessels did not cease their work, kept the economy open, thus ensuring the supply of fish to the population”
and highlighted the commitment he had made with fishermen and owners of fishing vessels.

The Regional Government has set aside €1,250,000 from the Region Budget in order to support fishermen and owners of fishing vessels. A fisherman will be entitled to receive €438,81 for each month of work and owners of fishing vessels
will be entitled to receive €766, a sum that could be increased in accordance with the size of the vessel. The minimum amount of monthly financial support is expected to be €438,81.

With the number of Covid-19 cases rising once again, Teófilo Cunha was asked if the Regional Government is considering strengthening this financial package. While he did not make any commitment, he did not rule it out either. He stated
that “the Government is always ready to help the fishing sector and fishermen”.

https://funchalnoticias.net/2020/10/13/teofilo-cunha-assinou-contratos-programa-com-pescadores-e-armadores-para-apoio-financeiro-extraordinario/

Power cut

FUNCHAL

14th October – 09h00 to 12h00

– Rua de Santa Luzia (numbers 16 to 99)

– Travessa do Pina (numbers 1 to 18)

15th October – 09h0 to 11h30 & 14h00 to 16h00

– 3º Beco das Preces

– Travessa das Preces

PRAZERES

15th October – 14h00 to 14h45

– Vale dos Prazeres (Pedreira do AFA)

ESTREITO DA CALHETA

15th October – 14h00 to 14h45

– Ribeira Funda and Atalinho (including IGA)

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 (Serviço de Apoio ao Cliente): 800 221 187.

https://funchalnoticias.net/2020/10/10/publicidade-publicidade-o-fornecimento-de-energia-sera-interrompido-nos-dias-horas-e-locais-abaixo-indicados-anuncio-75-2020/

Madeira report by Daniel Fernandes, Saturday 10th of October

Covid-19 update

There were 23 new Covid-19 cases in Madeira since the previous Madeira Situation Report. On Wednesday, there were 10 new Covid-19 cases (6 passengers who arrived from the UK, 2 who had arrived from the Lisbon and Tagus Valley Region, 1
who had arrived from France and 1 who had arrived from Poland).

On Thursday, there were 6 new Covid-19 cases (2 passengers who had arrived from Venezuela, 2 who had arrived from Poland, 1 who had arrived from France and 1 who had arrived from the Lisbon and Tagus Valley Region) and 2 recoveries. And
on Friday, there were 7 new Covid-19 cases (1 case of local transmission linked to recently diagnosed case, 2 passengers who had arrived from France, 2 who had arrived from the Lisbon and Tagus Valley Region, 1 who had arrived from the
North of Portugal and 1 who had arrived from the South of Portugal) and 10 recoveries.

There are currently 84 active cases, of which 77 were imported and identified through screening at Funchal Airport, while the other 7 were a result of local transmission. So far, there have been 270 cases and 186 recoveries. Madeira
remains the only Portuguese district and autonomous region without any deaths from Covid-19.

There are currently 46 patients in isolation at a dedicated hotel, 37 patients in isolation at their own accommodation and 1 patient is in the Covid-19 unit at Hospital Dr. Nélio Mendonça.

There are currently 13 suspected cases under epidemiological investigation and analysis. These were identified through screening at Madeira Airport. As of Friday, there had been 1730 suspected cases, of which 1,460 were not confirmed.

There are 8,577 people under active monitoring and 10,511 people in self-monitoring. Monitoring is being carried out by the health authorities of the Region’s Municipalities through the ‘MadeiraSafetoDiscover’ app.

As for Covid-19 testing on passengers who had arrived at Funchal and Porto Santo airports, 78,142 samples had been collected until Friday (at 17h00). Overall, as of Thursday, 125,200 samples had been processed in the Autonomous Region
of Madeira.

The SRS 24 helpline (Regional Health Service – 800 24 24 20) received 149 calls from Tuesday to Friday. Overall, the total number of calls made to this helpline is 13,415.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/106288/Covid-19_10_novos_casos_na_Regiao_

https://funchalnoticias.net/2020/10/08/madeira-com-mais-6-casos-activos-de-covid-19-e-16-casos-suspeitos/

https://funchalnoticias.net/2020/10/09/mais-7-casos-de-covid-19-10-recuperados-e-13-suspeitos/

SESARAM doctor infected with Covid-19

A SESARAM (Madeira Health Service) doctor is infected with Covid-19. The doctor left the Autonomous Region of Madeira at the start of the month and was tested in the Covid-19 screening facilities at Funchal airport. Since then, he has
been in isolation. SESARAM decided to clarify the situation after inaccurate information had been spread. It highlighted the fact that the doctor has been away from work since the 1st of October (before leaving the Region) and asked for
care to be taken when dealing with new information and for it to be checked with the appropriate institutions, in order to prevent alarm and fear amongst the population.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/106242/Covid-19_Medico_do_SESARAM_infetado_nao_trabalha_desde_1_de_outubro_e_esta_em_isolamento

50 nurses recruited by the Madeira Regional Health System

SESARAM (Madeira Health Service) have recruited 50 nurses and 25 of them have already started working. A welcome ceremony took place on Wednesday, in which Pedro Ramos, the Madeira Health and Civil Protection Secretary, stated that the
success of organisations is directly linked to health professionals. He added that the Regional Government has had extreme care when dealing with different professional groups, such as nurses. He informed that healthcare staff have been
given allowances and the opportunity for career progression. These represent an investment of about €20 million that will be gradually used until 2021.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/106236/SESARAM_admite_mais_50_enfermeiros

Deal on financial support for fishermen to be agreed on Monday

Teófilo Cunha, the Secretary of Sea and Fisheries, and Rui Fernandes, the regional director of Fishing, will sign the first contracts to provide an special financial support package to fishermen and owners of fishing vessels so as to
make up for lost earnings in May, June and July, a period of time in which the Regional Government introduced several measures to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. The first contracts will be signed on Monday, at 15h00. The Regional
Government has set aside €1,250,000 from the Region Budget in order to support fishermen and owners of fishing vessels. A total of 750 applications have been received. The minimum amount of monthly financial support is expected to be
€438,81.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/106460/Apoios_financeiros_aos_pescadores_assinados_segunda-feira

More than 1,600 healthcare staff have been vaccinated against flu

Since the 28th of September, more than 1,600 healthcare staff from SESARAM (Madeira Health Service) have been vaccinated against flu. This figure reveals a good level of adherence to this vaccination campaign. The second phase of the
flu vaccination campaign will start on the 19th of October and will be focused on focus groups that are entitled to free vaccination, including people aged 65 or older. Pedro Ramos, the Madeira Health and Civil Protection Secretary,
informed that the Madeira Regional Government has purchased 56,000 vaccine doses for a total cost of €460,000.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/106402/Mais_de_1600_profissionais_do_SESARAM_ja_se_vacinaram_contra_a_gripe___

Portuguese Air Force airlifted a baby to the mainland for urgent medical treatment

On the 6th of October, the Portuguese Air Force deployed a Falcon 50 aircraft to airlift a 4-month baby from Funchal to Lisbon so as to get more specialised medical treatment. The aircraft, carrying a military nurse and a civilian
medical team, departed at 14h00 from Lisbon Airport and landed in Funchal at around 15h30. Afterwards, the baby was airlifted to Lisbon, where an INEM team took him to hospital. This was yet another Air Force deployment for the benefit
of the civilian population. The Air Force is regularly called upon to airlift patients from the Madeira region to the Portuguese mainland and from Porto Santo to Madeira Island so as to get more specialised medical treatment.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/106206/Forca_Aerea_transporta_bebe_de_urgencia_da_Madeira_para_o_Continente

Petition asking for the Mainland-Madeira ferry service to resume

On Wednesday, the group “Ferry o Ano Inteiro” launched a petition asking the Portuguese Parliament to discuss the resumption of a ferry service between the Portuguese Mainland and Madeira. The creators of the petition believe it is not
acceptable to be dependent on air transport that is subsidised by the state, that affects people with certain health conditions or phobias and who would like to carry personal and commercial goods, domestic animals, etc.

They added that a big advantage of a fast, robust and comfortable ferry is the ability to carry passengers, along with their cars, cargo, including perishable goods. So far, the petition has more than 450 signatures and has the backing
of Associação de Motociclismo da Madeira, Associação da Madeira de Todo Terreno and several other institutions.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/106427/Lancada_peticao_para_retomar_discussao_sobre_o_ferry_na_Assembleia_da_Republica

Free use of the Airport car park for cemetery visitors

After negotiations between the Municipality of Santa Cruz and ANA-Madeira Aeroportos, it was announced that one of the airport car parks will have a period of time in which cemetery (Cemitério de Santa Cruz) visitors can park their cars
for free. Car Park number 8 has been adapted so that cemetery visitors can park for 1 hour, free of charge. After 1 hours, cemetery visitors will be charged the same amount that is paid at Parque 7 (P7), which is located next to the
cemetery. According to the Municipality of Santa Cruz, the population had long desired this. A map of this location can be found on the following website (it is written “Estacionamento Para ao Cemitério” on the map):

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/106453/Parque_do_Aeroporto_com_periodo_gratuito_a_quem_se_dirija_ao_cemiterio

Road closure between Estreito da Calheta and Jardim do Mar

There will be a road closure between Estreito da Calheta and Jardim do Mar due to the construction of a new tunnel that will connect the two parishes. The road will be closed from Monday (12th October). Meanwhile, several restaurants in
the area have announced they will be closed for at least the next 3 months.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/106483/Transito_encerrado_entre_o_Estreito_da_Calheta_e_o_Jardim_do_Mar

Water supply disruption

There will be a water supply disruption on the 12th of October, due to scheduled work on the water supply chain in the Municipality of Câmara de Lobos. The disruption will take place from 9h00 until 13h00 and affect Marinheira (Parish
of Estreito de Câmara de Lobos).

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/106454/Abastecimento_de_agua_em_Camara_de_Lobos__vai_sofrer_interrupcao

Madeira Situation Report by Daniel Fernandes

Covid-19 update

There were 13 new Covid-19 cases in Madeira since the previous Madeira Situation Report. On Saturday, there was 1 new Covid-19 case from a passenger who had arrived from the South of Portugal and 1 recovery. On Sunday, there were 3 new
Covid-19 cases from 3 passengers who had arrived from the UK and 5 recoveries. On Monday, there were 6 new Covid-19 cases (from 3 passengers who had arrived from the South of Portugal, 2 from France and 1 from the UK) and 1 recovery.
And on Tuesday, there were 3 new Covid-19 cases (from 2 passengers who had arrived from UK and 1 from Colombia) and 2 recoveries.

There are currently 73 active cases, of which 64 were imported and
identified through screening at Funchal Airport, while the other 9 were a result of a local transmission. So far, there have been 247 cases and 174 recoveries. Madeira remains the only Portuguese district and autonomous region without
any deaths from Covid-19.

There are currently 41 patients in isolation at a dedicated hotel, 31 patients in isolation at their own accommodation and 1 patient is in the Covid-19 unit at Hospital Dr. Nélio Mendonça.

There are currently 15 suspected cases under epidemiological investigation and analysis. As of Tuesday, there had been 1,707 suspected cases, of which 1,460 were not confirmed.

There are 7,609 people under active monitoring and 8,138 people in self-monitoring. Monitoring is being carried out by the health authorities of the Region’s Municipalities through the ‘MadeiraSafetoDiscover’ app.

As for Covid-19 testing on passengers who had arrived at Funchal and Porto Santo airports, 75,802 samples had been collected until Tuesday (at 17h00). Overall, as of Monday, 121,967 samples had been processed in the Autonomous Region of
Madeira.

The SRS 24 helpline (Regional Health Service – 800 24 24 20) received 151 calls from Friday to Tuesday. Overall, the total number of calls made to this helpline is 13,266.

https://funchalnoticias.net/2020/10/03/madeira-com-mais-um-caso-positivo-de-covid-19-sao-69-os-casos-ativos/

https://funchalnoticias.net/2020/10/04/3-novos-casos-de-covid-19-5-recuperados-e-9-suspeitos/

https://funchalnoticias.net/2020/10/05/madeira-com-6-novos-casos-positivos-de-covid-19-2/

https://funchalnoticias.net/2020/10/06/regiao-com-73-casos-activos-de-covid-19-ha-mais-15-casos-suspeitos/

TAP to resume

Traffic disruption at Túnel Jaime Ornelas Camacho

Today, there will be traffic disruption at Túnel Jaime Ornelas Camacho (tunnel) due to vegetation management work on top the tunnel. No traffic will be allowed into the tunnel on the Funchal to Câmara de Lobos stretch, from 9h00 to
13h00 and from 14h00 to 17h00.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/106165/Trabalhos_de_limpeza_obrigam_a_condicionamentos_na_circulacao_em_tunel_no_Funchal

Power cut

CAMACHA

7th October – 13h00 to 14h00

– Sítio das Carreiras

RIBEIRA BRAVA

8th October – 10h00 to 11h00

– Sítio da Fajã da Ribeira

FUNCHAL

8th October – 09h00 to 11h30 & 14h00 to 16h00

– Rua da Conceição (numbers 88 to 132)

9th October – 00h00 to 03h00

– Rua Dr. Pestana Júnior – Lubrimade (Petrol Station)

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 (Serviço de Apoio ao Cliente): 800 221 187.

Situation Report 3^rd October by Daniel Fernandes

Covid-19 update

There were 16 new Covid-19 cases in Madeira since the previous Madeira Situation Report. On Wednesday, there were 4 new Covid-19 cases (from 2 passengers who had arrived from Lisbon and Tagus Valley region, 1 who had arrived from
Northern Portugal and 1 who arrived from the UK) and 3 recoveries. On Thursday, there was 6 new Covid-19 cases (from 3 passengers who had arrived from Poland, 2 who had arrived from Northern Portugal and 1 who had arrived from France).
And on Friday, there were 6 new Covid-19 cases (from 2 passengers who had arrived from Poland, 1 each from the UK, Senegal and the Lisbon and Tagus Valley region and 1 case of local transmission) and 4 recoveries.

There are currently 69 active cases, of which 59 were imported and identified through screening at Funchal Airport, while the other 10 were a result of a local transmission. So far, there have been 234 cases and 165 recoveries. Madeira
remains the only Portuguese district and autonomous region without any deaths from Covid-19.

There are currently 39 patients in isolation at a dedicated hotel, 29 patients in isolation at their own accommodation and 1 patient is in the Covid-19 unit at Hospital Dr. Nélio Mendonça.

There are currently 8 suspected cases under epidemiological investigation and analysis. As of Tuesday, there had been 1,678 suspected cases, of which 1,460 were not confirmed.

There are 7,048 people under active monitoring and 7,764 people in self-monitoring. Monitoring is being carried out by the health authorities of the Region’s Municipalities through the ‘MadeiraSafetoDiscover’ app.

As for Covid-19 testing on passengers who had arrived at Funchal and Porto Santo airports, 71,103 samples had been collected until Friday (at 17h00). Overall, as of Thursday, 116,841 samples had been processed in the Autonomous Region
of Madeira.

As for testing on Madeira-bound passengers, before flying from the mainland, 30,239 tests have been carried out so far in mainland laboratories. The Madeira Regional Government had signed an agreement with several laboratories so that
Madeira-bound passengers could be tested for Covid-19 before their flights to Madeira. The tests are paid for by the Madeira Regional Government.

The SRS 24 helpline (Regional Health Service – 800 24 24 20) received 117 calls from Tuesday to Friday. Overall, the total number of calls made to this helpline is 13,115. The Covid-19 mental health helpline (219 212 399 – available
every day from 9h00 to 21h00) that was set up to provide emotional and mental support to Madeira residents has received 2,232 calls, with 183 people being monitored.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/105728/Covid-19_Quatro_novos_casos_na_Madeira

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/105817/Covid-19_Seis_novos_casos_na_Regiao_

https://funchalnoticias.net/2020/10/02/madeira-com-6-novos-casos-positivos-de-covid-19/

Passengers arriving from Madeira exempt from quarantine in Scotland

From today, passengers arriving in Scotland from Madeira will no longer be required to self-isolate. This was already the case for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. A reminder that passengers travelling to Madeira or Porto Santo must
take a Covid-19 test before travel or on arrival.

https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/portugal

Depression Alex to have little impact on Madeira

Depression Alex is due to hit the Portuguese mainland during the weekend. As far as the Madeira region is concerned, it will not have any effect on the wind, rain and temperatures. A little rain is a possibility and temperature in the
south shore of Madeira is likely to be 25-27 ºC. The biggest impact of the depression is likely to be at sea. On Saturday there could be 3-metre high waves in Porto Santo and on the north shore of Madeira.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/105815/Tempestade__so_deixara_uns_respingos_e_mau_tempo_no_mar_da_Madeira

Free entry to Madeira Aquarium

In October, the Municipality of Porto Moniz is providing free entry to the Madeira Aquarium under the “Porto Moniz Revitaliza + Voucher Card” scheme. Visitors will receive 1 voucher for free entry to the Madeira Aquarium if they eat or
stay in the Municipality of Porto Moniz. The scheme is aimed at visitors who eat in the municipality’s restaurants or who stay in accommodation in the municipality. Customers will receive 1 voucher for each €15 spending in a
municipality eatery. For example, a family who spent €45 in a restaurant will receive 3 vouchers for free entry in the natural swimming pools. Customers who stay in accommodation in the municipality, including local accommodation, will
receive 1 voucher per person, no matter how much it cost.

Vouchers can be collected daily, from 10h00 to 18h00, in the customer office (balcão de atendimento) at Espaço Multiusos do Porto Moniz. Receipts proving consumption/stay must be presented so that they can be converted into vouchers.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/105763/Consumir_no_Porto_Moniz_da_entradas_gratuitas_no_Aquario_da_Madeira_

Power cut

FUNCHAL

6th October – 09h00 to 11h30 & 14h00 to 16h00

Rua Cidade Santos (numbers 29 to 46)
Travessa das Lajes (numbers 16 to 26)
Beco do Pinheiro (numbers 16 to 30)
Vereda do Pinheiro

7th October – 09h00 to 11h30 & 14h00 to 16h00

Rua João Carlos Gomes (numbers 11 to 13)
Rampa João Carlos Gomes

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 (Serviço de Apoio ao Cliente): 800 221 187.

https://funchalnoticias.net/2020/10/03/publicidade-o-fornecimento-de-energia-sera-interrompido-nos-dias-horas-e-locais-abaixo-indicados-anuncio-75-2020/

Algarve Situation Report Wednesday 14th October 2020

There are 24 new cases of Covid-19 in the Algarve

The Algarve has 24 more cases of Covid-19, according to data from the epidemiological bulletin of the Directorate-General for Health (DGS) of this Tuesday, October 13th, which has just been released.

