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Ten new positive cases of covid-19 in Madeira.

The president of the Regional Government, Miguel Albuquerque, is this morning at Quinta Vigia presenting the measures for this new period and said that there are ten new positive cases of local contagion by the new coronavirus and there are 40 other people being tested, already in units in hotels. The situation is serious, he added, after the results from a case in Câmara de Lobos, which was announced yesterday.

The leader of the Madeiran executive defended that it takes time to mitigate the covid-19’s containment measures, that the virus is highly contagious and gave examples such as Singapore and Macau that retreated in lifting the confinement.

The control of external accesses, the confinement of the elderly population and the prohibition of gathering and people will remain.

Masks are recommended for use by the entire population and are mandatory from 0 am on April 22, Wednesday, for all activities in contact with the public, such as markets, bakeries, fruit shops, butchers, distribution and others.

The sanitary fence in Câmara de Lobos is not excluded, and further measures will be taken at the end of the day.

From DN

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14 Responses

  1. We are still awaiting our masks in Garajau?? and that is bad news, we were doing so well.

  2. My thoughts and prayers are with you all in our beloved Madeira that this wretched COVID-19 disease will be brought under control and that we will be able to return to at least a sense of normal life (however that might manifest itself!) and enjoy your wonderful hospitality, food, flora and Fauna as well as, of course, bolstering your tourism economy once again ASAP. Keep safe and well everyone…we love you Madeira and miss you greatly ?? but rest assured that you’re all with us in spirit and, in particular, at this very poignant and sad 1st anniversary of the horrific Caniço coach crash. RIP dear souls ?? xx

  4. This is terrible and from what I read, these new cases all seem to be linked to the one detected yesterday. How did the patient have so many (50, if we count the 10 new cases and 40 undergoing testing) contacts? Were they an essential worker? I wonder whether they will indeed lock down Câmara de Lobos, as the article says it is not off the table.

    1. “Contacts of Contacs”. Those 40 were not directly in contact with the first case but were in contact with the 10 found positive.

  5. Sorry, I don’t understand. I thought so far all the cases were people in quarantine. If one person, by not respecting the rules, has infected all these people, that just shows how lack of discipline and a selfish attitude screws it up for us all!

    1. It appears that these cases came from someone who only just found out they were infected yesterday by people from the mainland who have since left the region, so wouldn’t have been in quarantine.

  6. He has since said that the person who has spread it to these 10 was infected on the 15th of March, but only displayed symptoms a couple of days ago.

    I believe this is the 3rd such case here where a person has had such a long incubation period before showing symptoms or testing positive.

    It is clear that the incubation period can be much longer than previously thought and therefore THE CURRENT 14 DAY QUARANTINE PERIOD IS INSUFFICIENT AND MUST BE EXTENDED.

    I have a great deal of respect for the way that they are attempting to handle the virus here, and the low amount of cases that they’ve had compared to other islands is remarkable (Azores well over a hundred with half the population, Tenerife well over a thousand, Gran Canaria 500 plus, Malta over 400, Channel Islands 470, Cyprus 750, Iceland 1700, over a thousand in the Baleric Islands / Sicily / Sardnia etc etc) But clearly there is a big hole in their strategy….. 14 days is not enough as the incubation period is often longer than that and even if they test everyone after 14 days it may not show up positive for a few more days (as has already happened recently with another case where IASaude were suspicious of a negative test on day 14 so kept the person in quarantine longer who then exhibited symptoms a week or so later and then tested positive.)

    It might inconvenience people and cost the island a bit more but it must be done to give the island a chance.

    1. True. It is becoming obvious that this damned virus is not following precise patterns. Then again, no other virus has, they key point is that this one can be really nasty.

      Every human being is an individual and each one will be affected differently. Gestation periods will vary. In some the virus may lay dormant for some time and then erupt. Others will be full-blown carriers showing no symptoms.

      It is going to be with us for a long time yet.

    2. Yes it seems the younger generation, are the ones that the symptoms don’t show, so imagine in other places in Europe how much this could be spreading and they won’t know for about 3 weeks.

  7. The problem here is simple; selfish idiots not respecting the rules, not socially isolating and going out mixing with friends and family. Maybe the people recommending going out on the street to protest at the closure of beaches will now understand why the government is being overcautios………. because very sadly some people just cant be trusted to stick to the rules and respect the safety of the community.

  9. The word quarantine comes from a naval term meaning stay on the boat for forty days. A yellow flag is used to identify a boat undergoing the isolation. Maybe the old sailors were right!

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