Covid-19 Update.

Tobi Hughes·
Madeira News

Today’s balance sheet – Tuesday – October 20 – regarding covid19 in the autonomous region of Madeira.

> 6 new cases recovered.

> 3 new positive cases to report. The three cases are imported: 2 from Germany and 1 from the Lisbon and Tagus Valley Region.

> 17 cases in study.

> 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.

> Regarding the isolation of positive cases, 51 people are isolated in a hotel
dedicated and 52 in own accommodation.

> The region now accounts for a cumulative total of 337 confirmed cases, with 103 active cases and 234 recovered.

> There are 103 active cases, of which 95 are imported cases identified in the context of surveillance activities implemented at Madeira Airport and 8 are cases of local transmission.

Daniel Caires – 7:00 pm
#MaisSaudeMaisMadeira
#Identify #Isolate #Recover

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10 Responses

  1. We are a couple of annual visitors and remain impressed with controls in place to keep Madeira safe…….just hope it doesn’t all go wrong when cruise ships arrive and land dozens of untested passengers

    1. There will be no untested passengers. The port has very detailed procedures ready for Saturday 24th

    2. Madeira will only accept disembarking passengers from cruise liners who have strict protocols for Covid. The Seadream I which left Portsmouth yesterday and is docking Madeira on the 24th had every passenger PCR tested 72 hours prior to boarding and were further subject to a rapid test just before boarding. Also, the limited time cruise passengers stay in the island (5 to 6 hours) is very different to the people who arrive by airplane and circulate around the island for 7, 10 or 14 days.

  3. Hi Tobi. Just saw the news that Canadians are banned from traveling to Europe due to rising cases. We were planning to come to Madeira for three month in January and this will cancel that plan all together. Very sad development.

  5. I can see that in the case of the Seadream I, the risk is rather low. All passengers were tested twice and the ship is underway for a few days before calling in Funchal. It would be a different story if the ship called in another, higher contaminated town and passengers would spread out there and then continue on to Funchal. It would essentially open an unchecked corridor between these places. That would seem fine say between the Azores and Madeira as both have close to no cases and the probability to get infected there is very, very low. It is however different with other places, like the Canary Islands which have a much higher infection rate.
    It is not unlikely that at some point a passenger may show symptoms and or get tested positive, after he has been in two or three places and obviously also in contact with other passengers and crew. Then what?

    1. Back in May the regional government of Madeira had a meeting with the Azores and Canary Islands government. By then, the suggestion of the Madeirean government was that the three archipelagos had the same health and safety protocol as it is currently in place in Madeira and Azores. This would allow a “green corridor” both for air travel and cruise ships between the islands making them more competitive. The Canary government agreed but one week later said that the testing requirement would kill tourism there. Ironicallly, even though there was a reduction, Madeira is getting far more tourist than the Canaries. Just read today that the occupancy of hotels in the Canaries is currently 6% which is far worse than the numbers in Madeira.

  6. The late October weather in Sweden is absolutely dreadful. It’s dark, cold, rainy and gloomy. I badly need a sunny vacation with a few rounds of golf. Madeira currently seems to be the safest place in Europe to visit, thanks to the measures you’ve taken to protect your region. I really hope to spend a week on your beautiful island in the not too distant future.

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