The number of cases accumulated since the beginning of the pandemic in the Algarve region is now 2025.

In Alentejo, 32 more cases are reported today, bringing a cumulative total of 1677. These figures make the Algarve today the region of Mainland Portugal with fewer cases.

Covid.19: Municipality of VRSA prolongs the use of a mask on the street

Given the epidemiological evolution of Covid-19 in the municipality of Vila Real de Santo António, and with the aim of minimizing the chances of contagion, the municipality will extend, until the end of the month, the application of a set of more restrictive isolation measures and protection of the population.

In a statement, the City Council says it seeks to develop “concrete” actions to halt the spread of the new coronavirus, seeking to keep the majority of trade and services in operation, “but in a regulated and safe manner”.

The exception is the gradual opening of municipal sports facilities, starting on October 16th, namely the municipal swimming pools, which will operate only by appointment (via phone and e-mail) and with limited capacity.

To make this possible, all sports facilities have a set of procedures and contingency plans, in order to ensure the protection and safety of visitors and employees.

According to the Municipality, the following restrictive measures will remain in force: the suspension of all cultural events held in municipal facilities, recommendation for the use of an individual protection mask in all situations of contact with other people, including on the street, warnings of the prohibition of private parties, under the terms already provided by the General Health Directorate (DGS), and reinforced inspection.

Covid.19: GNR ends illegal party that had live music

GNR ended this Saturday, an illegal party, which brought together about 50 people, at Sítio do Corotelo, municipality of São Brás de Alportel.

In a statement sent this afternoon (Tuesday), the GNR stated that it received a complaint “for the existence of a party with live music at a beverage establishment”, with the military proceeding with the inspection of the event and the demobilization of the people present, in order to comply with the standards related to the Covid-19 pandemic.

According to the same source, the owner of the establishment was identified, with an order to end the party, resulting in the drafting of an administrative order.

CCDR: José Apolinário elected for the presidency in the Algarve

Former Secretary of State for Fisheries José Apolinário was elected president of the Algarve Regional Coordination and Development Commission (CCDR) on Tuesday, with 290 votes out of 423 voters, according to official results.

According to the information made available online by the Directorate-General of Local Authorities (DGAL), 483 voters were registered and 116 white votes and 17 null votes were registered.

Although with a difference of one vote in relation to the votes and null, the election of José Apolinário had already been indicated to Lusa on Tuesday night, but the socialist sent more statements for today.

José Apolinário, 58, graduated in Law, asked to leave the Government, from the post of Secretary of State for Fisheries, to run for the presidency of CCDR / Algarve, having been the only candidate standing for election.

Algarve situation report Saturday 10th October 2020

Covid- 19 ARS statistics

The Algarve Health Authority reported yesterday 36 more cases of infection, totalling 1,923 cases and a total of 22 deaths to date.

No. of active cases (current) 763
No. of active surveillance contacts 1 532
No. of confirmed cases (cumulative) 1 939
No. of deaths (cumulative) 22
No. of new cases in the last 24 hours 36
Number of hospitalized patients 27, including 5 in ICU
Number of recovered cases (cumulative) 1,154 – recovered 59.52 %

Loulé Carnival Parade 2021 Cancelled

In view of the growing number of people infected by COVID-19 in the country and worldwide, as well as the important economic problems resulting from the periods of confinement, the City Council decided to cancel the traditional Carnival parade in Loulé. This decision reflects the need to protect the population at the health level, as well as safeguarding the local economy, preventing the appearance of new outbreaks that could result in more periods of confinement.

For over a hundred years now, Avenida José da Costa Mealha has hosted the grand parade of the Loulé Carnival. Known to some as the “Louletano Sambadrome” and to others as the oldest carnival parade in the country, the Loulé Carnival attracts close to 60,000 people over its three days of parade.

Its mega-production requires a hard work of more than 3 months and includes about 600 extras and 14 floats. Despite the importance of this anchor event in the municipality, its typology, its format, its invitation to socialize and share experiences between the stakeholders make the organization unable to ensure compliance with the COVID-19 prevention rules, listed by the DGS, as well as by the measures imposed by the Government of the Portuguese Republic, in what concerns above all the social distance and the prevention of gatherings inside and outside the enclosure.

This difficult decision comes in addition to so many other measures taken by the Municipality for the safety of the population and is aligned with several municipalities at national and international level that have already announced the cancellation of their carnival celebrations, due to the lack of knowledge about the evolution of Pandemic, in the beginning of 2021.

In Loulé, the date will be marked with decorative elements placed on Avenida José da Costa Mealha and elsewhere in the city, so that everyone remembers this event that will return in 2022.

President of AHETA considers Tourist season 2020 was “the worst ever” for the Algarve

Association of Hotels and Tourist Enterprises of the Algarve (AHETA) considers that the tourist season 2020, (April to October), which really counts for the results of the companies, presents the “worst tourist results ever in the Algarve”.

Between April and October, the Algarve recorded an average occupancy rate of 27.5 percent, a decrease of 65.5 percent, while turnover decreased 68.7 percent, compared to the same period last year. Thus, hotels and tourist developments in the Algarve recorded, between April and October, 10.3 million fewer nights than in 2019, with revenues falling by 635.8 million euros in the same period.

These results mainly contributed to the drop in demand from the main foreign markets, with emphasis on our largest supplier of tourists, the United Kingdom -88.9 percent, resulting in 626 thousand fewer guests and 3.8 million overnight stays. On the other hand, the most important issuing markets also showed large decreases in tourist flows to the Algarve during this tourist season, namely Germany -77.4 percent, Holland 67.3 percent, Ireland -94.7 percent and France – 73.2 percent.

Passenger traffic at Faro Airport, the main port of entry for tourists in the Algarve, decreased 82.5 percent, down 5.3 million passengers, 2.8 million of which came from the United Kingdom. Approximately 20 percent of tourist developments remained closed during the tourist season, corresponding to more than 26 thousand beds. The outlook is for 70 percent of establishments to close during the next low season (November to March).

Therefore, “it is our conviction that the recovery will be slow and very prolonged, extending over several years, to the extent that the reestablishment of confidence levels with holiday consumers is not assured and is not predictable in the times closer, including the fear of traveling that affects the world in general”, considers the direction of AHETA in a statement sent to the press.

“Today we have a more precise and clearer perception of the scale of the crisis and its impact on tourism and the economy in general, although aware that, after the pandemic, tourism will return gradually and gradually”.

EasyJet to open a new base in Faro and creates 100 jobs

The airline EasyJet will open a new base at Faro Airport in the spring of next year, creating 100 jobs. The announcement was made this Thursday, October 8th. In a statement, EasyJet explains that the future base will have “three A319 aircraft”, each with a capacity for 156 passengers.

José Lopes, executive director of EasyJet Portugal, revealed, at a press conference held at the Ministry of Economy, that recruitment starts today, but priority will be given to current airline workers who can thus request a transfer. Only then, if necessary, will an “external recruitment process” be opened.

According to José Lopes, the new base in Faro confirms, “unequivocally, EasyJet’s great commitment” to Portugal. Especially because this new investment will allow the airline to remain “attentive and take advantage of new opportunities that may arise in the market”. According to José Lopes, an agreement was concluded with “the representatives of our employees”, which will avoid “any dismissals and allow this growth”. At the moment, EasyJet, which employs about 325 people in Portugal, has 17 routes from Faro, representing 20% of passengers disembarked in the region.

Algarve – Covid-19 Situation as at Monday 5^th October.

The Algarve has 1,832 cases, 25 more in the last 24 hours and 19 deaths ending 5^th October. Regional weekly count (cumulative): source (DGS):

Albufeira has 292, (3 deaths)
Loulé – 260, (8 deaths)
Faro – 227
Portimão – 199, (3 deaths)
Lagos – 198
Vila Real de Stº António – 101, (2 deaths)
Tavira – 94
Silves – 83
Olhão – 61
Lagoa – 61, (2 deaths)
Castro Marim – 30
Monchique – 16
São Brás de Alportel – 15, (1 death)
Vila do Bispo – 13
Alcoutim – 11
Aljezur – 9 (1 death)
The information presented refers to the total of medical notifications in the SINAVE system, not including laboratory notifications. As such, it may not correspond to all cases per municipality.

Covid.19: Woman detained in Albufeira for violation of mandatory confinement

GNR yesterday detained a 43-year-old woman in Olhos de Água, Albufeira, for violating the mandatory confinement to which she was subject, in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic.

It was through a patrolling action to verify the obligation of mandatory confinement, that “the military intercepted the suspect on the public road, and was taken immediately to their residence”, says a statement from the GNR.

The woman was accused and the facts were referred to the Albufeira Judicial Court.

Algarve hotels recorded a 39.9% drop in demand in September

The Association of Hotels and Tourist Enterprises of the Algarve revealed data referring to the variations in accommodation units in the region for September.

Thus, the average occupancy rate / room was 52.5%, 39.9% below the value registered in 2019.

According to the association, the British market was the one that most contributed to the decrease (-68.2%), followed by the Irish (91.3%) and the German (-48.3%).

The national market was the only one to show an increase (+ 36%), having represented 49.5% of the total overnight stays.

Sales volume decreased by 37% compared to the same month of the previous year. In accumulated values, the bed occupancy registered an average decrease of -55.8% since January and the sales volume decreased by -51.3%.

Covid.19: Municipality of Albufeira creates telephone line to clarify educational community

The Municipality of Albufeira has created a support line for the educational community, “Lace-Covid 19”, with the support of ABC – Algarve Biomedical Centre.

As the Municipality explains in a statement, this is a measure that aims to “inform and minimize” the possibility of transmission of the new coronavirus, in addition to facilitating safe, clarified return to classes. The line is available at 707 027 070, open every day of the week from 7 am to midnight.

The telephone service counts on ABC doctors, who are available to assist in case of suspicious or positive cases, as well as in situations of doubts or behaviours to be adopted in case of alert.

The municipality notes that the creation of the line is not intended to replace the SNS24 line, “but rather to provide an integrated response” within the scope of the adaptation strategy of the municipality’s educational community in order to minimize the possibility of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus which causes the Covid-19 disease).

Algarve Situation report Saturday 3th of october

Outbreak amongst Roma Community

There are 60 positive cases in Roma communities, “dispersed throughout the region”, revealed Ana Cristina Guerreiro, regional health delegate on Thursday. At a press conference, held at the Civil Protection headquarters in the Algarve , in Loulé, the delegate said that this is, “perhaps, the situation that most concerns” the regional health authorities today.

Until yesterday, September 30, there were such 60 confirmed cases, “more concentrated in Portimão and Albufeira, but with the knowledge that the outbreaks may soon reach other municipalities”. “For us, it is difficult to separate the two situations because they are communities that live together a lot and we are even aware of other cases in other municipalities”, explained Ana Cristina Guerreiro.

Questioned by the South Information on the number of tests carried out, the delegate said that “surely more than 200 have already been carried out”, with hundreds of people in prophylactic isolation, including adults, young people and children. The origin of these outbreaks, revealed Ana Cristina Guerreiro, is related to “more than one” gathering.

Covid.19: Outbreak at Faro Hospital is related to Beja

The registered confirmed cases of health professionals at Hospital de Faro, are linked to the outbreak of the Beja unit, the President of the Regional Health Administration of the Algarve – (ARS) confirmed today to journalists.

In a press conference on the epidemiological situation in the region, Paulo Morgado said that the outbreak at the Faro hospital is related to an infected professional who works at both hospitals. Altogether there are 7 positive health professionals with 33 in confinement, however, there was no closure of services.

At the regional level, there are 14 infected professionals, belonging to the hospitals of Faro and Portimão and to a private health unit.

The ARS Algarve official explained that at this stage, the health authorities are still able to detect the origin of the outbreaks, “that way we better control their spread”. He added that next week, the Regional Public Health Laboratory of the Algarve, Dr. Laura Ayres, will increase its testing capacity, with the possibility of carrying out more than 1000 tests per day, in line with the national strategy, “only yesterday in the country , more than 25 thousand tests were carried out”, he clarified.

He also informed that the Hospital de Faro has an installed capacity of 60 beds, “if necessary, we activate the Portimão unit”. The Algarve has a total of 15 students and six school staff, which includes teachers, infected with Covid-19, revealed this Thursday, October 1, in a press conference.

Algarve has 15 students and 6 employees infected with Covid-19

According to data provided by Ana Cristina Guerreiro, there are cases “in all levels of education, from day care to secondary”. Regarding day care centres, there is one infected child in the Alameda Kindergarten (Faro), three in the Borboleta Kindergarten (Vila Real de Santo António) and three employees in the Portuguese Red Cross Kindergarten, in Moncarapacho. In Schools EB2, 3 there are infected, in D. Afonso III, in Faro (two students), in D. Martinho Castelo Branco, in Portimão (1 employee), in D. José I, in VRSA (3 students) and in EB2, 3 by Castro Marim (2 students).

Portimão Intensive Care Unit “prepared to deal with 2nd wave of Covid-19”

We are prepared to deal with this second wave of Covid-19 and are equipped for that.” The guarantee is given by the director of the Intensive Care Unit of the Portimão unit of the Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Algarve, whose Intensive Care Unit is now 20 years old.

Alexandre Baptista Photo: Reserchgate

“From a practical point of view, we are currently well equipped and clearly prepared» stresses the specialist doctor Alexandre Baptista, who heads a team of 8 doctors, 33 nurses and 12 assistants.

The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Portimão hospital, which is exactly this Friday, October 2nd, two decades of operation, currently has 11 beds, of which eight are now occupied by as many patients. The South Information visited the UCI yesterday, to know the conditions of this service that, in recent months, has been around the world due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

In fact, aimed especially at these patients, there is another wing of the ICU almost next to it, “isolated and with completely separate circuits”, which is prepared and equipped, but closed, waiting to be needed again. At the moment, of the 16 patients in the Algarve with Covid-19 who are hospitalized, only 4 are in Intensive Care, but at the Faro hospital.

The COVID Lares (Care homes) Line starts operating this Friday, October 2nd.

To mark the moment, the Minister of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security, Ana Mendes Godinho, visited the call centre at 2 pm at Estádio do Algarve.

Through the number 700 20 70 70, care homes across the country are provided with support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. In addition to clarifying doubts and providing information, the telephone line will facilitate the contact of homes with local health, civil protection and social security entities, facilitating the signalling of risk situations with the competent authorities.

The COVID Lares Line results from a partnership between Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa and the Algarve Biomedical Center, as part of the integrated program of the Ministry of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security to support care homes. This is a project to allow permanent monitoring of the institutions, monitoring and responding to their needs.

Water reserves

The water reserves in the Algarve are sufficient to ensure public supply

The water reserves in the Algarve are sufficient to ensure public supply and although the levels of the dams are low, there are no restrictions on consumption, a source from Águas do Algarve told Lusa.

The absence of rain has contributed to accentuate the drought, especially in the eastern (eastern) Algarve, however, the existing water reserves allow to give the “guarantee” that there will be no restrictions on supply, said the spokesperson of the company that manages the multi-municipal public water supply system in the Algarve.

“The data we have regarding the water needs to supply the population of the Algarve, which is in the order of 72 million cubic meters, and what the current reserves are, plus underground abstractions, allows us to guarantee that for now, there is no forecast of any type of constraint to supply, either in quantity or in quality”, assured Teresa Fernandes.

That official acknowledged, however, that “the water reserves available this year in the Algarve region are below what would be desirable for this time of year”.

Faro and GNR unite to guarantee quality of life for the elderly

The monitoring and improvement of the quality of life of the elderly in Faro will now be guaranteed by a team that will bring together technicians from the Faro Council and elements from the GNR.

The local authority of Faro and the GNR signed yesterday, October 1, the International Day of the Elderly, the protocol for the formalization of the GPSS Program in Faro – Proximity Group for the Promotion of Social Rights and Security, «with a view to monitoring and promoting the improvement of quality of life of the elderly, in particular those who are most isolated or in the most vulnerable situation”.

This is a «pioneer decentralized intervention program in Portugal», which involves the Municipality’s Elderly Support Office and the GNR Faro Territorial Command (CT) Elderly Support Team, which «intends to carry out an intervention and assistance of excellence, meeting the elderly identified by GNR, through the survey carried out within the scope of the “Senior Censuses” operation », according to the Chamber

The objective is that «all the elderly can be informed about their social rights and the promotion of safety measures, promoting differentiated service, door to door, in which each case is analyzed and monitored, with the ultimate goal of improving quality of life of the identified elderly. After an assessment of the situation of the citizen, there will be an appropriate intervention with specific responses taking into account the needs detected.“

Situation Report Algarve – Wednesday 30th of September

Covid-19: There are 3 outbreaks in nursing homes in the Algarve

The Director-General of Health revealed today that there are currently 51 active outbreaks in nursing homes, the largest number in the region of Lisbon and the Tagus Valley.

“In residential structures for the elderly there are 51 active outbreaks at this moment,” said Graça Freitas, at the press conference to update information on infection with the new coronavirus in Portugal.

According to the director-general of Health, 10 outbreaks are active in the North, two in the Center, 33 in the Lisbon and Vale do Tejo region, three in the Alentejo and three in the Algarve – Loulé (Quarteira), Olhão and Tavira.

Algarvian nurses deliver petition with 4600 signatures to the Assembly of the Republic

The SEP’s Regional Directorate of Faro says in a statement it will deliver on Wednesday 30^th September at 10 am to the Assembly of the Republic, a petition with more than 4600 signatures, demanding that the Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Algarve – CHUA and the Regional Health Administration of the Algarve – ARS, “comply with the commitments they have assumed”, in the sense that 500 nurses with 10 and 20 years of work, earn the same as a newly graduated nurse, because they are not counted with the length of service.

