Madeira has 2 new positive cases of coronavirus

Tobi Hughes·
News Blog

After yesterday, the Regional Government and the health authorities confirmed the appearance of the 1st case of coronavirus infection in Madeira, namely a Dutch tourist on holidays on the island, it has just been revealed that the Region has new cases of people infected with covid-19.

According to IASaúde, which is currently holding a press conference via the Government’s Facebook page, Madeira has 2 new positive cases of coronavirus. Of these, one is from Madeira, came from Dubai and had 9 contacts; and the second is from Funchal, and is a Dutch tourist from another unspecified hotel.

The Informative Bulletin communicated by the Institute of Health Administration is currently being carried out at the premises of the Regional Secretariat for Health and Civil Protection.

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15 Responses

  5. If people would stop being so selfish and stay at home, rather than having a holiday at such difficult times, perhaps we could have avoided cases on the island. Also worth pointing out the government was just a few days late in effectively banning tourists.

  7. Oops. Read the post again and stand corrected. We are tourists and can’t wait to get home. The majority of locals treat us like we have the plague.

  8. These tourists should have never been allowed to land on your island. They are guilty of spreading this virus to such a beautiful self sufficient island which I have been visiting for well over 25 years and hope to revisit sometime soon and relies on tourists. Such a sad state of affairs caused by so many selfish people from infected areas of Europe. I feel for the hard working Madeirans.

  9. This problem has been know about for two months.
    Why do people in the midst of a crisis in their own country think to come on holiday, here or anywhere else? Totally irresponsible.

  10. Banning tourists is a sticking plaster on an open wound. The vaccination for this virus is ‘at least‘ 12 months away. I was due to holiday on the island in May and again in December, neither will probably happen now. Until a vaccination is available (and all visitors have been vaccinated) the island and its inhabitants will not be safe… question is, how long can this be sustained ?…. I would caution against ‘Anti-Tourist’ rhetoric, the road to recovery will be hard enough without giving the impression that visitors are not welcome. I love Madeira, and will always come back but not everybody thinks like me. Fingers crossed it will end well.

    1. We are due to go to Maderia at end November early December. This will be our 3rd attempt
      3rd time lucky ?
      We love Maderia Have been often over the past 20 years ??????

  11. Thankyou Robin for your sensible comment and i agree with you totally. It is completely selfish to go on holiday and put others at risk (not forgetting yourselves) at this crucial time. Who knows how many tourists on Madeira have now contracted this virus with there now being new cases and including the first one! How would you know if you have sat next to them at a restaurant or coffee bar. Something to ponder over!!

  12. Surely by keeping the airports open it gives the message to anyone that there is no problem with movement. If Madeira had shut its airports in January they would have safeguarded against tourists, however that does not necessarily mean safeguarding against the virus. Blaming tourists is evoking hatred towards them and putting them in a dangerous situation. I am more concerned about abuse towards me than catching Covid-19.

  13. We have all been misinformed by our governments. My husband and I were probably two of the last tourists to visit and flew out yesterday. When we left the UK 2 weeks ago, the virus was still being described as mild and only affecting those with underlying health issues. Which as it turns out is a significant section of the population. Portugal did not ban tourists several weeks ago for the same reason other governments didn’t – fear of the effect on their economies. This has proved to be the fatal flaw in the control of this disease. I have to say, we were treated very well in our hotel, and experienced only kindness after our flights out were cancelled. Despite a worrying week we have loved the place and hope you are able to get this under control without any more fatalities. P.s nothing said about Ronaldo flying back in after team-mate testing positive last week!!

  14. 22 years my wife and I have been visiting. 4 weeks in Feb and 4 weeks in September. Came back to UK the first day of concern started. We have so many friends on the island, yet alone the restaurants and there families. Looking at the live web cam, it’s totally weird, there is nobody out.

    How any person can say, it’s there right to go on there holiday, whilst this goes on, only goes to show the state of the world has become. Me, me, me first, it’s my right. Well thank you, muppets.

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