Situation Report Azores – 31st August 2022 – From our colleague in the Azores
Covid-19
In the seven days from Friday 19th August until Thursday 25th August there were 433 new positive cases of Covid-19 registered in the Azores, and a total of 2,109 tests performed. 433 people have recovered, and no new deaths have been recorded with the total still at 117 There are 446 active cases, the same number as the previous week.
There are 8 patients in the region’s hospitals as of 26th August with Covid, 1 patient is in hospital because of Covid. There are no patients in the ICU.
119529 people in the region have had Covid, that’s over 49% of the population.
Gasoline price in the Azores drops by 15.4 cents and that of diesel 14.3 cents
The price of gasoline in the Azores will drop by 15.4 cents per litre on Thursday and the price of diesel dropped by 14.3 cents per litre, according to an order published today in the Official Journal.
“Recent variations in the international market in reference prices for oil and energy products justify an adjustment in the Maximum Public Sale Price (PMVP) of IO 95 gasoline, diesel for road use and fuel”, reads the statement. order that sets the maximum prices for the sale to the public of fuels in the Azores, which comes into force on 1stof September.
The price of 95-octane unleaded gasoline is now €1.735 per litre, 15.4 cents less than the amount charged in August (€1.889 per litre).
Diesel now costs 1,602 euros per litre, 14.3 cents less than in August (1,745).
The price of coloured diesel for agriculture and fisheries, as defined in another order, is also reduced by 14.3 cents per litre.
Coloured and marked diesel consumed in agriculture drops from 1,263 euros per litre to 1,120 euros, while coloured and marked diesel consumed in fishing drops from 1,073 euros per litre to 0,930 euros.
Fuel oil with a sulphur content of less than or equal to 1%, when intended for other consumption, supplied in bulk at the distribution companies’ facilities on each island, costs 0.784 euros per kilogram, 0.03 cents less than in the previous month (0.787 euros).
Fuel oil for electricity production, supplied in bulk at the distribution companies’ facilities on each island, is reduced on the island of São Miguel from 780.88 to 777.75 euros/MT and on Terceira from 809.82 to 806, 69 euros/TM.
In Pico it drops from 968.20 to 932.28 euros/TM and in Faial from 954.11 to 918.18 euros/TM.
The price of butane gas sold in bottles, piped or in bulk does not change, ranging from €1,348 per kilogram (in bulk) to €1,618 per kilogram (24-liter bottle, made of lightweight materials, sold to the public, at the point of consumption).
The maximum prices for oil and energy products in the Azores are “changed on the 1st of each month and in amounts equivalent to the variation of the monthly Europe Price (PE)”.
In November 2021, the Regional Government of the Azores reduced the Tax on Petroleum Products (ISP) “by four cents, on 95 gasoline, and by two cents, on diesel for road use”.
Between the 18th and 30th April, it granted “an additional support of 11 cents”, to “mitigate the impact of the increase in fuel prices on the European market”.
At the end of April, the Azorean executive applied a new ISP reduction by 11 cents, “given the ongoing geopolitical and military conflict in Ukraine, as well as its impact on the increase in raw material prices, especially oil and its derivatives”.
The most recent ISP reduction took place in August, when there was a drop of nine cents for gasoline and 11.3 cents for diesel.
36.6 cents per litre of ISP are now charged for gasoline and 14.2 cents per litre for diesel.
Four people rescued from a sailing boat 574 km from Terceira Island
Four people were rescued this Sunday from a sailing boat that was sailing 574 kilometres from Terceira Island, in the Azores, revealed the Portuguese Navy.
“The rescue of the four crew was carried out on Sunday by the tanker MT Golar Seal, at 06:56 local time [07:56 in Lisbon]”, the Navy said in a press release.
On board the sailboat SV Satori, which was sailing “574 kilometres north of the island of Terceira”, were “two children and two adults of English and Canadian nationality”.
The rescue coordinated by the Ponta Delgada Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC Delgada), in conjunction with the Lajes Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (RCC Lajes), began at 23:07 on Saturday.
According to the statement, “several merchant ships and a Portuguese Air Force aircraft” were involved in the operation.
In a press release, the IPMA adds that, on the islands of the western group (Flores and Corvo) “rainfall is sometimes expected”, which can “be accompanied by thunderstorms”, from 00:00 to 18:00 local time (19:00 in Lisbon) today.
The National Maritime Authority is carrying out searches to try to locate a diver who disappeared off Faial, in the Azores, it was announced this Monday.
The Judiciary Police (PJ) intercepted a sailing boat in the Azores area carrying 1150 kilos of cocaine, suspecting that the detained crew members are part of an “international criminal organization”. The vessel in question was taken to the port of Ponta Delgada where it was searched, eventually detecting, in its structure, several hidden compartments, inside which a total of 1047 packages of cocaine were found, with an approximate total weight of 1150 kilos.