Union members make it known that CHUA does not progress nurses with Individual Employment Contract and ARS Algarve does not progress those who had a salary adjustment for the first remuneration position of the new career. But both institutions, according to the SEP, signed these commitments in 2019.

The same communiqué from the Portuguese Nurses Union advances that this non-compliance determined a clarification campaign with the population and political leaders, as well as the collection of signatures for the public petition “Support the Nurses of the Algarve”. Copies of the more than 4600 signatures of thousands of solidary citizens with the nurses, were handed over to the CHUA administration, will be sent to ARS Algarve, Prime Minister, and Minister of Health and will be delivered to the Assembly of the Republic, underlines the same document.

In a meeting with deputies elected by the Algarve from the PS, PSD, BE and the deputy of the European parliament of the PCP, it was assumed that the written commitments are to be fulfilled, but the SEP says that, within the scope of other petitions delivered by the union, precisely around this problem, the PS and PSD have not yet presented any proposals for draft law decrees to resolve them.

In the same publication, he recalls that nurses continue to be at the forefront and at risk. “There is a lack of material for clinical consumption in some Health Centres in the region and recent reports have come from professionals and users to buy some material to carry out treatments”, they refer.

Ryanair makes a new donation of 250 thousand euros for the renaturalization of the Monchique Mountains

The airline Ryanair, made for the second consecutive year a donation of 250 thousand euros for the renaturalization of the Serra de Monchique as part of its initiative to offset carbon emissions, thus adding 500 thousand euros in contributions to the project.

This new budget, which, like last year, was obtained through donations from passengers, will finance the planting of over 75 thousand trees destroyed by the 2018 fires in this Algarve area. In the first year of the project, 62 thousand indigenous trees were planted and around 90 owners were supported. It is expected that in the future the set of trees planted may be responsible for the sequestration of 1000 tons of carbon per year.

Ryanair’s Sustainability Director, Thomas Fowler, entrusted another check for 250,000 euros to the project partners – Algarve Tourism Region, Territory and Environment Planning Study Group (GEOTA), Nature and Forest Conservation Institute and Monchique City Council.

Ryanair is the greenest airline in Europe, operating the youngest fleet with the highest occupancy rates and the most efficient fuel consumption per passenger. Likewise, Ryanair has industry-leading CO2 emissions per passenger-km of just 66 grams, up to 50% lower than the other four major European airlines.

Turismo do Algarve went by bicycle, donkey and buggy to honour health professionals

This September 27, World Tourism Day, was celebrated differently by the Algarve Tourism Region. It is that those responsible for the RTA decided to promote, in Silves, activities that brought together the health officials of the region in an outdoor program that led them to ride on the road on an electric bicycle or to ride on a buggy or donkey, as a way to thank them provision in the prevention and control of the pandemic in the Algarve.

At Quinta de Santo Estêvão, on the outskirts of Silves, the moment reflected the theme defined by the United Nations for the World Tourism Day in 2020 (Tourism and Rural Development), through which the sector’s capacity to create opportunities outside the great cities and the need to preserve cultural and natural heritage worldwide, in the face of the current public health crisis.

Situation report Algarve 26th of September

Covid 19 situation

There are 450 active cases of Covid-19 in the Algarve, according to data from the Regional Health Authority, which have just been released by the District Civil Protection Commission.

This total of active cases results from the increase in the number of new infections confirmed in the region in the last 24 hours (plus 48, according to the Regional Health Authority), which was not offset by the increase in cases of recovered patients (plus 22).

There are a total of 11 people in hospital including four in ICU. Of the 1510 confirmed cases to date 1039 have recovered – 68.8%

Covid.19: Twelve employees of the ACASO home in Olhão under active surveillance

Three positive cases of covid.19 were recorded last weekend at the ACASO nursing home in Olhão. The cases are linked to two employees and an 88-year-old patient. All the other 32 elderly people at the institution were negative.

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João Calão, Director of Services at ACASO, confirmed that the elderly woman is hospitalized, “she is asymptomatic and stable and there has been no increase in cases”. Under active surveillance there are 12 employees out of a total of 25.

The official explained that the first cases were registered following a testing operation at home, by the Public Health authorities, who hope to carry out new tests this weekend.

The infected workers are also stable, “one is without symptoms and the other with mild symptoms, which looks more like a cold”. João Calão explained that the health entities, understood to test the first employee who was asymptomatic, for having other relatives with covid: “the entities were relentless, on Saturday the first case was confirmed, and on Sunday, we already knew the results of all tests to users and employees and the measures to be taken, namely the internment of the user and the isolation of the employees”, he stressed.

Southern Branch of Doctors’ Union criticizes ARS Algarve for hiring doctors “without specific training”

According to the union, the Regional Health Administration (ARS) of the Algarve published, on the 4th of September, a notice for the recruitment of 9 non-specialist doctors for the performance of functions in the field of Public Health, whose employment contract will have a duration of 4 months and a monthly remuneration of 1859 euros gross (ie, approximately 1200 euros net).

For the union, “this is proof of a deliberate governmental intention to create a class of doctors without access to specialized training and thus precarious medical work, has serious repercussions in terms of the quality of care provided”. The same union gave as an example what happened at Hospital Garcia de Orta, which opened a tender for the hiring of doctors without specialization in specific services such as Intensive Care, Anesthesiology or Orthopaedics, for which they do not have skills, he said.

In the union’s position, this type of hiring corresponds to a complete “subversion of the principles of the medical profession”, that is, the doctor is prohibited from exercising in an area for which he has no competences, and respect for the citizens who use the Service. National Health.

COVID-19: Monchique statues wear masks to raise awareness

Municipality of Monchique puts masks on the village’s statues to sensitize the population and tourists to the protection measures against the new Coronavirus.

At the moment when the spread of the disease by the new coronavirus registers significant numbers in our country, and even without active cases in the municipality of Monchique at this moment, the municipality decided to promote this action through its sculptural ensemble spread a little throughout this mountain village. It is important to reach everyone with the message that it is necessary to act to stop the new coronavirus and that this path goes mainly through pedagogy and by increasing the collective awareness that everyone must protect themselves and adopt the protection measures already spread by the municipality of Monchique and by the Directorate-General for Health (DGS).

For Rui André, Mayor of Monchique, “the population of Monchique has been exemplary, as well as the institutions and companies that have adopted protective measures in their establishments / spaces that have contributed decisively to combat the spread of this disease in our country.

Algarve Situation Report Wednesday 23rd September 2020

Covid-19: Louletano has resumed training but there are still eight infected footballers

Louletano’s football team remains with eight players infected with Covid-19, who are due to undergo further diagnostic tests today, to see if they can resume training with the rest of the team, said the president.

“We already have some players training, there are only eight at home, who should do new tests today,” the president of Louletano Desportos Clube, António do Adro, told the Lusa agency, saying that the other players resumed training earlier in the week.

The same source added that, “as they only started training now”, the club “asked for the postponement of three games” of the Portuguese Championship “and one of the Portuguese Cup” to “be able to train for at least three weeks before starting competing” in official games.

“There is already an agreement between the clubs, all that remains to be decided is the date” on which the games will be played after this postponement, added António do Adro, in a reference to the games of the second and third rounds of the championship with Lagos and Olhanense, respectively, and of the Portuguese Cup with Ferreiras, which should take place between the 4th and 18th of October.

The official stressed that the first match against Moncarapachense has already been rescheduled for November 15th and, with this solution, the Algarve team should only start the competition in the third or fourth week of October.

Vila Real de Santo António and Castro Marim outline common strategy to prevent the spread of Covid-19

Following the epidemiological evolution of Covid-19 in the municipalities of Vila Real de Santo António and Castro Marim, and in order to minimize the chances of contagion, the two municipalities decided to implement, by mutual agreement, a set of more restrictive measures of isolation and protection of the population.

In a note sent to the media, the Municipality of Vila Real de St António states that the two municipalities decided to apply some measures in order to minimize the likelihood of contagion.

There are 7 measures, which go through the suspension of all sporting, cultural and social events held in municipal facilities and in public spaces involving crowds of people, and the ban on the use of all municipal sports equipment for the practice of sports, including training and competition games, with the use of municipal sports equipment only being permitted by groupings of schools, under the terms of their contingency plans, for physical education classes, with the group itself being responsible for determining the performance of classes.

Another measure has to do with the recommendation to use an individual protection mask in all situations of contact with other people, including on the street.

The alert for the prohibition of private parties, under the terms already foreseen by the General Directorate of Health (DGS), and reinforcement of the inspection, as well as the request for the collaboration of the police forces “for a rigorous implementation” of the national and municipal regulations related to the combating the pandemic, are other measures that are in place until the 15th of October, which were announced today by the two Municipalities.

Secretary of State Jorge Botelho is the new regional coordinator to combat Covid-19

The Algarvian Jorge Botelho, Secretary of State for Decentralization and Local Administration, is the new regional coordinator of the fight against Covid-19, succeeding José Apolinário, who left the government last week.

Botelho will already participate, this morning, in the meeting of the District Civil Protection Commission, which will take place via VTC.

Jorge Botelho was mayor of Tavira and president of the Intermunicipal Community of Algarve (AMAL), until he was appointed to the current government functions by Prime Minister António Costa.

Interestingly, José Apolinário, who preceded him in regional coordination, left the Secretariat of State for Fisheries to run for president of the Regional Coordination and Development Commission (CCDR) of the Algarve, in the first indirect elections for this position, which result from the recent legislation which was largely conceived by Secretary of State Jorge Botelho.

Algarve Saturday 19th September

Covid-19 Statistics

A total of 971 people have recovered from Covid-19 in the Algarve, according to data from the Regional Health Authority released recently by the District Civil Protection Commission. This means that, since yesterday, there were 13 more patients recovered in the Algarve region.

Even so, taking into account that, in the last week (from 11 to 18 September) there were 122 new cases of Covid-19 in the Algarve, this means that the percentage of people recovered in relation to the total accumulated cases decreased from 76.37% to 73.12%.

On the other hand, the Regional Health Authority announces that, in the last 24 hours, 27 new infections were confirmed, bringing the total accumulated since the beginning of the pandemic to 1328.

There are currently 336 active cases in the region, that is, an increase of 21.1% over last Friday. Over the past week, there was also one more death, on Monday, that of an 80-year-old Italian, residing in the municipality of Loulé, who had been hospitalized in critical condition for intensive weeks at the Hospital Intensive Care for many weeks. from Faro .

At the moment, according to the data revealed today, there are 7 persons in hospital, one of them in the ICU. There was a significant increase in the number of people who are under active surveillance, that is, who are at home, awaiting test results or the end of quarantines: there are now 789, compared to 580 a week ago.

https://www.sulinformacao.pt/2020/09/971-pessoas-ja-recuperaram-da-covid-19-no-algarve/

Albufeira – Mayor announces measures at start of school year.

The Salão Nobre dos Paços do Concelho hosted yesterday morning a meeting between all the bodies involved in the different dynamics of the start of the school year in Albufeira.

Health Delegate, National Republican Guard, Civil Protection, Presidents of Parish Councils, Directors of School Groups and Municipal Health and Education services responded affirmatively to the Mayor’s invitation to, jointly with ABC – Algarve Biomedical Center, to present the “Adaptation Strategy of the Educational Community” to minimize the possibility of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 – the virus that causes COVID-19 disease.

In a statement, the municipality took stock of what has been preparing for the beginning of the school year, which is “one of the most difficult and controversial moments of any political management” and this year “we have added difficulties”, José Carlos Roll said at the opening of the meeting.

The mayor continued: “it is necessary, more than ever, and given the pandemic context, to minimize all risks. It would be utopian to say that the problems do not exist or to imagine that there will not be occasional cases of Covid-19 in schools, but there is an urgent need for the whole community to know that concerted work is being done, networking with security and security and health authorities, together with the schools and the Municipality, in order to transmit confidence to the parents of the students and to the professionals involved, as the moment is one of uncertainty and perplexity”.

Alcoutim – Testing for teachers, and school employees and students upon request

The Alcoutim City Council is making available today, to all teachers and employees of schools in the municipality, the possibility of carrying out Covid-19 screening tests. Serological tests and molecular tests (RT-PCR) are being carried out in the Schools of Alcoutim and Martim Longo by ABC-Algarve Biomedical Center.

“For a good start to the school year, we decided to test teachers and staff and tests for students will be available if requested and authorized by parents. The interest in testing teachers and staff is based on the concern to do everything in our power to minimize the risk of contagion and guarantee the best conditions at the start of the school year”, says the Mayor, Osvaldo Gonçalves, in a note from the municipality.

Algarve Wednesday 16th September

Italian resident in Loulé is the new fatal victim of Covid-19 in the Algarve

An 80-year-old Italian, resident in the municipality of Loulé, is the latest fatal victim of Covid-19 in the Algarve, confirmed a source from the Regional Health Authority.

The man was “in a critical situation for some time, hospitalized in intensive care,” said the same source. He died yesterday at the hospital in Faro.

This is, according to data from the Regional Health Authority, the 21st death in the Algarve region, due to Covid-19, since the beginning of the pandemic.

This new death in the Algarve was revealed today by the daily epidemiological bulletin of the Directorate-General for Health. This entity accounts for 2 fewer deaths than the Regional Authority just because of the victims’ residence.

This Tuesday, according to DGS data, there are 15 new cases since Monday bringing the cumulative total of cases to 1259.

Algarve Covid-19 Transmission rate lowest in the country

The Algarve has one of the lowest transmission rates (Rt) of covid-19 in all regions on the continent, despite the increase in new cases in recent days, said today the president of the Regional Health Administration (ARS).

At the fortnightly press conference of the District Civil Protection, in Loulé, Paulo Morgado said that the Rt in the Algarve region is 1.07, which means that each infected person gets, on average, 1.07.

“The Rt of the Algarve is one of the lowest in all regions of the country”, he stressed, noting that the situation “is relatively controlled” in the region, despite the daily increase in new cases.

The regional health delegate of Faro, Ana Cristina Guerreiro, also considered that the situation in the Algarve “is comfortable, given the circumstances”, namely, the fact that there was a lot of mobility during the summer holidays.

According to the official, mobility, activities and family reunions – especially with emigrants or people from other regions – are the factors that have most contributed to the increase in the number of cases.

Currently, the biggest active outbreak in the Algarve is related to the senior football team of Louletano Desportos Clube, detected at the end of August and which caused a total of 47 cases, among members of the club and family.

Regarding a balance of the number of cases detected during the summer in the Algarve, Ana Cristina Guerreiro said that a “more in-depth technical analysis” is foreseen, but, however, in an “initial assessment”, the situation “went as smoothly as possible”.

Albufeira maintains commercial establishments closing hours during contingency situations

The opening hours of commercial establishments in Albufeira will not change, with the country entering into a contingency situation, as decided by the mayor of Albufeira.

José Carlos Rolo issued an order this Monday stating that in the municipality of Albufeira the schedules that were already in force will be maintained, despite the change from the alert situation to the contingency situation, a level with tighter preventive measures.

The Resolution of the Council of Ministers of last Thursday attributed to the presidents of the Chamber the responsibility to define the closing time of the commercial establishments, in the time window between 20h00 and 23h00.

“We are not going to change anything and I just call on everyone to have the flexibility and the good will to, in this extraordinary and difficult context, adapt and, as far as possible, do and do their best. Albufeira, I am convinced, will not stop and will go down in history regarding this terrible moment. But we are all going to be victorious”, considered the mayor of Albufeira.

“It is important to think about the community and give a vote of confidence to anyone who has thought of these measures, in order to prevent the spread of the pandemic,” he added.

Regarding the opening of establishments, and in line with the diploma approved by the Government, the establishments in Albufeira have to open after 10 am, “except the hairdressing salons, barbers, beauty institutes, restaurants and the like, cafeterias, tea houses and the like, driving schools and technical vehicle inspection centres, as well as gyms and gyms”.

As for the closing time, it remains at 11 pm, “except for those who have their own specifications considered in that Resolution”.

The Albufeira Chamber also stressed “that establishments that have never closed can continue to maintain the hours prior to this legal measure, that is, they are not covered by paragraph 1 of Article 10 of the aforementioned Resolution of the Council of Ministers”.

Monchique educational community tested Covid-19 serological tests

Teachers, employees, but also drivers, security guards and workers from other services related to education and sport in the municipality of Monchique underwent serological tests on Covid-19, before the beginning of another school year.

This initiative was carried out in close collaboration with the ABC – Algarve Biomedical Center and the Monchique Schools Group, and was the first of other initiatives of this nature that the Câmara de Monchique intends to carry out aimed at other groups as well.

“The realization of these serological tests to our workers, to all teaching and non-teaching staff who, due to the nature of their functions, will be in the first line of action and contact with students, will allow not only to obtain very interesting data about the real immune status of this population, as it will also be essential, in terms of human resources, so that we can refine initiatives and procedures to be adopted in the current scenario of worsening of the epidemic situation in our country, despite the fact that the municipality does not register any positive case at this moment”, said Rui André, Mayor of Monchique.

Algarve Saturday 12th of September

Covid-19 Situation update reported 11^th September

The District Civil Protection Commission of Faro gave notice of the current epidemiological situation in the Algarve, based on data provided by the Regional Health Delegate, which points to 265 active cases in the region.

So far, 1206 infected people have been registered, 16 more in the last 24 hours with 921 recovered (cumulative), equivalent to 76.37%.

6 people are hospitalized, 2 in the Intensive Care Units. The same source reports 20 deaths in the region. Under active surveillance there are 580 people and 107 (cumulative) were discharged.

In relation to the bulletin of last Friday, September 4th, 21 less active cases and 58 new cases from Covid are confirmed.19. Another 78 people are recovered.

There is 1 more person hospitalized (6), and 1 less in intensive care (2). The number of deaths rose to 20 (+1), under active surveillance there are 45 more people.

One more patient was discharged from hospital.

The same source draws attention to the fact that since August 5, 166 follow-up visits have been made, through health, social security and civil protection technicians, in all municipalities in the Algarve region, with the aim of supporting Institutions in the implementation of appropriate measures, in a preventive and pedagogical nature, in order to reduce the risk of infection by COVID-19.

