Covid-19 Update from Daniel Caires

Tobi Hughes·
Madeira News

Today’s balance sheet – Tuesday – September 22 – regarding covid19 in the autonomous region of Madeira.

> 2 new recovered

> 2 new cases of covid-19 in RAM. These are 2 imported cases identified in the testing operation at Madeira airport, both from the United Kingdom.

> Madeira data are provided by IASaude and not by DGS. Be careful with this as DGS give different figures.

> 1 case in study.

> 0 people admitted to the hospital in the area dedicated to covid-19.

> Madeira, the only region in the country with 0 deceased for covid-19. We continued to test, to be able to isolate and recover, protecting public health.

> The region now accounts for a cumulative total of 205 confirmed cases, with 55 active cases and 150 recovered.

> There are 55 active cases, of which 44 are imported cases identified in the context of surveillance activities implemented at Madeira Airport and 11 are cases of local transmission.

Daniel Caires – 19h19
#MaisSaudeMaisMadeira
#Identify #Isolate #Recover

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22 Responses

  1. To me it is a tragedy and a criticism of the UK that in probably every Madeira virus update there are UK citizens going to Madeira and taking the Virus with them.

    Is the Madeiran government unwilling to put UK visitors on a banned list unless people here get a test say 2 days before they go and can then only go if they can produce a ‘ negative ‘ certificate. I gather it costs about £70 each to do this via a private GP in the UK.

    I do wish that Boris in his TV address this evening had singled out the selfish morons here who ignore all the rules more forcibly. 41,000+ have died here so far. And the numbers are taking off- 27 deaths yesterday – again.

    Madeira is to be congratulated on its precautions. Damaging they may be to its tourism. But the consequences of not having stringency are unthinkable for the island and its people.

    1. I have been told it is at least £150 for private tests and not always available locally or even within 48 hours of travel. Wish it WAS only £70!

  2. My daughter had to pay £170 for her test to travel to Cyprus. Reason being she travelled on a Sunday and the test had to be within 48 hrs . How lucky we were to be coming to Madeira and treated so well.

  3. Well I’m glad to say my wife and I were not the 2 imported UK cases yesterday. However Michael judging from us just eating in one of our favourite old town restaurants this evening it was pitiful down there almost empty and they were very grateful we had bothered going. The restaurants opposite and next door are completely closed with staff layed off with no government help as the owners had not been paying the stamps needed. I think a few morons traveling probably a symptomatic with Covid is a price worth paying unfortunately.

    1. If we don’t get a huge amount of tourists soon, things are just going to continue to collapse here, with hardly any help. Imagine 2 Pestana hotels open, and one only opened a week or so ago.

  4. We came earlier this month and had a test before we came and are coming back in December and will do the same. Maybe that is the way to go, if you don’t have a valid test at Gatwick etc. you don’t get on the plane?

    1. The testing system in the UK is on the point of collapse. NHS testing is NOT for people travelling. Private testing is fine but you cannot guarantee getting results back in a 72hour timeframe. So, please talk sense.

  5. Many flights from UK leave on a Monday. If Michael or anyone else can find a GP who will test (on a Saturday ?) and have the results in time for that flight , he should let us all know ! £70 wouldn’t get them off the golf course.
    Such sanctimonious tosh as Michael’s is unfortunately all too common. We were happy to visit Madeira again, had a lovely two weeks and were welcomed by all. Sadly, thanks to the Blessed Nicola, there will be fewer Scots for the next couple of months, but we will do all we can to spread the word that Madeira is a safe and wonderful place to visit.

  7. I can not understand why people take the risk being trapped in a hotel room throughout the stay or perhaps infect others on the trip.

  8. The few comments above reflect the growing gulf between those who with a heightened sense of social responsibility and are rule followers and those tired of restrictions and determined to set their own agendas. We love Madeira and want to come again soon – we are both cautious, my wife more so – not just for our own personal safety but also to be socially responsible. Have there been any instances of visitors testing positive on arrival and breaking quarantine rules? That is the biggest risk for the island. Given our caution at home i would be very surprised if we tested positive on arrival – is there any intelligence on visitors developing symptoms a few days after arrival having possibly caught it at the airport or on the plane? I understand such transmission is rare or unlikely.

  9. If like us you have been staying safe and abiding by all rules in UK since March the risk of being infected on arrival is minuscule. If however you are living in an extended family and going out socializing in large groups please stay away it really is common sense .

  10. Is there any evidence of the virus being caught on the plane?? What happens to those sitting next to/near someone who tests positive on arrival? Are they traced or notified? We are due out end October and cant decide whether to risk the flight – not at all worried about the island!

  11. Thank you for your response Tobi but I have further questions:
    1. Who pays for the hotel?
    2. does the entire party need to go there?
    3. which hotel is it?
    4. are you confined to your room or allowed out to exercise?
    5. what happens to the return flight to the UK? How do we get home? who pays for the flight after 14 days?
    There is nothing on the internet about this subject that I can find. I am seriously toying with the idea of not coming. Already the airline has moved our flight to Tuesday so we lose a day. It would be easier for us to go elsewhere without the worry of being locked up.

    1. Hi, the government pay for the hotel, I think only those positive will go to the hotel the other party members I’m not to sure, I think they will be kept a close eye on. You will stay in your hotel room most the time, I’m not sure if you will ve let out of the room, I’m not to sure on this, in the early days you stayed in your room. I think those coming from UK go to the casino park hotel. You will pay your own flight home if you are not negative before your flight is due.

  12. First of all I would like to say a huge thankyou for all the information you have supplied since the start of the pandemic. I just have one question regarding future visits to the island, do you have to reregister for every visit or do you just amend your details on the Safe Madeira site, ie date of arrival and departure.

    2. That is a very good question which I haven’t seen asked anywhere else. I wonder if Peter might have an idea?

    3. Peter did ? he said:–

      “you only register once. When you have finished your trip and you go back to madeirasafe.com for another login, it will ask you ‘add new trip’. Technically, it should be called ‘edit trip or add new’, but it isn’t. Anyway, just register once, and hold on to your login and your password. You can keep using your account endlessly, but let’s hope there will be no need.”

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