9 New cases – 2 are locally transmitted

Tobi Hughes·
Madeira News

Today there are 9 new positive cases to report.

These are 7 imported cases (1 from the United Kingdom, 1 from Germany, 1 from Poland, 1 from Italy; 1 from Finland, 1 from Australia and 1 from the northern region of mainland Portugal) and 2 cases of local transmission.

The IASAÚDE report released a few moments ago also states that there are 19 new situations that are being studied today by health authorities, 9 from the airport screening operation and 10 related to positive case contacts. Epidemiological investigations are ongoing.

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19 Responses

  2. With 300 deaths in the UK yesterday and 27,000 new virus cases it would seem a reasonable suggestion that Madeira – who to date have handled ‘their’ pandemic well – requires anyone arriving from the UK ( and from France, Germany etc) has proof of a negative test result before embarking from their home country. How else is the Madeira government going to avoid finding itself in the same mess as the UK.

    It does appear also that the second wave of the virus in Europe is worse than the first. With one public hospital it would not be difficult for the virus to swamp Madeiran treatment facilities? And a vaccine is not as near as one hoped. Maybe next Spring? Maybe.

    Having lost two friends to the virus – contracted in NHS hospitals- I am perhaps even more wary now than during the first wave. Politicians have a difficult job of balancing the economy with suppressing the virus. But unless do they do the latter there is going to be little of the former.

    So good luck Madeira with some very tough decisions for its leaders.

  3. I don’t disagree with your comments Michael .This virus is not going away any time soon . Nor is a vaccine imminently in the pipeline .
    The world is faced with an impossible situation . Economic collapse or more deaths .
    All we can do is keep going and take sensible precautions.

  5. Hi Tobi. This may be controversial but on Monday I flew back from Madeira to the UK. Not everyone wore their masks during the trip even when reminded several times by the crew. And the culprits I observed were all Portuguese and in their 20s and 30s. There have been comments on this blog about incoming tourists bringing the virus to your island, but I didn’t see one British person removing their mask for longer than it took to eat a sandwich. The worst offender put on his mask for landing and then immediately took it off to exit the plane. If I contract Covid it will not be from my fellow Londoners but from those morons on the plane. God only knows how they are behaving now they are here. By the way, we had a fabulous time in Madeira and wished we could stay. We also observed every single one of your rules while we were there.

    1. Why is it relevant observing the nationality of the ones who did not comply with the rules?

  6. Response to Antonio. As you say it doesn’t really matter what nationality those idiots were from, Alison just happened to say they were Portuguese. I’m certain if they were from another country she would have mentioned that too. For those of us who are trying our utmost to stick with the ever-changing rules, we find it so frustrating that many are treating this virus as if it’s just a bad cold. It’s quite unbelievable.

  7. I think Madeira had mostly held it together so far because of the airport measures. But like everyone knows these are not sufficient and it’s showing now with local transmission. I’m not in Funchal a lot, more on the west, and can tell you that people do not take care. In the supermarket it’s fine. But cafes, restaurants, outdoor markets, playing cards outside it’s ridiculously too relaxed. So if there is local transmission starting, it can blow up alot fast. Everyone goes everywhere on this island. I was outdoors Sunday morning at the cafe area of Ribeira brava and decided to enter one to grab a quick water. Church service had ended so it was really full. Masks of servers on chin, no desinfection of hands, talking above plates of food about to be served touching masks… I kept thinking how that could be a potential super spreader event. I hope the locals wise up now that they hear about local transmission, because it’s also in their hands, not only tourists and airport screening.

      1. I think it is OTT myself it if that is what they want I will wear a mask I the street. Back here where infection rates are rising the wearing of masks in the street is not required.

        1. “Back here where infection rates are rising the wearing of masks in the street is not required”

          Hnnnn…. so maybe it is not OTT at all since where this is not required things are not great?

          1. If you are in the open air with several metres distance between you and others then whether or not you have a mask makes no difference. If people are very close to you and I large numbers then yes, a mask is beneficial.

            1. What if I am walking around keeping social distance and sneeze or cough when passing through your table when you are having a meal in a restaurant outside?

              Look at the infection rates at Japan and South Korea where masks are widely used.

  9. Just to keep a sense of proportion – DAILY deaths from cancer in the U.K. run at about 450 and these are people dying of cancer, not with cancer. For Covid it is very difficult to find figures for when Covid is the main cause of death simply because that does not seem to be recorded. I have seen estimates that 80% of people dying with Covid have had severe(?) underlying problems.

  10. It is not possible to get test in UK unless you have symptoms and most flights come in on Mondays, 72 hours prior would involve testing on Fridays and labs closed over weekend so only way to keep Madeira safe from tourists is to test on arrival

  11. With the rise in covid transmissions it does raise concerns
    about people like your self tobi because I consider you and your blogs an essential service God forbid you don’t get infected please do all your reporting safely.

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