The following observations were made: Albufeira (11), Alcoutim (6), Aljezur (1), Castro Marim (3), Faro (18), Lagos (14), Lagoa (7), Loulé (27), Monchique (2), Olhão (7), Portimão (26), São Brás de Alportel (8), Silves (5), Tavira (19), Vila do Bispo (6) and Vila Real de Santo António (6).

ANA says number of passengers did not justify summer queuing system at Faro airport

The chairman of the Board of Directors of ANA Aeroportos, José Luís Arnaut, told Lusa yesterday that the summer queuing circuit at Faro airport has not opened because the number of passengers has fallen below the required amount.

Reacting to statements by the Minister of Internal Affairs, who criticized the lack of opening of the summer area at Faro airport, a situation that could increase the queues, José Luís Arnaut explained that, according to the concession contract, to increase circulation space is necessary to have 2,100 passengers per hour, but the maximum recorded in August was 1,029.

“The summer circuit is scheduled to start when there are 2,100 passengers per hour. Unfortunately, on the peak days in August, the maximum we had was 1,029 and, if in February, on the winter circuit, we had 140,000 passengers. and [the airport] functioned, naturally that in August, with 120 thousand, it can also work, if the Foreigners and Borders Service (SEF) has employees in the ‘boxes’ and these are not empty “, underlined the person in charge of ANA.

José Luís Arnaut stressed that it was “with some astonishment and even some institutional indignation” that he heard the Minister of Internal Administration, Eduardo Cabrita, having blamed ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal for the lines at Faro airport today, accusing him of “repeatedly” violated public service obligations “and” harmed the country “.

British nationals returning from the Algarve

Dozens of British tourists in the Algarve are anticipating their return to the United Kingdom today, to avoid fulfilling their quarantine on their return home, after the British Government announced the closure of the air corridor with mainland Portugal.

Several British citizens contacted by Lusa at Faro airport were unhappy with the British Government’s decision, but due to work commitments they were forced to expedite, some of them, their return to England by several days.

“I do not agree with my country’s decision to place Portugal [with the exception of the Azores and Madeira] in the air risk corridors, not evaluating the regions, as is the case in the Algarve, a region where I feel safe”, Carly Spencer told Lusa .

The surgeon, resident in the north of England, said that the measure “forced her to bring forward the return flight home by six days, which cost about 500 euros, to avoid quarantine on arrival in the United Kingdom”. “The vacation ends next week and I cannot, for professional reasons, subject myself to a two-week quarantine,” he said. Carly Spencer added that the situation in Portugal “may raise concerns in large cities like Lisbon and Porto, but the Algarve should be an exception for the British Government”.

Cultural facilities in the municipality of Vila Real de Santo António (VRSA) earn the “Clean & Safe” seal of Turismo de Portugal.

The cultural facilities in the municipality of Vila Real de Santo António (Municipal Library, Cultural Centre António Aleixo and Municipal Historic Archive) obtained the “Clean & Safe” accreditation, attributed by Turismo de Portugal, thus guaranteeing their safety in the face of the COVID- 19.

To receive this seal, the spaces implemented a contingency plan that, according to the recommendations of the Directorate-General for Health, ensures social distance and the necessary hygiene to avoid risks of contamination with SARS-CoV-2 (new coronavirus).

In order to be able to affix the “Clean & Safe” seal, municipal cultural facilities also had to comply with the set of provisions contained in the “Declaration of Commitment”, provided by the Regional Tourism Authority of the Algarve, guaranteeing safe procedures for its operation.

The accreditation is valid until April 30, 2021 and can be posted either in physical facilities, or in the channels and platforms for dissemination and sale.

Algarve report Wednesday 9th September

Covid.19: Algarve without fairs until the end of the year

The decision of the municipalities in the Algarve was taken at the AMAL Intermunicipal Council Meeting. The mayors consider that the conditions are not met to allow annual fairs to be held.

In a statement, AMAL said that in the context of the current pandemic, the Municipalities of the Algarve decided, at the Council meeting that took place on the 5th, “not to hold the Fairs that take place, once a year, in different counties in the region “. The decision will be maintained at least until the end of this year, until further evaluation, read in the same note.

Despite the fairs being held outdoors, AMAL explains that they “would have to obey a set of guidelines from the General Directorate of Health (DGS), which mayors affirm that there are no conditions to be met, since they imply a great deal of concentration of people “.

Thus, the same source reports that the holding of, for example, the Feira de Santa Iria, in Faro, the Feira de São Miguel, in Olhão, the Feira da Praia, in Vila Real de Santo António, the Feira de São Francisco, in Tavira, from Feira de São Martinho, in Portimão, or from Feira Franca, in Lagos.

In addition to this assessment, AMAL reinforces that, according to what has already been announced by the Government, the entire country will, as of September 15, enter a State of Contingency.

Open call to recruit 42 doctors at the Centro Universitario Universitário do Algarve

The Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Algarve (CHUA) reported today that it has 42 vacancies for hiring doctors, in various specialties, within the scope of the national competition published on September 4 in Diário da República with the aim of strengthening the National Health Service. Health (SNS) with over 950 medical professionals.

For CHUA, this contest launched by the Government, through the Ministry of Health, “will allow the creation of conditions to provide the Algarve hospital units with more specialist doctors, thus solving, if the vacancies are fully filled, some of the main constraints felt over the years “.

The dispatch with the distribution of the contingent of the 950 vacancies of the 1st season competition of the newly specialists in the hospital (911) and public health (39) areas was published last Friday in Diário da República.

The contest has a period of 5 days, counting from the date of publication in the Diário da República. For more information, see Notice No. 13200-E / 2020, of September 4, 2020.

Algarve Report Saturday September 5th

Covid 19

In the Algarve there are 1148 total confirmed cases to date including 286 currently active. On these there were 11 confirmed cases in the last 24 hrs.

Of the total to date 843 have recovered or 73.4%. The number of people in hospital is five and in ICU is three.

British and Portuguese help hotels achieve 60.5% occupancy in August

Algarve hotels had an average occupancy / room of 60.5% in August, a low figure when compared to previous years, but high in relation to the other months of 2020.

According to the Association of Hotels and Tourist Enterprises of the Algarve (AHETA), this month’s results had the positive influence of the British market, which increased demand by 3.5pp compared to July, «following the opening of the air corridor in 20 August between the United Kingdom and the Algarve ».

The increase in demand from the national market, which rose by 6.4%, in relation to the same month of 2019, also helped to achieve this occupancy rate. The Portuguese represented 67.7% of the total overnight stays.

Even so, despite the national “aid”, the occupancy rate of 60.5% was 35% below the value registered last year.

Despite the recovery in relation to July, the British market was the one that fell the most compared to last year (-18.4pp), followed by the Irish (-4.2%), French (-2.8pp) and the German (- 2.6%).

Sales volume also decreased 36.4%, compared to August last year.

In accumulated values, the bed occupancy registered an average decrease of -58.1% since January and the sales volume decreased by -56.8%.

José Apolinário is elected as PS for the CCDR of the Algarve.

José Apolinário and António Ceia da Silva are the candidates chosen by the PS for the presidency of the Coordination and Regional Development Commissions (CCDR) of the Algarve and Alentejo, respectively. And if, in the Algarve, there are no obstacles to the election of the current Secretary of State for Fisheries, in Alentejo the name of the acting president of the Regional Tourism Authority of the Algarve and Ribatejo is disputed, even within the PS.

According to the newspaper Público today, José Apolinário will be the socialist candidate in the first indirect elections for the presidency of the Algarve CCDR, which will take place in October. Bearing in mind that the electoral college is composed of mayors from the region, the vast majority of the PS, the election should be only pro-forma.

José Apolinário, who has already been a deputy and mayor of Faro, has been the regional coordinator of the fight against Covid-19 in the Algarve since April 8, first in the state of emergency, then in the state of Calamidade and now in the alert. A function that, in addition to his previous and current experience, as Secretary of State for Fisheries, has given him an in-depth knowledge of the Algarve situation.

Algarve

Situation report Wednesday September 2nd 2020

GNR operation against wild camping

A total of 200 infractions, of which 164 resulting from wild camping, as well as motorhome and illegal parking in non-permitted locations, and 36 for non-compliance with the traffic sign regulation, were detected by GNR, during an operation that took place from 26 to 31 August, in the municipalities of Aljezur and Vila do Bispo, especially in the Natural Park of Southwest Alentejo and Costa Vicentina.

The action, undertaken by the Territorial Detachment of Portimão, within the scope of the “Summer Safe 2020” operation, included the reinforcement of the Lagos Traffic Substation, the Portimão Coastal Control Substation, and the support of the Regional Directorate for Nature Conservation and Algarve Forests (ICNF) and the Lagos Maritime Police.

The objective was to monitor and combat “illegal caravanning and wild camping”, added the GNR, in a press release sent to newsrooms.

“Camping and wild caravanning is an identified problem that constitutes a factor in the destruction of habitats, some of which are protected, in addition to representing an illegal occupation, which results in a degradation of the places used, by uncontrolled deposition of waste, which are spread over the unduly occupied place ”, concludes the GNR.

Theft of carobs Loulé.

A 30-year-old man was identified this Monday, August 31, for theft of agricultural products in Loulé.

GNR said in a statement that it seized 870 kilograms of carobs, during a road inspection action, with the Guard military approached a vehicle that carried the transport of several bags of locust beans.

In the inspection operation, the driver stated that he was authorized to pick up the carobs that he was transporting, from several lands. However the GNR verified that the carobs had been stolen, “having been possible to identify the legitimate owner of part of the carob transported by the suspect”.

The individual was identified and constituted the defendant, the carob, valued at 683 euros, were apprehended and the facts forwarded to the Loulé Judicial Court.

GNR has been carrying out awareness and inspection actions since June 1, within the scope of the “Campo Seguro 2020” operation, with the objective of preventing theft crimes, near agricultural properties. Since at this time of the year, the focus in the Algarve region is on carob, due to the commercial value it represents and the ease in both picking and selling, Guarda increased policing in order to deter and repress the practice of theft of carob.

Câmara de Lagoa to create a Municipal Police

The Câmara de Lagoa started the process to create a Municipal Police and expects to have it completed in 2021, after approval by the Municipal Assembly, by the end of the year, the municipality announced today.

The municipality approved “unanimously”, in the last Chamber session, on August 25, a proposal that foresees to start the elaboration of a regulation on the functioning of the Municipal Police, which will later be subject to the vote in the Municipal Assembly, and considered that this it is “the first step” of a process that “should be completed during the next year of 2021”.

“Drawing up a regulation for the operation of the ‘Municipal Police of the municipality of Lagoa’ is the first step on a path that should lead to the creation of this specialized police service. The decision to start the process was taken unanimously at the last public meeting of the Câmara de Lagoa ”, the municipality welcomed in a statement.

The same source justified the decision to move towards the creation of a Municipal Police with the “need to adapt resources to the challenges and responsibilities of the municipality of Lagoa in the areas of inspection”.

The “protection of the environment, commercial establishments, occupation of public space, traffic and parking, advertising, monitoring of sporting and cultural events, without forgetting the pedagogical aspect, in a logic of proximity to the citizen”, are areas of supervision that will pass to the tutelage of the Municipal Police, according to the proposal of the municipal executive chaired by Luís Encarnação.

Covid-19 Situation Report Saturday 29th August 2020

The Algarve has, since Thursday until yesterday, 10 new cases of Covid-19, according to the regional health delegate, in a press conference. The number of recovered people has also increased (three more) and the epidemiological situation in the region “remains stabilized“.

According to Algarve Health authority statistics, there were a total of 245 active Covid-19 cases in the Algarve with eight in hospital and none in ICU. To date there have been 1045 cases of whom 790 have recovered e.g. a recovery rate of 74.9%. Of those contracting the disease 19 have died according to regional figures.

There are now 264 active cases. These data mean that the situation in the Algarve is “stabilized, despite the number of visitors present in the region, which should be around one and a half million”, considered Ana Cristina Guerreiro. Proof of this is that “we do not have a large active outbreak”. “We have some outbreaks, between 13 and 15, basically of family or work transmission. We also have imported cases or of Portuguese who were on vacation, basically in Spain, or of foreigners who get sick here in the region”, explained Ana Cristina Guerreiro.

Of the active cases, of which only 40 are imported cases – referring to Portuguese who arrived from abroad or tourists.

“[These are] Portuguese who were on vacation in Spain or foreigners of various nationalities who fall ill in our region”, she exemplified, adding that imported cases represent 17% of active cases in the region.

According to Ana Cristina Guerreiro, many of the tourists who arrive in the Algarve come from areas that are considered affected areas. Questioned by journalists about their countries of origin, the official said they were of “dispersed nationalities”.

The president of the District Civil Protection Commission, António Miguel Pina, took the opportunity to devalue the number of imported cases, taking into account that the population in the Algarve triples during the summer months.

Covid-19: More than 30 athletes and members of the Louletano football team infected

A total of 33 athletes and members of the senior football team at Louletano Desportos Clube tested positive for covid-19, a source from the Algarve Regional Health Administration (ARS) told Lusa today.

According to the same source, the first case was diagnosed on Wednesday and during Thursday “the team was studied”, and it was decided that “everyone should be tested” today.

All professionals were “placed in isolation”, as well as “all direct contacts, both positive and negative”, he added,

Louletano Desportos Clube’s senior football team is playing in the Senior Portuguese Championship.

Algarve Summer Situation

At a time when summer is coming to an end, José Apolinário, Secretary of State coordinating the implementation of the Declaration of the Situation of Alert in the Algarve, made a point of hghlighting the “great commitment of beach entrepreneurs and concessionaires”.

“Two months ago, we often discussed the conditions of access to the beaches, with huge doubts. We can say, at the end of August, that there was a great involvement, commitment and spirit of articulation between everyone and that shows a safe and open region to the world”, he considered. For what is yet to come – September and October – Apolinário expects “a long summer”.

“We are committed, over the next two months, from September to October, to make it a long summer with great events, such as golf Masters, Formula 1 and Moto GP”, he said. Regarding the response of the National Health Service, Josélia Gonçalves, member of the ARS Algarve Board of Directors, said that the current scenario “gives confidence”.

“We continue to strengthen the response capacity. Today we are going to sign 17 more nursing contracts, for example, to reinforce primary health care and this reinforcement has been a constant in recent months. Right now, we have five areas dedicated to Covid and we have the capacity to create five more », he explained.

Algarve arrivals

The opening of the travel corridor with the United Kingdom is already having a positive effect on the Algarve’s economy, with the increase in new reserves and the reactivation of those that had been cancelled, especially for September and October. At Faro airport, the increase in passengers is already noticeable, with British tourists telling Lusa that they were waiting for the lifting of the quarantine requirement imposed by the British government to be able to travel to Portugal.

“We had nothing prepared. As soon as they said we could go on vacation, we booked the plane trip and then looked for a hotel”, said James Meakin, just arrived from London.

Other passengers on the flight from the British capital reveal that it was only after lifting the quarantine requirement on their return to the country that they decided to travel, with a tourist considering that “it would be disrespectful for people from the other country to travel against travel advice”. Also just arrived on a “completely full” flight, Soraya Halabi highlighted the “orderly and respectful” way in which “all passengers wore a mask”, on a trip where “families with children” predominated.

Amanda Reverten, on the other hand, revealed that her “first time in Portugal” happens after having cancelled her vacation in “Spain, then in France and Croatia” due to the imposition of the British government, on a trip that was “scheduled a few hours later” from the announcement of the removal of the country from the ‘black list’ ”.

Situation Report Azores – 29th September 2020 – From our colleague in the Azores
The Regional Health Authority has reported that, from 4100 tests carried out in the two reference laboratories in the Region since the 25^th of September, twelve positive cases of COVID-19 on the islands of São Miguel, Terceira and Faial, have been diagnosed.
All the cases have been detected at the airports during the required screening procedure or on the follow-up test carried out on all arrivals to the region on the 6^th day of the stay.
All the cases arrived in the region by air from continental Portugal.
The cases are all in a stable clinical condition and the procedures defined for the confirmed case, testing and surveillance of close contacts, as well as all those inherent to the deepening of the epidemiological investigation, have already been carried out by the Local Health Delegations.
Three recoveries were recorded on the island of São Miguel, bringing to 181 the number of recovered cases of COVID-19 in the Region.
So far, 302 cases of infection with the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19 disease, have been detected in the Region, with 73 active positive cases currently, of which 49 on the island of São Miguel, 11 on Terceira island, five on Pico island, four on Graciosa island, three on Faial island and one on Santa Maria island.
Pandemic prevention and containment measures should be maintained and strengthened, whenever possible, by citizens and public, private and social sector organizations.
The Regional Health Authority reiterates the need to comply with all recommendations already made public in this regard, especially that, in case of symptoms, do not seek a Hospital or Health Unit, but call the Azores Health Line – 808 24 60 24.
For more information, visit the website created by the Government of the Azores on pandemic control in the Region, at https://destinoseguro.azores.gov.pt/ , or the Facebook page of the Regional Health Directorate, at https: / /www.facebook.com/DirecaoSaudeAcores/ .
Situation Report Azores – 25th September 2020 – From our colleague in the Azores
The Government of the Azores, through the Vice-Presidency has decided to extend the deadline for submitting applications, until the end of this year, for Azorean companies to continue to access financial support for the purchase of protective equipment and the adaptation of establishments. This will allow companies to comply with Health Department recommendations
According to a Government Council Resolution published today in the Official Journal, December 31st will become the deadline for submitting applications for the Support Program for the Adaptation of Companies in the context of COVID-19, and its presentation must be made through an electronic form available on the website of the Regional Directorate for Support to Investment and Competitiveness (DRAIC) on the Internet.
Under this exceptional program, Azorean companies can access additional support that includes the ‘non-refundable’ contribution of 85% towards the purchase of personal protection and hygiene equipment up to 5,000 euros. This must satisfy compliance of the conditions indicated by the Regional Health Authority, aimed at micro and small companies and cooperatives.
This extraordinary measure allows one application per company, making it possible, in the case of an entrepreneur who operates several establishments, that the maximum amount of eligible investment is 15 thousand euros. Expenses can include funds for the installation of protective barriers, among other moderating and physical distance equipment, the reorganization and adaptation of workplaces, as well as the purchase of devices, personal protective equipment, including masks, gloves, visors, among others, are eligible.
The Government of the Azores also decided to extend until December 30th the deadline for submitting applications for projects to adapt facilities of amounts between 5,000 and 40,000 euros, with a maximum execution period of six months, which may under exceptional circumstances, up to 120 thousand euros for companies that own several establishments, within the scope of the Subsystem of Incentives for Local Development, of the Incentive System Competir +.
The Regional Government will grant a non-refundable incentive of 70% of the eligible expenses related to layout alteration works, to the acquisition of machinery and equipment that are necessary to comply with new working methods, for the acquisition and installation of hygiene equipment, among others things, aiming at adapting facilities to established standards.
These projects should have an impact on the modernization and optimization of the physical structures of premises, the introduction of innovative equipment or on the creation or maintenance of jobs, but without neglecting compliance with the guidelines defined by the regional authorities for the reopening of establishments and resumption of activity. The Government of the Azores, in just three months, has already received around 300 applications from small and medium-sized companies for support for the purchase of protective equipment and adaptation of establishments in the context of COVID-19.
New Cases
Since the 22nd of September and after 3,587 tests for COVID-19 in the two reference laboratories there have been 13 new cases and one recovery. There are currently 5 transmission chains active in the region.
A total 290 cases of infection by the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which causes COVID-19 disease, have been detected in the Region, with 66 active positive cases currently, of which 45 on the island of São Miguel, 10 on the island of Terceira, six on the island of Pico, four on the island Graciosa and one on the island of Santa Maria.

