Covid -19 Update

Tobi Hughes·
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Thanks again to Daniel Caires for this update.

Today’s balance sheet – Tuesday – August 4th – at 6 pm regarding covid19 in the autonomous region of Madeira

> 1 new positive case to report. Of the situations reported yesterday, another suspected case that was under study was not confirmed.

> There are two new suspected cases of Covid-19 in Madeira – This Tuesday, in the context of the screening activities implemented at Madeira Airport, two more suspicious situations, which are under study, were identified, IASAÚDE announced. Epidemiological investigations and laboratory tests are ongoing.

> In total, the region records 117 confirmed cases of COVID-19, of which 98 are recovered cases and 19 are active cases.

> The 19 active cases consist of 16 imported cases identified in the context of the surveillance activities implemented in the COVID-19 Screening Unit at Madeira Airport and 3 cases of local transmission.

> There are 7,314 people under active surveillance in the Autonomous Region of Madeira.

> In total, 16,704 people are being accompanied by the health authorities of the various municipalities in the region, using the ‘MadeiraSafeToDiscover’ application.

> Regarding the total of tests carried out in RAM, the same entity records, in the daily bulletin, that 48,447 samples were processed (until the end of 03/08/2020).

> In the context of the operation of screening travelers at the ports and airports of Madeira and Porto Santo, IASAÚDE reports a cumulative total of 20,315 test carried out at the site (until 17:30 today).

Daniel Caires – 7:10 pm
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7 Responses

  2. August 5th..and slowly but steady the number of active cases is creeping up!

    Since the beginning of July, when we only had 2 positive cases (!), tourists are welcome on the island again.
    Very understandable, tourists are needed to keep the economy of the island going but…in one months time we went from 2 to 21 active Covid-19 cases, all but 3 brought in via the airport!

    And please don’t forget that there are tourists walking around without symptoms but still carrying the virus and spreading it all over the island.
    This is only the beginning since the biggest amount of tourists are yet to come and we have a the rally this weekend, wine festival and flower festival in Sept. and if I’m correct, cruise ships will be welcome again soon also.
    I wonder if “Madeira is (really so) safe”. Lets hope I’m wrong but I’m afraid I’m not.

  3. The greatest risk to Madeira is people who won’t honor our health care professionals’ request to wear masks, stay 6 ft apart, and wash/alcohol your hands. We can do this if we do as our doctors and nurses ask us to do-just saying. And I am optimistic.

  4. Unfortunately Madeira is trying to prevent the unpreventable. SARS-Cov-2 is a highly contagious respiratory disease which will infect most people no matter what. Fortunately most people will be unaffected, particularly those under 50 years of age. Madeira will have to face reality at some point or remain isolated either indefinitely or until a vaccine is successful. Sweden is the country to follow – allow the virus to spread which it will do anyway and acquire herd immunity and meanwhile protect those who are vulnerable.

  5. I understand from a Portuguese friend that staff in most businesses affected by the closedown have been paid in part by the government until the end of August and that all payments will end in December (hotels, etc…) If this is so the impact has not really happened to employees yet but should hit in the new year. Is there any other information on this as this???? Robert

    1. I think we will start seeing the close of businesses from October, this will be sad for the island. On the other hand the island is starting to get busy with tourism, if this carries on, the outlook could be a little brighter. ???

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