The President of the Regional Government assured this morning, during the visit to the Casa do Povo de Santo António, that “what is a priority is the health of Madeira and Porto Santo”. “This is the supreme value that we have an obligation to preserve,” he said, stressing that “the reopening of an activity that for us has a fundamental weight in the economy and in employment, such as tourism, must be guaranteed in terms of security” .
Miguel Albuquerque said that “all this investment that we are making means that we are going to invest in tests and only those who have a negative test within 72 hours enter the Autonomous Region of Madeira”.
Recalling that some tourist agents have already come to the public asking for the reopening of Madeira Airport. Control is needed and the ability to monitor anyone coming into the rugion with a positive result to covid-19
“The only way we can have it, is to make a gradual opening of the tourist industry is through security”, he assured, stressing that this security involves the performance of tests, the measurement of temperature on arrival and the ‘App’, so that, through computers, the situation is monitored.
Whoever does not take the test in the country of origin, can do it here, in the Region. The result, said the president, will be released in less than 12 hours.
Still in relation to the implementation of security measures, the president announced that today the structures at the airport will begin to be assembled for the various lines to carry out the tests and “everything will be ready on July 1”.
The Regional Government is also waiting for the protocol with Lisbon so that people can do the tests in the capital before flying to Madeira.
As for the fact that there was yet another case of covid-19 in Madeira, from a passenger coming from Lisbon, Albuquerque said that this situation, “contrary to what they are preaching out there”, means that “the situation of the pandemic is not controlled on the continent level, especially in the Lisbon region “.