Situation Report Azores – 22nd September 2020 – From our colleague in the Azores
Press release from the President of the Regional Government of the Azores
“The Government Council, meeting in Ponta Delgada, this Monday, analysed the situation of the Covid-19 pandemic in the Azores, as well as the set of measures that in this regard have already been implemented in the Region, from the perspective of those directed at the screening and containment of positive cases, whether from the perspective of support aimed at companies and workers, within the scope of its economic and social effects.
Over these six months, the Government of the Azores has implemented 98 measures to support the maintenance of employment, the disposable income of families and to encourage the economy and the maintenance of the productive capacity of companies, to minimize the social and economic effects of the pandemic of Covid-19.
The combined effect of these measures has allowed the Azores to be the only Region in the country that has managed to maintain the level of employment in the last six months, without registering an increase in unemployment.
In practice, the measures taken have ensured that Azorean companies have significantly higher support than other companies in the country, and non-repayable financial incentives, which substantially contribute to personnel expenses, provided that they maintain all jobs.
To help the resumption of economic activity, new supports were created, innovative in the national context, which reinforced the non-refundable support for the maintenance of employment and created new support for the training of workers, in the period of less activity, increasing the conditions for companies to continue to maintain all their jobs.
In terms of the protection of public health, the system of screening and surveillance in force in the Azores has proved to be absolutely essential for the detection of positive cases, whether tests carried out prior to departure, destined for the Azores, from zones considered to be of active community transmission or with active transmission chains, either from the tests carried out on arrival, or, and very significantly, in tests carried out on the 6th day.
Covid-19 Situation
As of today, September 22, the Region presents the following epidemiological situation:
Since March 16th, a total of 277 cases of infection with the new coronavirus have been detected, with 16 deaths.
Currently there are 55 active positive cases, of which 43 on the island of São Miguel, eight on the island of Terceira, three on the island of Pico and one on the island Graciosa.
With the cases diagnosed and after an epidemiological investigation carried out so far, five chains of local transmission are identified on the island of São Miguel.
Since March, there have been 175 recoveries and there is no hospitalization in the Region by Covid-19 since May 24th, that is, more than 120 days.
In addition, within the scope of the system for screening passengers from abroad, 73 positive cases were detected in the screening tests carried out in the network of laboratories agreed outside the Region, as well as 71 positive cases detected in the tests carried out at airports on arrival in the Azores. .
It should also be noted that the tests carried out on the 6th day after the first test, a procedure that, nationwide, is only carried out in the Azores, has detected 40 positive cases of infection with the new coronavirus.
This data shows us that, until now, the system of testing and detecting positive cases has fulfilled its function, contributing, to the creation of safe conditions for the Azoreans in the gradual process of returning to normality.
Regional Health Service
As part of the preparation for the response to the Covid-19 pandemic, work has been carried out to strengthen the capacity of the Regional Health Service, which currently has:
– 82 ventilators, which represents an increase of 54% in the number of these devices in relation to March, when the current pandemic situation started.
– 26 rooms of negative pressure distributed by the hospitals of Ponta Delgada, Angra do Heroísmo and Horta, twice the number that existed before the pandemic.
– a processing capacity of around 1,800 tests per day in the two public laboratories operating in the Region, there have been days when this capacity has gone beyond that, when, in March, the installed capacity in the Region was around 250 daily tests , an increase of about 620 percent.
In addition to this current capacity, there are about 207 sample collection points spread across the continent and Madeira.
In total, since March, more than 170 thousand PCR tests have been carried out, about 134 thousand of which in the two public laboratories in the Region and about 36 thousand tests in the network of laboratories agreed outside the Region.
The average stock of personal protection equipment in most health units in the Region is 300 days, and in some cases, additional acquisitions of some types of this material have been ordered.
Despite the fact that the Region is better prepared, as a result of the work carried out over the past months and involving several entities, the situation of the pandemic at the international and national level, which is compounded by the arrival of autumn / winter, will impose additional precautions, as we take the necessary measures to continue the balance between safety and confidence in the resumption of social and economic life in the Region.
Government Council – reinforcement of measures
In this sense, the Government Council, in the scope of reinforcing the measures of screening, detection and containment of eventual positive cases, decided:
1 – Proceed with the acquisition of 100 thousand rapid tests, which will allow to reinforce the capacity to screen for possible positive cases of Covid-19 in schools and nursing homes in the Region.
These rapid tests, approved by INFARMED, are a complement to the PCR tests, will be another screening tool, allowing, in less than half an hour and in a decentralized way, the testing of suspected cases of infection, the confirmation of cases of active infection and the tracking of contacts, with the adoption of the respective procedures.
Its use will be for situations where it is necessary to assess, quickly, any contagions, along-side the tests for PCR.
2 Starting tomorrow, September 23, the annual flu vaccination campaign, starting with the Residential Structures for the Elderly and Integrated Continuing Care Units, covering users and employees, followed by health professionals and the rest of the population benefiting from free vaccination.
3 – Create a reception centre in the Palace of Santa Catarina, in Angra do Heroísmo, with a capacity of up to 62 beds, for patients admitted to a hospital unit or sheltered in residential structures for the elderly and / or other situations that may be justified. In order to increase the number of rooms and beds available, similar to the space already created for the same purpose in São Miguel.
4 – Reinforce the screening for SARS-CoV-2 for employees of Residential Structures for the Elderly, Residential Homes for People with Disabilities, Integrated Continuous Care Units, Health Homes and Home Support Service, on the island of São Miguel, passing from a monthly to biweekly.
5 – Establish the frequency of testing for the SARS-CoV-2 virus to health professionals who provide services in the structures of the Regional Health Service of the island of São Miguel, every 15 days, instead of monthly, as currently takes place;
6 – Create two teams of professionals, namely in the area of nursing and support for the elderly, who will be in a state of readiness in order to supply, immediately, a possible shortage of human resources resulting from an outbreak scenario that may occur in residential structures.
One of the teams will be based on the island of São Miguel and the other on the island of Terceira.
7 – To recommend to Private Institutions of Social Solidarity and ‘homes’ with residential reception and home support service, on the island of São Miguel, the adoption of a methodology for organizing working hours in “mirror”, in order to guarantee the existence of an available team, in case of contagion by Covid-19 of the working team.
In this regard, a new financial instrument aimed at these institutions will be created, to compensate for the possible increase in personnel costs resulting from the adoption of this measure.
8 – Reinforce support for IPSS and ‘Homes’ that manage social responses, through the constitution of mixed Health and Social Solidarity teams to verify the specific operating conditions of these structures with a view to preventing and controlling infection by Covid-19.
9 – Provide guidance to public schools in the Autonomous Region of the Azores for the adoption of the rule of only having the physical presence of teaching and non-teaching staff, who eventually returned from traveling outside the Region, after obtaining two negative tests of screen for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, including the test performed on the 6th day;
10 – Create a financial incentive to conduct screening tests for SARS-CoV-2 prior to shipment to the Region from areas considered by the World Health Organization to be areas of active community transmission or with active local transmission chains, usable exclusively in purchases of goods or services in the Region, also serving the purpose of stimulating local economic activity;
11 – Recommend the use of a mask in open public spaces with a large concentration of people, that is, in places with greater difficulty in guaranteeing the recommended physical distance.
This recommendation will soon be subject to the respective guidance of the Regional Health Authority.
This recommendation is especially relevant for cases in which the result of the screening test carried out on the 6th day is awaited, and those who are in these circumstances must also pay special attention to compliance with other public health protection measures.
In addition to these, and within the scope of measures to support various activities affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Governing Council also decided to:

Situation Report Azores – 18th September 2020 – From our colleague in the Azores
The Regional Secretary for Energy, Environment and Tourism revealed today that the WTO – World Tourism Organization has highlighted the work of the Region under the ‘Clean & Safe Azores’ seal.
The ‘World Tourism Organization’ has said that “The Azores, as the world’s first archipelago certified as a sustainable destination by ‘EarthCheck’ / GSTC, consider this initiative essential for companies and tour operators to implement safe work measures and for that, through concerted action, the promotion and reinforcement of destination security”.
Marta Guerreiro expressed “great satisfaction” for this distinction, which she considered to be “another recognition of the successful work that the Government of the Azores has carried out with regard to the creation and implementation of health security measures in the tourism sector”.
The ‘Clean & Safe Açores’ initiative aims to recognize tourism entities that comply with the recommendations of the Regional Health Authority, after working in partnership with regional entities representing the sector.
IPDT – Tourism and Consulting, is the entity responsible for the design, organization and execution of training sessions.
The Government of the Azores scheduled multiple free training sessions, divided by thematic areas, according to the modules of the Manual of Good Practices, which can be consulted at https://clean-safe.azores.gov.pt/ .
The objective is to prepare for the return of tourism in the Azores by improving the provision of tourist services, from the health point of view, reinforcing the trust of customers and visitors. The training also aims to raise awareness among tourist organizations about cleaning, hygiene and basic measures for the prevention and control of COVID-19 infection and to provide information to participants to help them adapt these procedures for their businesses.
Covid-19 update
The Regional Health Authority has reported that, from 3197 tests carried out in the two reference laboratories in the Region since the 15th of September, only two positive cases of COVID-19 on the island of São Miguel, have been diagnosed.
Both cases were detected at the airport during the required screening procedure or on the follow-up test carried out on all arrivals to the region on the 6^th day of the stay. They arrived from Europe and Portugal. There have been six recoveries in the region.
So far, 259 cases of infection by the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which causes COVID-19 disease, have been detected in the Region, with 42 active positive cases currently, of which 33 on the island of São Miguel, six on Terceira Island, two on Pico Island and one on Graciosa Island.

Situation Report Azores 15th September – 16th September 2020 – From our colleague in the Azores
Travellers wishing to disembark in the Azores have, from now on, the web tool ‘My Safe Azores’, which makes the health control process on entering the archipelago easier and faster.
It is available here, at https://mysafeazores.com /. It allows passengers to carry out, in a single interaction and in advance, all the steps that the traveller must follow upon arrival in the Region.
Through this tool, passengers can schedule their SARS-CoV-2 test by the RT-PCR method within 72 hours before departure, in laboratories agreed with the Region in mainland Portugal and in the Autonomous Region of Madeira, fill in and send in advance the Risk Assessment and Early Detection Questionnaire and also attach the negative result to your individual process.
When passengers complete the Risk Assessment and Early Detection Questionnaire, they receive a code generated by the application, which can be presented at the airport, making the circulation process easier and faster.
Passengers arriving in the Region with a screening test and a negative result attached to the platform, previously validated by the Health Delegation, can present the code and leave the airport.
For passengers taking the screening test on arrival, the process is also faster, as their data is automatically integrated.
Ponta Delgada Airport will now have new arrivals systems for disembarking passengers.
This is an action of the Government of the Azores, through the regional secretariats of Health, Transport and Tourism, in partnership with ANA – Airports.
There are now three clearly marked zones both airside and landside:
• Inter-islands – yellow zone.
• Passenger disembarking from the outside without a test – blue zone, with three infrastructures equipped with six air-conditioned offices, which guarantee comfort, privacy and security to its users, whether health teams or passengers, where tests will be carried out for SARS-CoV-2, as well as additional infrastructure for logistical support;
• Passenger disembarking from abroad who have test – green area, with six open infrastructures for reception and speedy treatment of passenger processing.
With this separated flow management, the intention is to avoid congestion and crossing between inter-island passengers and those disembarked from abroad, as well as those who have tested against those who have not yet done so.
All the infrastructures created are numbered to facilitate the movement and guidance of passengers and have specific areas for priority situations.
This is one of the measures that allows for greater efficiency in the service provided, receiving passengers with a welcome message.
In this context, the support of the employees of the Regional Directorate for Tourism is highlighted in guiding passengers throughout the process, in addition to the usual reception and welcome to our visitors.
Communique from the Regional Government.
The Government of the Azores, in an extraordinary meeting of the Government Council held on September 14, by videoconference, decided:

Determine, in terms of readiness and response, within the scope of the Legal Regime of the Civil Protection System of the Autonomous Region of the Azores:

a) The extension of the declaration of the situation of public calamity on the islands of Santa Maria, São Miguel, Terceira, Pico and Faial until midnight on 1^st of October.
b) The extension of the declaration of the alert situation in the islands of Graciosa, São Jorge, Flores and Corvo until midnight on 1 October.
2. To determine that, after the reopening of the national maritime space to cruise ships and yachts from international ports, the normalization of the docking of these ships in the ports and marinas of the archipelago should be promoted, and provided that the respective passengers are tested on arrival, unless the Regional Health Authority dismisses it, taking into account the non-stop travel time and the absence of symptoms.
The measures provided for in this Resolution can be reversed or cancelled at any time, taking into account the evolution of the situation of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Region.
The Regional Health Authority has reported that, from 3840 tests carried out in the two reference laboratories in the Region since the 12th of September, five positive cases of COVID-19 on the island of São Miguel, Terceira and Pico, have been diagnosed.
All the cases have been detected at the airports during the required screening procedure or on the follow-up test carried out on all arrivals to the region on the 6^th day of the stay. They arrived from North America, Europe and Portugal.
There have been two recoveries in the region.
So far, 257 cases of infection by the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19 disease, have been detected in the Region, with 46 active positive cases currently, of which 35 on the island of São Miguel, eight on Terceira Island, two on Pico Island and one on Graciosa Island.

Situation Report Azores 11th September – 12th September 2020 – From our colleague in the Azores
It has been reported today that the region has been promised almost two times the amount of community funds, compared to the last cycle of assistance for the Azores. The money is awarded as a part of the European Cohesion Policy and the European Recovery Plan. The amount being given for the next cycle is 2,394.9 to be used between 2021 and 2027.
The Regional Health Authority has reported that, from 4201 tests carried out in the two reference laboratories in the Region since the 9^th of September, eight positive cases of COVID-19 on the island of São Miguel and Graciosa, have been diagnosed.
All the cases have been detected at the airports during the required screening procedure or on the follow-up test carried out on all arrivals to the region on the 6^th day of the stay. They arrived from North America, Europe and Portugal.
There has been one recovery in the region.
So far, 252 cases of infection with the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19 disease, have been detected in the Region, with 44 currently active positive cases, of which 36 on the island of São Miguel, six on Terceira Island, one on Pico Island and one on Graciosa Island.

Situation Report Azores 8th September – 9th September 2020 – From our colleague in the Azores
The Regional Secretary of Health said today at the Legislative Assembly, in Horta, that the screening tests carried out on the Continent and in the Autonomous Region of Madeira have prevented 53 positive passengers travelling to the Azores.
Teresa Machado Luciano, who was speaking at a debate on the Regional Health Service, said that testing has been the cornerstone of the region’s strategy for prevention and containment of COVID-19, with more than 115 thousand tests having been carried out in the laboratories of the region and 30 thousand tests authorised at private laboratories.
Our ratio stands at 600 tests per thousand residents, almost twice the Autonomous Region of Madeira and close to three times that of mainland Portugal.
She also said that, despite intense demand in global markets, the acquisition and maintenance of reserves of personal protective equipment was guaranteed, to safeguard professionals and users for at least eight months.
“We are better prepared, not only technically, but also in medical equipment, individual protection and facilities”. There are 80 ventilators and 26 rooms of negative pressure in the Region, 13 of which are at Hospital in Terceira, 10 at the Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo, Ponta Delgada, and three at the Hospital da Horta.
The Regional Secretariat is working, together with the Directorate-General for Health, to increase coverage for the vaccinations against influenza, as the flu season is nearly here.
The Regional Health Authority has reported that, from 4772 tests carried out in the two reference laboratories in the Region since the 5^th of September, 16 positive cases of COVID-19 on the island of São Miguel and Terceira, have been diagnosed.
All the cases have been detected at the airports during the required screening procedure or on the follow-up test carried out on all arrivals to the region on the 6^th day of the stay. They arrived from North America, Europe and Portugal.
There have been three cases of recovery in the region.
So far, 244 cases of infection by the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, have been detected in the Region, with 39 active positive cases currently, of which 32 on the island of São Miguel, six on Terceira Island and one on Pico Island.
https://destinoseguro.azores.gov.pt/

Situation Report Azores 4th September – 5th September 2020 – From our colleague in the Azores
The Vice-President of the Government has announced that the Azorean Executive has approved 706 applications for the Employment Maintenance Program, this is aimed at ensuring that Azorean companies that have benefitted from national credit lines have additional support to repay these loans, substantially reducing charges and reinforcing liquidity.
“Under this measure made available by the Regional Government, which covers all sectors of activity in the regional economy and almost all Azorean companies, 706 applications have already been approved, which contributes to ensuring the maintenance of 8,567 jobs,” said Sérgio Ávila.
The ‘Employment Maintenance Programme’, injects much needed money into the Azorean economy.
The Regional Health Authority has reported that, from 4226 tests carried out in the two reference laboratories in the Region since the 2^ndof September, four positive cases of COVID-19 on the island of São Miguel, Terceira and Graciosa, have been diagnosed.
All the cases have been detected at the airports during the required screening procedure or on the follow-up test carried out on all arrivals to the region on the 6^th day of the stay. They arrived from North America, Europe and Portugal.
The positive case diagnosed on the island of Graciosa, is a man who is, 31 years old, he had already been diagnosed with COVID-19 during his stay on the continent, and was said to be recovered by his local health authorities, he currently has remnants of the virus and, therefore, not contagious.
228 cases of infection by the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19 disease, have been detected in the Region, and there are currently 29 active positive cases, 25 on the island of São Miguel, three on Terceira island and one on Pico island.

