MASKS TO BE DISTRIBUTED IN MADEIRA NEXT WEEK

Tobi Hughes·
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The masks will start to be distributed in the Region from next week, as announced by the regional secretary for Health and Civil Protection, Pedro Ramos.

According to the minister, two masks will be available per household and delivery will be made by CTT services, together with information on how to proceed with its proper use.

A video will also be published with instructions on the correct use of masks in the various portals, namely the Government, SESARAM and IASAÚDE.

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18 Responses

  1. Do I understand this article well? Do we get 2 masks? For what? It is proven when you keep enough distance that you can’t get Corona. Even by wrong use of the masks, you have more chance to get a diseas. And most important thing in the whole world they don’t have enough mask for people working in the healthcare and here we get them in our mailbox.

    1. You can get Corona by touching contaminated surfaces and then taking your hands to your nose and mouth. You can’t also prevent someone undeliberately coughing or sneezing when you are on supermarket, bank, bakery, etc. The mask is not supposed to eliminate all the remaining precautions like social distance. Several countries are using succesafully it like Austria.

    4. instead of being thankful you critisize? Go donate your masks to the next hospital.

  2. Delivered by CTT? Not in mailboxes I hope. The opening on our mailbox would crush any mask.

  3. After going out in mask you collect bacteria on it, it supposed to be destroyed immediately after use otherwise it becomes health hazard itself. What is going on ? They should know it.

  4. having seen so many people using masks on our journey home a few weeks ago we were amused by some people who would go the shop in the airport buy a water then proceed to hand over their money and get their change without wearing gloves, lift the mask and proceed to drink from the bottle, kept us amused… the biggest source of amusement were the men with beards who would lift the masks to give their nest a good old scratching and then put the lid back on that lovely moist soup of germs…
    now that the government are making you wear the mask then the CDC guidelines on beards are in the following link https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/cdc-face-masks-coronavirus-beards-respirators-facial-hair-mustache-graph-a9361981.html
    Tobi, you and Nelio should start a movement going #shaveitoff, stopthatcough…. try and get Mr Albequerque to comply with this as well… it would be interesting to see him not looking like a Bond villain for a change

  5. Masks may not give complete protection, but they give a hell of a lot more protection than wearing nothing at all!

    In countries where they wear masks such as Japan and South Korea they have far lower transmition rates than in northern europe. Its not rocket science. You can wash your hands until you’re blue in the face (and yes obviously you should wash your hands) but the cold hard truth is that the majority of infections are from breathing it in, and masks stop a lot of the germs getting to a person.

    Not only that, but even if a small amount of the virus does get through a mask, say from someone coughing near you, this is far better than if the entire cough got to your face unfiltered, as you will have been exposed to a lower initial viral loud, which gives your immune system more chance to recognise the threat and adapt to it. Its like fighting a small army Vs fighting a large army. This can make a massive difference to a persons prognosis and may well go towards explaining why some people only get mild symptoms and others are overwhelmed.

    They should have them all around the world now, healthcare professionals especially. I applaud the authorities in Madeira for doing this, they are actually looking after their people. If healthcare workers in other countries dont have adequate PPE then its the fault of the governments of those countries, not the Madeiran government which is being responsible and looking after its people.

  6. Dream on, with 2 masks. Where do we get the others? And just think about yourself, the rest of the world doesn’t count. Especially when you know from which countries the masks and the money comes.

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