Azores
Situation Report Azores 1^st September – 2^nd September 2020 – From our colleague in the Azores
The Government of the Azores will extend the situation of ‘Public Calamity’ on the islands of Santa Maria, São Miguel, Terceira, Pico and Faial, as well as extend the ‘alert’ situation on the islands Graciosa, São Jorge, Flores and Corvo, until September 15th.
The decision was taken at an extraordinary meeting of the Government Council held on August 31st, 2020, by videoconference and is due to the fact that in the Azores, as of August 31st, there were a total of 29 positive cases active on the islands of São Miguel, Terceira and Pico.
A ‘Safety at Home’ booklet written in conjunction with the Regional Government and Proteção Civil E Bombeiros Açores (srpcba) has been delivered to households in the region, it can be downloaded here: https://www.prociv.azores.gov.pt/fotos/documentos/1594742736.pdf
The Regional Health Authority has reported that, from 4748 tests carried out in the two reference laboratories in the Region since the 29th of August, seven positive cases of COVID-19 on the island of São Miguel have been diagnosed.
All the cases have been detected at the airports during the required screening procedure or on the follow-up test carried out on all arrivals to the region on the 6th day of the stay. They arrived from North America, Europe and Portugal. Two positive cases have flown home despite the risk to others on the flight.
So far, 217 cases of infection by the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which causes COVID-19 disease, have been detected in the Region, and there are currently 27 active positive cases, of which 24 are on the island of São Miguel, two on Terceira Island and one on Pico Island.

Madeira Report for Wednesday 30th of September

There were 10 new Covid-19 cases in Madeira since the previous Madeira Situation Report. On Saturday, there were 3 new Covid-19 cases (from 1 passenger who had arrived from the UK, 1 passenger who had arrived from France and 1 case of
local transmission) and 4 recoveries. On Sunday, there was 1 new Covid-19 case, from a passenger who had arrived from the Lisbon and Tagus Valley region. On Monday, there were 6 new Covid-19 cases (from 4 passengers who had arrived from
Poland and 2 passengers who had arrived from France) and 1 recovery. And there were no new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday.

A patient at Hospital Privado da Madeira had been
preparing for hospitalisation when he tested positive for Covid-19. It is standard procedure for patients to be tested for Covid-19 before hospitalisation. On Friday, the patient was transferred, by a special Covid-19 ambulance, to the
Covid-19 unit at Hospital Dr. Nélio Mendonça.

There are currently 60 active cases, of which 50 were imported and identified through screening at Funchal Airport, while the other 10 were a result of a local transmission. So far, there have been 218 cases and 158 recoveries.
Madeira remains the only Portuguese district and autonomous region without any deaths from Covid-19.

There are currently 28 patients in isolation at a dedicated hotel, 31 patients in isolation at their own accommodation and 1 patient is in the Covid-19 unit at Hospital Dr. Nélio Mendonça.

There are currently 8 suspected cases under epidemiological investigation and analysis. As of Tuesday, there had been 1,678 suspected cases, of which 1,460 were not confirmed.

There are 6,968 people under active monitoring and 7,708 people
in self-monitoring. Monitoring is being carried out by the health authorities of the Region’s Municipalities through the ‘MadeiraSafetoDiscover’ app.

As for Covid-19 testing on passengers who had arrived at Funchal and Porto Santo airports, 69,018 samples had been collected until Tuesday (at 17h30). Overall, as of Monday, 113,92 samples had been processed in the Autonomous Region of
Madeira.

The SRS 24 helpline (Regional Health Service – 800 24 24 20) received 153 calls from Friday to Tuesday. Overall, the total number of calls made to this helpline is 12,998.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/105312/Covid-19_Madeira_regista_tres_novos_casos_Mais_quatro_pessoas_recuperadas

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/105313/Doente_internado_no_Covid-19__foi_transferido_do_Hospital_Privado_da_Madeira

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/105386/Covid-19_Novo_caso_positivo_na_Madeira_aumenta_infecoes_ativas_para_55

https://funchalnoticias.net/2020/09/28/6-novos-casos-de-covid-19-na-madeira/

https://funchalnoticias.net/2020/09/29/ram-sem-novos-casos-activos-mas-com-8-casos-suspeitos-de-covid-19/

Christmas and New Year festivities being carefully planned

Eduardo Jesus, the Madeira Tourism Secretary, said the Madeira Regional Government is carefully planning the Christmas and New Year festivities. A tender for the provision of fireworks has been opened.. And the regional health
authorities have a crucial role to play in the planning process. The aim is for the festivities to take place while ensuring full compliance with all the safety measures required by the Covid-19 pandemic.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/105353/Eduardo_Jesus_garante_que_Governo_esta_a_preparar_minuciosamente_as_festas_de_Natal_e_fim_de_ano

Madeira to lobby for an EU-wide policy on passenger screening at the place of departure

The Madeira Regional Government will lobby the European Union to set an EU-wide policy so that Covid-19 screening on passengers takes place at the place of departure. Eduardo Jesus, the Madeira Tourism Secretary, stated this while also
highlighting the passenger screening policy adopted in Madeira. He
argued that the introduction of such a policy would be “extraordinarily important” for Madeira and for its recovery. He added that the Madeira Regional Government will continue to do everything it can to minimise the consequences of the
absence of such a policy.

Once again, he said that Madeira has an advantage in comparison to other destinations, particularly rival destinations, and is best prepared to keep people’s trust. He also highlighted the big battle Madeira had in showing several
countries that the regional epidemiological situation is “completely different” from the mainland, with the absence of any deaths from Covid-19. He reminded the effort Madeira made in proving this to the UK, which led to the biggest
British operator to double its frequencies to the region.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/105370/Covid-19_Madeira_insiste_que_despistagem_nas_viagens_deve_ser_feita_na_origem

Water supply disruption

There will be a water supply disruption on the 1st and 6th of October, from 09h00 until 15h00, in the parish of Câmara de Lobos. The following areas will be affected: Espírito Santo and Torre. The disruption will be due to scheduled
work to reduce water leaks on the water supply chain in the Municipality of Câmara de Lobos.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/105580/Havera_interrupcao_do_abastecimento_de_agua_em_Camara_de_Lobos

Power cut

CÂMARA DE LOBOS

1st October – 14h00 to 16h00

– Sítio das Fajãs do Cabo Girão (including Cable car)

– Estrada de Santa Clara (between 265 and 349)

– Estrada de Santa Clara (between 288 and 338)

– Caminho Velho do Rancho

– Vereda da Areia ao Pico do Rancho

– Edifício Quintinha do Rancho

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 (Serviço de Apoio ao Cliente): 800 221 187.

https://funchalnoticias.net/2020/09/30/publicidade-o-fornecimento-de-energia-sera-interrompido-nos-dias-horas-e-locais-abaixo-indicados-anuncio-73-2020/

Madeira Covid-19 update by Daniel Fernandes

There were 3 new Covid-19 cases in Madeira since the previous Madeira Situation Report. On Wednesday, there were no new Covid-19 cases. On Thursday, there were no new Covid-19 cases for a second consecutive day and there were 3
recoveries. And on Friday, there were 3 new cases (from passengers who had arrived from Lisbon and Tagus Valley, Poland and Spain). All new cases were identified through passenger screening at the Region’s airports.

There are currently 55 active cases, of which 44 were imported and identified through screening at Funchal Airport, while the other 11 were a result of a local transmission chain. So far, there have been 208 cases and 153 recoveries.
Madeira remains the only Portuguese district and autonomous region without any deaths from Covid-19.

There are 28 patients in isolation at a dedicated hotel and 27 patients in isolation at their own accommodation. There is currently 2 suspected cases under epidemiological investigation and analysis. As of Thursday, there had been 1,668
suspected cases, of which 1,460 were not confirmed.

There are 7,463 people under active monitoring and 8,547 people in self-monitoring. Monitoring is being carried out by the health authorities of the Region’s Municipalities through the ‘MadeiraSafetoDiscover’ app.

As for Covid-19 testing on passengers who had arrived at Funchal and Porto Santo airports, 64,985 samples had been collected until Friday (at 16h30). Overall, as of Thursday, 109,333 samples had been processed in the Autonomous Region
of Madeira.

The SRS 24 helpline (Regional Health Service – 800 24 24 20) received 119 calls from Tuesday to Friday. Overall, the total number of calls made to this helpline is 12,845. The Covid-19 mental health helpline (219 212 399 – available
every day from 9h00 to 21h00) that was set up to provide emotional and mental support to Madeira residents has received 2,204 calls, with 182 people being monitored.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/105001/Madeira_mantem__55_casos_ativos_de_covid-19_

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/105096/Madeira_sem_novos_casos_e_mais_tres_doentes_recuperados_

https://funchalnoticias.net/2020/09/25/3-novos-casos-de-covid-19-numero-total-de-activos-e-agora-de-55/

Warning on fraudulent and fake Covid-19 tests

The Parish of Calheta (Junta de Freguesia da Calheta) used its Facebook page to warn that there are vendors knocking on doors and offering to test residents for Covid-19 for a certain fee. The Parish warned that this a “fraudulent act”
and advised the population to contact the Police (Polícia de Segurança Pública) if they are faced with such a situation. It also asked the population to alert and vigilant.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/104970/Covid-19_Junta_de_Freguesia_da_Calheta_denuncia_testes_fraudulentos_de_porta_em_porta

FIA praised Madeira Rally

Jacky Jang, a FIA observer, could not find any negative aspects of the rally event organised by the rally event organised by Club Sports Madeira. The race was considered a success in terms of sport, competition and public health and
reflected the joint work that took place in preparing the event during the Covid-19 pandemic.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/desporto/ver/105103/FIA_da_nota_positiva_ao_rali_vinho_Madeira_em_tempo_de_pandemia

Free entry at the Whale Museum on Sunday

World Tourism Day will be celebrated on the 27th September and the
Madeira Whale Museum will celebrate it by offering free entry to all visitors. According to the museum, visiting it, learning more about cetaceans while exploring collections that attract both visitors of all ages “is an excellent
family program”. The museum will be open from 10h00 until 18h00. It is advised that the last entry to the museum takes place at 17h00. There will be a limit on the number of visitors allowed at the same time so it is necessary to comply
with all the employees’ recommendations.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/104952/Museu_da_Baleia_da_Madeira_oferece_entradas_gratuitas_no_dia_27_de_setembro_

Water supply disruption

There will be a water supply disruption on the 28th of September, from 14h00 to 20h00, due to scheduled work on the water supply network. The disruption will affect the following areas in the Parish of Santo António (Funchal): Caminho
da Azinhaga (until the roundabout at Álamos); Caminho do Salão; Caminho das Bróteas and Rua Antero de Quental.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/105150/Segunda-feira_havera_intervencao_na_rede_de_distribuicao_de_agua_do_Caminho_da_Azinhaga

Madeira Situation Report 23^rd September by Daniel Fernandes

Covid-19 update

There were 7 new Covid-19 cases in Madeira since the previous Madeira Situation Report. On Saturday, there was 1 new Covid-19 case (from 1 passenger who had arrived from the Lisbon and Tagus Valley region) and 3 recoveries. On Sunday
there was 1 new Covid-19 case (from 1 passenger, aged 20-29, who had arrived from the UK) and 3 recoveries. On Monday, there 3 new Covid-19 cases (from 2 passengers who had arrived from Colombia and 1 passenger who had arrived from the
UK). And on Tuesday, there were 2 new cases (from 2 passengers who had arrived from the UK) and 2 recoveries. All new cases were identified through passenger screening at the Region’s airports.

There are currently 55 active cases, of which 44 were imported and identified through screening at Funchal Airport, while the other 11 were a result of a local transmission chain. So far, there have been 205 cases and 8 recoveries.
Madeira remains the only Portuguese district and autonomous region without any deaths from Covid-19.

There are 26 patients in isolation at a dedicated hotel and 29 patients in
isolation at their own accommodation. The patient who had been in the Covid-19 unit at Dr. Nélio Mendonça Hospital has been discharged from hospital and is now in isolation at a dedicated hotel.

There is currently 1 suspected case under epidemiological investigation and analysis. As of Tuesday, there had been 1,665 suspected cases, of which 1,460 were not confirmed.

There are 7,700 people under active monitoring and 9,133 people in self-monitoring. Monitoring is being carried out by the health authorities of the Region’s Municipalities through the ‘MadeiraSafetoDiscover’ app.

As for Covid-19 testing on passengers who had arrived at Funchal and Porto Santo airports, 63,353 samples had been collected until Tuesday (at 17h00). Overall, as of Monday, 106,689 samples had been processed in the Autonomous Region of
Madeira.

The SRS 24 helpline (Regional Health Service – 800 24 24 20) received 160 calls from Friday to Tuesday. Overall, the total number of calls made to this helpline is 12,726.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/104552/Covid-19_ISAUDE_apenas_confirma_um_caso_e_contraria_os_cinco_da_DGS

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/104639/Covid-19_IASAUDE_reporta_um_novo_caso_e_cinco_em_estudo

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/104737/Madeira_regista_hoje_3_novos_casos_de_covid-19

https://funchalnoticias.net/2020/09/22/regiao-regista-mais-dois-casos-positivos-de-covid-19-activos-sao-neste-momento-55/

Paulette tropical storm

Paulette tropical storm is now about 600 Km north-west of Madeira.
Rain fall on Wednesday and on Thursday will not be heavy or a cause for alarm. The weather is likely to be very cloudy today. There will be showers that could be locally intense and often accompanied by thunder, particularly in the
afternoon.

There will also be weak to moderate wind (up to 30 km/h) in the south and stronger wind (up to 40 km/h) in mountain areas. On Thursday, the weather is likely to be very cloudy. There will be showers that could be locally intense and
often accompanied by thunder, particularly until the end of the morning. There will be also be weak to moderate winds (up to 30 km/h) in the south and stronger wind (up to 40 km/h) in mountain areas, which will move to the east from the
middle of the afternoon.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/104844/Tempestade_tropical_Paulette_esta_a_condicionar_estado_do_tempo_na_Madeira

Water supply disruption

There will be a water supply disruption on Thursday, due to scheduled work to reduce water leaks on the water supply chain. The disruption will take place from 09h00 to 13h00 and affect the following places in the parish of Estreito de
Câmara de Lobos: Barreiros, Casa Caída, Castelejo, Covão, Fajã das Galinhas, Marinheira and Pomar do Meio.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/104845/Vai_faltar_agua_em_algumas_zonas_do_Estreito_de_Camara_de_Lobos

Power cut

ARCO DA CALHETA

25th September – 09h30 to 10h30

26th September – 16h00 to 17h00

27th September – 14h00 to 15h00

– Sítio do Pinheiro

CANHAS

25th September R#8211; 09h30 to 10h30

26th September – 16h00 to 17h00

27th September – 14h00 to 15h00

– Cancela, Malhadinha, Cova Grande, Chope, Eiras, Levada do Poiso, Pomar, Ovo Girão, Vacaria and Parque Empresarial dos Canhas

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 (Serviço de Apoio ao Cliente): 800 221 187.

https://funchalnoticias.net/2020/09/23/publicidade-o-fornecimento-de-energia-sera-interrompido-nos-dias-horas-e-locais-abaixo-indicados-anuncio-72-2020/

Madeira Report 19^th September from Daniel Fernandes

Covid-19 update

There were 8 new Covid-19 cases in Madeira since the previous Madeira Situation Report. On Wednesday, there were 3 new Covid-19 cases (from 1 passenger who had arrived from the Lisbon and Tagus Valley region and 2 passengers who had
arrived from the UK) and 2 recoveries. On Thursday there were 2 new Covid-19 cases (from 2 passengers who had arrived from the UK) and 1 recovery. And on Friday, there were 3 new cases (from 2 passengers who had arrived from the UK) and
1 recovery. All new cases were identified through passenger screening at the Region’s airports.

There are currently 56 active cases, of which 44 were imported and identified through screening at Funchal Airport, while the other 12 were a result of a local transmission chain. So far, there have been 198 cases and 142 recoveries.
Madeira remains the only Portuguese district and autonomous region without any deaths from Covid-19.

There are 25 patients in isolation at a dedicated hotel, 30 patients in isolation
at their own accommodation and 1 patient is in the Covid-19 unit at Dr. Nélio Mendonça Hospital.

There is currently 1 suspected case under epidemiological investigation and analysis. As of Friday, there had been 1,658 suspected cases, of which 1,460 were not confirmed.

There are 7,492 people under active monitoring and 9,016 people in self-monitoring. Monitoring is being carried out by the health authorities of the Region’s Municipalities through the ‘MadeiraSafetoDiscover’ app.

As for Covid-19 testing on passengers who had arrived at Funchal and Porto Santo airports, 58,816 samples had been collected until Friday (at 16h30). Overall, as of Thursday, 101,718 samples had been processed in the Autonomous Region
of Madeira. In addition to testing in the Autonomous Region of Madeira, 7,483 Covid-19 tests have been carried out in the Portuguese mainland on passengers who had booked flights to Madeira and preferred to be tested before the flight.
These tests were paid for by the Madeira Regional Government and carried out in laboratories it had signed agreements with.

The SRS 24 helpline (Regional Health Service – 800 24 24 20) received 168 calls from Tuesday to Friday. Overall, the total number of calls made to this helpline is 12,566. The Covid-19 mental health helpline (219 212 399 – available
every day from 9h00 to 21h00) that was set up to provide emotional and mental support to Madeira residents has received 2,162 calls, with 182 people being monitored.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/104262/Madeira_com_tres_novos_casos_de_covid-19_e_mais_dois_doentes_recuperados

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/104374/Madeira_com_mais_dois_novos_casos__de_covid-19_e_um_recuperado

https://funchalnoticias.net/2020/09/18/madeira-agora-com-56-casos-de-covid-19-mais-um-caso-suspeito-e-um-recuperado/

More than 100,000 Covid-19 tests processed in Madeira

By Thursday, 100,896 samples for Covid-19 PCR
tests had been processed by the SESARAM (Madeira Health Service) laboratory. Samples have been collected in different places, including at Madeira International Airport, where 58,192 samples have been collected. Testing has also been
carried out in school settings, on care home staff and residents, healthcare professionals, fire-service, housekeepers, prison guards, forest guards, among others.

The team at the laboratory is led by Graça Andrade, a doctor who is a specialist in Clinical pathology. She leads a vast multidisciplinary team, with some responsible for processing samples, some responsible for sample collection in the
community and airports and others dealing with management, acquisition of equipment and planning. The SESARAM laboratory started processing Covid-19 tests on the 29th of February.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/104448/Mais_de_100_mil_testes_a_covid-19_processados_no_Laboratorio_do_SESARAM___

Navy reinforces naval presence in Madeira

The Portuguese Navy reinforced its naval presence in the Autonomous Region of Madeira on Thursday, with the deployment of NRP Setúbal due to a forecast of high seas on the islands of Madeira and Porto Santo. The Oceanic Patrol Vessel
will be in the region in order to reinforce the capacity of the regional civil protection in dealing with potential calamity situations or natural disasters and to cooperate with other State institutions that deal with maritime issues.
NRP Setúbal is led by Commander Rui Manuel Zambujo Madeira and has a crew of 46 sailors.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/104292/NRP_Setubal_reforca_dispositivo_naval_na_Regiao

Air Force has carried out more than a dozen agent medical evacuation operations in a single week

A patient who had been hospitalised at the health
centre in Porto Santo was airlifted to Hospital Dr. Nélio Mendonça in Funchal. The patient was flown by an Air Force C-295M, based at an air base in Porto Santo, and was taken to hospital by ambulance after landing at Funchal Airport.

This means that from the 7th and 18th of September, the Portuguese Air Force has carried out more than a dozen urgent medical evacuation operations between the islands. This is a very important mission the Air Force has consistently
carried out throughout the years in support of the civilian population.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/104449/Forca_Aerea_Portuguesa_ja_fez_dezena_de_transportes_medicos_urgentes_so_numa_semana_

Fares discount on Madeira-Canary Islands flights

Binter has reduced fares on flights between Madeira and the Canary Islands. The discount will apply to flights booked until the 30th of September, for travel between the 1st of November and the 15th of December. Fares will start at
€70,86 for flights to the Canary Islands on Thursdays and on Sundays. These fares are valid per flight if a return flight is booked but the fare could be different, depending on the route. Checked luggage, seat selection and a
high-quality in-flight service are included in this discount campaign.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/104438/Campanha_da_Binter_reduz_precos_nos_voos_entre_a_Madeira_e_Canarias

Ronaldo asks for Madeira to be voted the best insular destination in Europe

Cristiano Ronaldo used social media once
again to promote Madeira. This time, he asked his followers to vote for the “Pearl of the Atlantic” as the Best European Island 2020. He said Madeira is “safe, amazingly beautiful and incredibly stunning” and that “for me Madeira is
already the best island”. He added that he had already voted for Madeira and finished saying: “Let’s go, let’s take this award to my home Island Madeira”.

Information on how to vote is available on the following website:

https://www.worldtravelawards.com/award-europes-leading-island-destination-2020

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/104398/Ronaldo_apela_ao_voto_na_Madeira_como_melhor_destino_insular_na_Europa__

Madeira Situation report 14^th – 16^th September by Daniel Fernandes

Covid-19 update

There were 10 new Covid-19 cases in Madeira since the previous Madeira Situation Report. On Saturday, there was 1 new Covid-19 case (from 1 passenger who had arrived from the Lisbon and Tagus Valley region). On Sunday there were 6 new
Covid-19 cases (from 4 passengers who had arrived from the UK, 1 from Germany and 1 from the Czech Republic) and 1 recovery. On Monday, there was 1 new Covid-19 case from 1 passenger who had arrived from France. And on Tuesday, there
were 2 new cases (from 2 passengers who had arrived from the UK). These new cases were identified through screening at the Region’s airports.

There are currently 52 active cases, of which 40
were imported and identified through screening at Funchal Airport, while the other 12 were a result of a local transmission chain. So far, there have been 190 cases and 138 recoveries. Madeira remains the only Portuguese district
and autonomous region without any deaths from Covid-19.

There are 24 patients in isolation at a dedicated hotel, 27 in isolation at their own accommodation and 1 is in the Covid-19 unit at Dr. Nélio Mendonça Hospital.

There are currently 3 suspected cases under epidemiological investigation and analysis. As of Monday, there had been 1,650 suspected cases, of which 1,460 were not confirmed.

There are 7,838 people under active monitoring and 9,392 people in self-monitoring. Monitoring is being carried out by the health authorities of the Region’s Municipalities through the ‘MadeiraSafetoDiscover’ app.

As for Covid-19 testing on passengers who had arrived at Funchal and Porto Santo airports, 56,843 samples had been collected until Tuesday (at 17h30). Overall, as of Monday, 96,934 samples had been processed in the Autonomous Region of
Madeira.

The SRS 24 helpline (Regional Health Service – 800 24 24 20) received 159 calls from Friday to Tuesday. Overall, the total number of calls made to this helpline is 12,398.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/103856/Mais_um_caso_Covid_na_Regiao

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/103935/Madeira_tem_seis_novos_casos_positivos_de_covid-19

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/104033/Um_novo_caso_por_covid-19_detetado_nas_ultimas_24_horas_ha_50_casos_ativos_na_Regiao

https://funchalnoticias.net/2020/09/15/ram-tem-mais-dois-casos-activos-de-covid-19-somando-52-e-mais-dois-casos-suspeitos/

Miguel Albuquerque outraged at weekend gathering

Photos showing crowds gathering outside bars at Zona Velha, without wearing face masks, were uploaded to social media during the weekend. Miguel Albuquerque, President of the Madeira Regional Government, said the gathering was shameful.
He said that gatherings of people without wearing face masks had taken place once again and that such situation is dangerous and cannot be repeated. He begged for people to start to assume a pandemic is still ongoing. He reminded that
last week there number of Covid-19 cases in Portugal was as high as it had been in April.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/103994/Professores_que_se_desloquem_para_fora_da_Regiao_vao_ser_testados_duas_vezes

https://jornaleconomico.sapo.pt/noticias/miguel-albuquerque-o-que-se-passou-este-fim-de-semana-na-zona-velha-e-uma-vergonha-636528

Teachers who travel outside the Region to be tested twice

Teachers from schools in Madeira who travel outside the Region will be tested twice for Covid-19. The Regional Government took this decision after an increase in the number of Covid-19 cases in mainland Portugal and in several
countries. Miguel Albuquerque, President of the Madeira Regional Government said such teachers will be monitored after a first negative test and returning to school. And for added safety, a second test will be carried out.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/103994/Professores_que_se_desloquem_para_fora_da_Regiao_vao_ser_testados_duas_vezes

PSP to pay special attention to safety during the reopening of schools

The PSP (police) will pay special attention to safety during the reopening of schools. Most schools are reopening today. Once again, the PSP will pay special attention to the safety of all public, private and cooperative schools (except
higher education institutions) and their teachers, staff and students. There will be police teams from the Safe School Program (Programa Escola Segura), traffic, Road Safety and Criminal Investigation divisions. These teams will
specifically focus on the following priorities:

– Compliance with Covid-19 legislation and guidelines

– Prevention of crime and actions that could result in fines and safety promotion during home-school-home travel

– Road traffic safety monitoring

In the field of road safety, the PSP will pay special attention to the safety and restraint systems of children’s vehicles (seat belts and car seats), to the main risk factors (speeding, driving under the influence of alcohol and
narcotics, driving without legal authorisation, disrespect of pedestrian crossings and signage near schools). There will also be inspections at commercial establishments, restaurants, bars, cafés and nightclubs to ensure compliance with
Covid-19 legislation and guidelines and with legislation banning the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages to minors in public places.

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the PSP will only come into contact with students, teachers and staff in school premises if absolutely required. All PSP agents with comply with the official DGS (Direção Geral da Saúde –
Directorate-General of Health) guidelines for schools, including on the use of face masks, if they are required to meet with the school leadership or asked to intervene within a school’s premises.

The PSP has appealed for all citizens to comply with the Covid-19 legislation and guidelines and has asked families to make children aware of the DGS guidelines.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/104072/Regresso_as_aulas_PSP_da_Madeira_vai_dedicar_especial_atencao_a_seguranca_nas_escolas

Honorary Consulate of Germany reopened

Sérgio Sousa has become the new Honorary Consul of the Federal Republic of Germany in the Autonomous Region of Madeira, after a 3 year
period without one. The new consul was born, lived
and studied in Munich. He said the lack of a consul had been an issue when attempting to provide assistance to German tourists and residents in Madeira. He specifically mentioned issues such as deaths, accidents, the need for new
passports and requests for financial help. According to SEF (Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras), 549 German citizens are currently living in Madeira. However, Consul Sérgio Sousa believes the real number is over 1,000. As for German
tourists, it is difficult to know their exact number. He added that at the moment, Madeira is probably the safest Region for tourists to visit. “Martin Ney, the German Ambassador to Portugal, explained sometimes he is unable to provide
emergency assistance, from the Lisbon Embassy, to German citizens in Madeira,.” This is why, he added, honorary-consuls are useful. He also highlighted Sérgio Sousa’s excellent knowledge of the archipelago, which means he will be
Germany’s main representative in Madeira on political, economic, financial, cultural and even military matters.

https://www.dnoticias.pt/2020/9/10/73175-madeira-volta-a-contar-com-um-consul-da-alemanha-tres-anos-depois#

Bus service disruptions likely due to bus drivers trade union meeting

Grupo Horários do Funchal (Madeira bus company) announced there could be some bus services disruptions between 11h30 and 15h30, due to a staff plenary meeting organised by Syndicate Nacional dos Motoristas (a trade union). Horários do
Funchal has pledged to do everything in its power to minimise any disruption to its bus services, has asked passengers for their understanding and has apologised to passengers for any disruption.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/104101/Plenario_pode_gerar_constrangimentos_nas_carreiras_da_Horarios_do_Funchal

Power cut

FUNCHAL

17th September – 09h00 to 10h00

– Rua do Til (numbers 58 and 83)

SANTANA

17th September – 09h00 to 12h00

– Caminho da Travessa (partial)

– Rua da Igreja (partial)

– Covas, Parlatório, Teleférico da Rocha do Navio and ETAR

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 (Serviço de Apoio ao Cliente): 800 221 187.

https://funchalnoticias.net/2020/09/12/publicidade-o-fornecimento-de-energia-sera-interrompido-nos-dias-horas-e-locais-abaixo-indicados-anuncio-67-2020/

Madeira Situation report 10^th – 12^th September by Daniel Fernandes

Covid-19 update

There were 6 new Covid-19 cases in Madeira since the previous Madeira Situation Report. On Wednesday, there were 3 new Covid-19 cases (1 from a passenger who had arrived from the UK and 2 from passengers who had arrived from the Lisbon
and Tagus Valley region) and 6 recoveries. On Thursday there was 1 new Covid-19 case (from a passenger who had arrived from Northern Portugal) and 3 recoveries. And on Friday, there were 2 new Covid-19 cases from 2 passengers who had
arrived from Spain (1 male aged 10-19 and 1 woman aged 20-29) and 1 recovery.

There are currently 43 active cases, of which 30 were imported and identified through screening at Funchal Airport, while the other 13 were a result of a local transmission chain. So far, there have been 180 cases and 137 recoveries.
Madeira remains the only Portuguese district and autonomous region without any deaths from Covid-19.

There are 18 patients in isolation at a dedicated hotel and 25 in isolation at their own accommodation.

There are currently 2 suspected cases under epidemiological investigation and analysis. As of Thursday, there had been 1,640 suspected cases, of which 1,460 were not confirmed.

There are 8,011 people under active monitoring and 9,184 people in self-monitoring. Monitoring is being carried out by the health authorities of the Region’s Municipalities through the ‘MadeiraSafetoDiscover’ app.

As for Covid-19 testing on passengers who had arrived at Funchal and Porto Santo airports, 52,240 samples had been collected until Friday (at 16h30). Overall, as of Monday, 90,699 samples had been processed in the Autonomous Region of
Madeira.

The SRS 24 helpline (Regional Health Service – 800 24 24 20) received 136 calls from Tuesday to Friday. Overall, the total number of calls made to this helpline is 12,239.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/103761/Dois_novos_casos_de_Covid_sao_jovens_e_foram_importados_de_Espanha

https://funchalnoticias.net/2020/09/11/dois-novos-casos-de-covid-19-um-caso-recuperado-e-dois-suspeitos/

Madeira Regional Government reaction to UK travel corridor updates

Miguel Albuquerque, the President of the Madeira Regional Government, reacted positively to England, Wales and Northern Ireland’s decision to keep Madeira in the travel corridor. Unlike passengers travelling from Madeira to England,
Wales and Northern Ireland, passengers travelling from Madeira to Scotland must be in quarantine for 14 days. Although he expressed regret that Mainland Portugal had been removed from the UK travel corridor, he insisted that it was
entirely fair that Madeira had not been removed from it.

He said Madeira does not have a pandemic and has the Covid-19 situation under control. He explained the Regional Government had made very important contacts with the UK Government and that Chris Sainty, the British Ambassador to
Portugal, had played a very important role in taking into account the specific Covid-19 situation in the Autonomous Region of Madeira.

Indeed, Miguel Albuquerque wrote a letter to Ambassador Chris Sainty, expressing his deep gratitude for Mr. Sainty’s communication and kindness as well as for his commitment in ensuring Madeira’s wishes were safeguarded.

Miguel Albuquerque said if it had not been for Chris Sainty’s deep awareness of the specific reality of Madeira, Madeira would have been very unlikely to have been kept on the travel corridor. He finished by pledging that the Regional
Government will keep its consistent and effective work in ensuring an environment of trust and sanitary safety.

He added that it is “very important” for Madeira to be kept on the UK travel corridor so as to enable tourism to continue its gradual recovery. He said that UK tourists account for an important share of tourists to Madeira and that
there is a gradual recovery of tourism from the UK and Germany.

https://funchalnoticias.net/2020/09/11/albuquerque-agradece-empenho-a-embaixador-do-reino-unido/

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/103657/Albuquerque_E_muito_importante_o_corredor_manter-se_aberto

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/103716/Covid-19_Madeira_ja_investiu_11ME_no_rastreio_de_viajantes_e_vai_manter_operacao

€11 Million spent on passenger screening

The Madeira Regional Government has already spent about €11 Million on passenger screening operations at the archipelago’s ports and airports. There is no prediction on much it will spend in the future. Miguel Albuquerque, the President
of the Madeira Regional Government, stressed that “there is no other solution until the pandemic is under control or until a vaccine is found”, and this is “the only way to control the pandemic”. He added that “we were pioneers in
controlling entry to and exit from” Madeira, that he thought passenger screening had been “our defence” and “extremely positive for the region”. He finished by saying it will continuing and that there must be money to finance it.

Passenger screening in Madeira started on the 1st of July and upon arrival, passengers must either present evidence of a negative Covid-19 test carried out up to 72 hours before the start of their journey or be tested for Covid-19 test.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/103716/Covid-19_Madeira_ja_investiu_11ME_no_rastreio_de_viajantes_e_vai_manter_operacao

Reconstitution of oak tree fall

The reconstitution of the tragic 2017 oak tree fall took place
yesterday. This one of a number of steps that will help Judge Susana Mão de Ferro decide if this case will go to trial. The oak tree fall took place on the 15th of August 2017 and led to the death of 13 people, including a French woman
and a Hungarian woman, and to injuries to 49 people. The oak tree was nearly 200 years old.

https://www.cmjornal.pt/portugal/detalhe/tudo-o-que-se-sabe-sobre-as-vitimas-da-tragedia-na-madeira

https://www.dnoticias.pt/2020/9/7/72809-retomada-fase-de-instrucao-do-caso-da-queda-de-arvore-no-funchal

Christmas lights and fireworks confirmed for Christmas season

Miguel Albuquerque, the President of the Madeira Regional Government, confirmed that there will be Christmas lighting and fireworks during the Christmas and New Year season. He also said other Christmas and New Year festivities will be
considered depending on the evolution of the pandemic.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/103607/Covid-19_Iluminacoes_e_fogo_sao_unicas_garantias_para_ja_no_que_se_refere_ao_Natal

Water supply disruption

There will be a water supply disruption on Monday, due to scheduled work on the water supply chain to prevent water leaks. The disruption will take place from 13h30 until 18h00 and will affect Conjunto Habitacional da Achada, in the
parish of Porto da Cruz.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/103736/Interrupcao_de_abastecimento_de_agua_na_segunda-feira_no_Porto_da_Cruz_

Power cut

MADALENA DO MAR

15th September – 09h00 to 9h15 & 11h50 to 12h00

– Sítio dos Moledos

ARCO DA CALHETA

15th September – 09h00 to 12h00

– Sítio das Florenças; Sítio das Faias; Sítio das Cales e Chada, Loreto and Chã de Cima

CALHETA

15th September – 09h00 to 12h00

– Sítio do Pico Atouguia

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 (Serviço de Apoio ao Cliente): 800 221 187.

https://funchalnoticias.net/2020/09/12/publicidade-o-fornecimento-de-energia-sera-interrompido-nos-dias-horas-e-locais-abaixo-indicados-anuncio-67-2020/

Madeira Report Wednesday 9th September 2020

Covid-19 update

There were 3 new Covid-19 cases in Madeira since the previous Madeira Situation Report. There were no new Covid-19 cases on Saturday and a patient recovered. There were 2 new cases on Sunday, one from a passenger who had arrived from
the United Kingdom and one as a result of local transmission linked to a recently diagnosed patient. There were no new Covid-19 cases on Monday and a patient recovered. And there was 1 new case on Tuesday, from a passenger who had
arrived from the United Kingdom.

There are currently 47 active cases, of which 31 were imported and identified through screening at Funchal Airport, while the other 16 active cases were a result of a local transmission chain. So far, there have been 174 cases
and 127 recoveries.

There are 22 patients in isolation at a dedicated hotel and 25 in isolation at their own accommodation.

There are currently 4 suspected cases under epidemiological
investigation and analysis. One of the suspected cases is from an individual who was transferred from a hotel to Dr. Nélio Mendonça Hospital. As of Tuesday, there had been 1,634 suspected cases, of which 1,460 were not confirmed.

There are 8,278 people under active monitoring and 9,252 people in self-monitoring. Monitoring is being carried out by the health authorities of the Region’s Municipalities through the ‘MadeiraSafetoDiscover’ app.

As for Covid-19 testing on passengers who had arrived at Funchal and Porto Santo airports, 50,218 samples had been collected until Tuesday (at 16h00). Overall, as of Monday, 86,234 samples had been processed in the Autonomous Region of
Madeira.

The SRS 24 helpline (Regional Health Service – 800 24 24 20) received 357 calls from Friday to Tuesday. Overall, the total number of calls made to this helpline is 12,103.

https://funchalnoticias.net/2020/09/08/47-casos-activos-na-ram-hoje-ha-mais-um-caso-importado-e-4-casos-suspeitos/

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/103137/Madeira_sem_casos_novos_por_covid-19_e_mais_um_recuperado

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/103200/Dois_novos_casos_por_covid-19_na_Madeira

Schools reopening

The school year in Madeira is starting in the period between the 7th of September and the 11th of September, with classes staring in nursery schools and year 1 to year 9. Secondary school classes will start in the period between the
14th and the 17th of September. There will be about 6,200 teachers and 42,000 students.

The use of face masks is compulsory for students from Year 1 onwards and teachers and other staff will be tested for Covid-19.

A number of changes were introduced in the Region’s 130 schools in
order to minimise the risk of contagion and to ensure assertive action is taken whenever suspected and confirmed cases are identified. There will be different class timetables and classes will start and end at different times to prevent
gatherings at the same time. Some schools opted for two or three different starting times. The timetable was planned in coordination with public transport companies, which made some changes to their services’ timetable. Students were
equally divided into morning and afternoon timetables. Schools also set up different circulation areas. Some schools were even able to set up different patio areas for certain school years and some will have specific break times for
students of the same year.

The guideline for class sizes on years 1, 5 and 10 is usually 20 students per class, although the maximum size is 23 students per class. In most schools, students from the same class will be having classes at the same classroom and each
student will be assigned their own desk. This will allow schools to quickly identify and isolate specific areas if a suspected or confirmed Covid-19 case is identified. Remote teaching and learning will take place if there is a
confirmed case of Covid-19 in a school or class.

Jorge Carvalho, the Madeira Education Secretary, praised the “fantastic work” carried out by the Region’s schools in planning the new school year and said the Covid-19 pandemic almost forced a revolution in organising daily school life.
He highlighted measures such as testing for teachers and staff, the use of face masks by the entire school community, hand-disinfection and said that other less-visible measures were taken to ensure face-to-face teaching is maintained.
He warned the individual behaviour of students and their relatives outside the school premises will be crucial to avoid contagion and to ensure the measures adopted by schools are successful.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/103253/Covid-19_Ano_letivo_arranca_com_uso_obrigatorio_de_mascara_a_partir_do_1_ciclo_na_Madeira

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/103252/Cerca_de_42000_alunos_e_6200_professores_regressam_as_aulas_a_partir_de_hoje_na_Madeira

Saturday 5th of september

Covid-19 update

There were 9 new Covid-19 cases in Madeira since the previous Madeira Situation Report. There were 4 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, three from passengers who had arrived in Madeira and one as a result of the transmission chain in
Porto Santo. There was 1 new case on Thursday, from a passenger who had arrived from the Netherlands. And there were 4 new cases on Friday, one from a passenger who had arrived from Central Portugal and three a result of local
transmission chain linked to an individual from Central Portugal and who had spent a week in the Autonomous Region of Madeira.

There are currently 46 active cases, of which 31 were imported and identified through screening at Funchal Airport, while the other 15 active cases were a result of a local transmission chain. And a patient has recovered. So far, there
have been 171 cases and 125 recoveries.

There are 22 patients in isolation at a dedicated hotel and 24 in isolation at their own accommodation.

There are currently 3 suspected cases under epidemiological investigation and analysis. As of Friday, there had been 1,631 suspected cases, of which 1,460 were not confirmed.

There are 8,253 people under active monitoring and 9,099 people in self-monitoring. Monitoring is being carried out by the health authorities of the Region’s Municipalities through the ‘MadeiraSafetoDiscover’ app.

As for Covid-19 testing on passengers who had arrived at Funchal and Porto Santo airports, 46,387 samples had been collected until Friday (at 17h00). Overall, as of Thursday, 80,282 samples had been processed in the Autonomous Region of
Madeira.

The SRS 24 helpline (Regional Health Service – 800 24 24 20) received 187 calls from Tuesday to Friday. Overall, the total number of calls made to this helpline is 11,746.

https://funchalnoticias.net/2020/09/04/ram-com-mais-4-casos-de-covid-19-ha-ainda-mais-um-caso-suspeito/

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/102799/Madeira_regista_mais_quatro_casos_por_covid-19

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/102918/Covid-19_Madeira_registou_mais_um_caso_positivo_nas_ultimas_24_horas

Contingency plan activated after Funchal Municipality worker tested positive for Covid-19

The Municipality of Funchal informed that one of its workers tested positive for Covid-19 after his return from holiday. He did not have any symptoms, had returned from holiday on the 29th of August and had returned to work on Monday.
On Tuesday, he went into isolation in his residence after being informed that a person he had holidayed with had tested positive for Covid-19. He contacted the health authorities and tested positive on Thursday. He is currently
asymptomatic. The Municipality of Funchal activated its internal contingency plan and has been helping to identify all people he had come into contact with. The office where the patient works was thoroughly disinfected.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/102991/Funcionario_da_Camara_do_Funchal_com_teste_positivo_a_covid-19_ativa_Plano_de_Contingenci

GNR officers tested negative for Covid-19

All 32 GNR police officers tested negative for Covid-19. They were tested after a colleague tested positive for Covid-19 on the 29th of August. The Madeira Territorial Command of the GNR announced the GNR premises will be thoroughly
disinfected. It also assured that its mission and operations had not been compromised as a result of this situation.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/102757/Covid-19_Trinta_e_dois_militares_da_GNR_na_Madeira_com_teste_negativo_apos_contacto_com_caso_ativo

Ventilators donated to Funchal hospital

Grupo Pestana delivered 5 ventilators to Hospital Dr. Nélio Mendonça. The delivery ceremony took place on Friday morning and was attended by Miguel Albuquerque (President of the Madeira Regional Government) and Dionísio Pestana
(President of Grupo Pestana). This was the first delivery of a total of 20 ventilators that Grupo Pestana will donate. Miguel Albuquerque expressed his gratitude for the donation that is worth €420,000. Dionísio Pestana explained he had
been so shocked with the Covid-19 mortality rate, particularly in Italy, that he contacted Miguel Albuquerque in March so as to learn what the Region’s healthcare system required. He was told there was a need for more ventilators.
Miguel Albuquerque also thanked Cristiano Ronaldo for having donated ventilators to the same hospital.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/102981/Grupo_Pestana_entregou_hoje_cinco_dos_20_ventiladores_doados_ao_hospital_do_Funchal

German Honorary Consulate to reopen

The Honorary Consulate of Germany in Madeira will reopen. It had not had an office since 2017. The new office will be located at Edifício Concordia, in Amparo. Sérgio Filipe Correia Sousa will be the Honorary Consul of the Federal
Republic of Germany in the the Autonomous Region of Madeira. He will succeed Ricardo Dumont dos Santos, who had been in office for two decades. The swearing-in ceremony will take place on Thursday, at 18h30, at Forte de São Tiago.
Martin Ney, the German Ambassador, will attend the ceremony.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/102840/Consulado_da_Alemanha_reabre_na_Madeira

Madeira situation report from Daniel Fernandes, September 2nd 2020

Covid-19 update

There were 4 new Covid-19 cases in Madeira since the previous Madeira Situation Report. There were no new cases on Saturday and on Sunday. There were 3 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, one from a passenger who had arrived from the Lisbon
and Tagus Valley Region and two from passengers who had arrived from South Africa. There was 1 new case on Tuesday, from a passenger who had arrived from Italy.

As for the Porto Santo transmission chain, the epidemiological
investigation meant 21 people had to go into isolation, with 3 of them testing positive. The remaining 18 people remain in isolation because they could still test positive in the following days.

There are currently 44 active cases, of which 33 were imported and identified through screening at Funchal Airport, while the other 11 active cases were a result of a local transmission chain. So far, there have been 162 cases and 118
recoveries.

There are 22 patients in isolation at a dedicated hotel and 22 in isolation at their own accommodation.

There are currently 5 suspected cases under an epidemiological investigation and analysis. As of Tuesday, there had been 1,621 suspected cases, of which 1,459 were not confirmed.

There are 7,824 people under active monitoring and 9,290 people in self-monitoring. Monitoring is being carried out by the health authorities of the Region’s Municipalities through the ‘MadeiraSafetoDiscover’ app.

As for Covid-19 testing on passengers who had arrived at Funchal and Porto Santo airports, 44,426 samples had been collected until Tuesday (at 18h00). Overall, as of Monday, 77,163 samples had been processed in the Autonomous Region of
Madeira.

The SRS 24 helpline (Regional Health Service – 800 24 24 20) received 201 calls from Friday to Tuesday. Overall, the total number of calls made to this helpline is 11,746.

https://funchalnoticias.net/2020/09/01/ram-tem-mais-um-caso-activo-de-covid-19-proveniente-de-italia-ha-mais-5-casos-suspeitos/

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/102539/Covid-19_Madeira_regista_segundo_dia_consecutivo_sem_novos_casos

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/102619/Tres_novos_casos_de_covid-19_na_Regiao

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/102558/Amiga_de_Jorge_Gabriel_coloca_21_pessoas_em_isolamento_no_Porto_Santo_

Madeira to intensify contacts to prevent the end of the UK travel corridor to Madeira

Bookings from the English market increased by 64% in a week, after Portugal was added to the UK travel corridor.

However, after a national increase in Covid-19 cases, there are now fears that Portugal will be removed from the UK travel corridor later in the week, which would mean travellers returning to UK from Portugal would have to go into
quarantine.

These fears led the Madeira Regional Government to send letters to the Portuguese and British Governments, to the UK Ambassador to Portugal and to the Portugal Ambassador to the UK, explaining that the epidemiological situation in
Madeira is different from that in the rest of the country. According to Eduardo Jesus, the Madeira Tourism Secretary, the aim is for regional distinctions to be made so that Madeira is not unfairly punished once again. Indeed, he
reminded that under the European Commission’s guidelines, countries must provide regional data about the Covid-19 pandemic.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/102622/Mercado_ingles_cresce_64_na_Madeira_uma_semana_apos_inclusao_no_corredor_aereo

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/102581/Madeira_reforca_comunicacao_para_manter_turistas_do_Reino_Unido

30 Covid-19 tests carried out after GNR police officer tested positive

A GNR police officer tested positive for Covid-19. As a result, 30 police officers from the Madeira Territorial Command of the GNR, who had been in close contact with the infected police officer, were tested for Covid-19 and are now
awaiting for the test results.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/102690/Covid-19_Militar_da_GNR_da_Madeira_infetado_motiva_realizacao_de_30_testes_a_contactos_proximos

Mandatory Covid-19 testing for teachers and school staff

From today, all teachers and school staff from Madeira’s primary
schools (1º Ciclo) will be tested for Covid-19. And from the 4th of September, all teachers and school staff from Year 5 to Year 9 schools (2º Ciclo and 3º Ciclo) will tested for Covid-19.

All teachers and school staff who had travelled to the Region or who had returned and carried out a negative Covid-19 test must be tested once again, between 5 and 7 days after the first test. Teachers and school staff in this situation
must inform their school leadership so that a new test can be scheduled.

All testing will be carried out at Escola dos 2.º e 3.º Ciclos Dr. Horácio Bento de Gouveia, just as it happened when kindergartens and nursery schools reopened in May.

All students from schools in the Region will receive 2 reusable face masks, for use in accordance with the health authorities guidelines, and information regarding the new guidelines and contingency plans for their schools. The face
masks are produced in compliance with the health authorities guidelines.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/102631/Covid_-_19_Governo_manda_testar_docentes_e_funcionarios_das_escolas_da_Regiao_ja_a_partir_do_dia_2

Delay to the return of cruise ships

Miguel Albuquerque, the President of the Madeira Regional Government,
said cruise ships will not be returning to Madeira on the 15th of September, as originally scheduled. He explained this is due to cancellations that followed an increase in Covid-19 cases throughout the world and to cruise companies
that are still not confident with the idea of reopening cruise tours. He added that there is still no idea when cruise ships will be returning because cruise companies are unable to make decisions due to the uncontrolled nature of the
pandemic in the whole of Europe and in the whole world.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/102725/Regresso_dos_cruzeiros_a_Regiao_sem_data_definida_

Madeira must not shut its borders again

Miguel Albuquerque, the President of the Madeira Regional Government, said Madeira must not shut its borders again, even though its reopening is a calculated risk. He expressed his satisfaction with the success of the testing and
monitoring systems. However, he also said there had been worrying situations such as the start of a transmission chain in Porto Santo. As a result, he stressed once again the importance for people to comply with the guidelines. He
appealed for people to wear face masks, not to be tempted into keeping too short a distance from other people, to follow the hygiene rules and not to get into gatherings. He reinforced the appeal by describing a bad and risky situation
that took place in the last weekend, in which there were too many people drinking poncha (a traditional Madeira alcoholic drink) while not maintaining social distancing.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/102694/Albuquerque_Madeira_nao_pode_voltar_a_fechar_apesar_dos_riscos

Free entry on Porto Moniz natural swimming pools

In September, the Municipality of Porto Moniz is providing free entry to
the municipality’s natural swimming pools under the “Porto Moniz Revitaliza + Voucher Card” scheme. The scheme is aimed at visitors who eat in the municipality’s restaurants or who stay in accommodation in the municipality. Customers
will receive 1 voucher for each €15 spending in a municipality restaurant. For example, a family who spent €45 in a restaurant will receive 3 vouchers for free entry in the natural swimming pools. Customers who stay in accommodation in
the municipality, including local accommodation, will receive 1 voucher per person, no matter how much it cost.

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Water supply disruption

There will be a water supply disruption on Thursday, from 09h00 to 13h00, in the parish of Tabua. The disruption will affect the following areas: Candelária, Lugar da Serra, Lugares, Praia, Ribeira, Terça and Zimbreiros.

https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/102735/Interrupcao_de_abastecimento_de_agua_em_algumas_zonas_na_Tabua

Algarve Situation Report Wednesday 26th August 2020

There are five new cases of Covid-19 in the Algarve, the Directorate-General for Health (DGS) has just revealed in its epidemiological bulletin this Tuesday, August 25th.

In accumulated terms since the beginning of the pandemic, there are now 1039 total cases in the Algarve region.

In Alentejo, where there were no new cases yesterday, there are now 11 more infected with the new coronavirus, bringing the cumulative total to 898.

An illegal party on beach at Monte Gordo broken up

An illegal party with about 40 people on a beach support in Monte Gordo, municipality of Vila Real de Santo António, forced, on Friday, the Maritime Police to disperse the participants.

The authorities received a complaint that led the Maritime Police to send two agents to the scene.

According to the National Maritime Authority (AMN), the authorities identified the person responsible for the party, “having made the respective report of news” and ended the event.

Covid.19: Testing capacity in the Algarve will exceed 400% – Government

Portugal will have a broad and reinforced diagnostic network to detect the possible reappearance of covid-19 and other viruses, in order to respond in a “swift and integrated” way to new outbreaks, the government said yesterday.

According to the Secretary of State for Health, António Lacerda Sales, who announced the plan at a press conference in Lisbon, the investment is 8.4 million euros.

“Portugal is today one of the countries that tests most per hundred thousand inhabitants in Europe”, said the minister during the usual press conference to update the information related to covid-19.

The objective of expanding laboratory capacity is to double the testing capacity to about 22,000 tests per day, he said, referring that currently 10,000 tests are carried out per day at the National Health Service (SNS).

“In Alentejo and the Algarve, for example, the forecast is for an increase in testing capacity of more than 400%”, he stressed.

Monchique’s example to guarantee animal welfare is «very plural»

The minister threw the dogs pastries, gave the alpacas carrots to eat, and visited the cat houses installed in old washing machines. In between, he also attended the dog vaccination campaign in Alferce, met the volunteers who take care of the abandoned animals, as well as the new works by sculptor and ceramists Sylvain Bongard, in Largo dos Chorões, and also discovered the ongoing projects (or planned) promoted by the Câmara de Monchique to guarantee the welfare of pets in this municipality.

In the end, João Pedro Matos Fernandes, Minister of Environment and Climate Action, made a “very positive assessment” of his visit, saying “From the part that touches me, I learned a lot”.

It was just after 10 am, when João Pedro Matos Fernandes, accompanied by Rui André, Mayor of Monchique, went to see the vaccination of dogs, taking place in the warehouse of the Junta de Freguesia de Alferce.

Ana Silva, the municipal veterinarian, explained that this was the “first action taken this year outside Monchique”. “Here, the Junta de Freguesia guaranteed us all the conditions, such as a bathroom, alcohol-gel, and space for people to wait”.

Outside, in the shade of the trees, many dogs with their owners waited for their turn, not always with much patience. “Some of these are guard dogs, they are not used to seeing a lot of people”, explained a man who tried to keep a huge dog calm and quiet.

Up to that time, 40 animals had already been treated, who received the rabies vaccine, chip (if they didn’t already have it) and deworming.

“Thank you for your passion, for your work on behalf of animals and the community”, said Minister Matos Fernandes, to the municipal veterinarian and to the young veterinary nurse Zélia Carrilho, who attended and to everyone.

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