700 PEOPLE ARE LINKED TO 71 CASES OF LOCAL TRANSMISSION OF COVID-19

Tobi Hughes·
Madeira News

To the 71 cases of local transmission of covid-19, 700 people are connected that the president of the Regional Government guarantees is being controlled by the health authorities.

Miguel Albuquerque, who visited this morning, the covid screening unit at Madeira International Airport again insisted that there is no community but local transmission and rejected, at least for now, the advance of sanitary fences in Funchal and Santa Cruz.

The governor again appealed to university students outside Madeira to take the original test before traveling to Madeira for Christmas, a time that he says will be the most critical. Of the approximately 40 thousand tests carried out in continental territory, more than 100 were positive and no longer came to Madeira.

At Madeira and Porto Santo airports, the Executive expects to spend 20 million by the end of the year.

From Jornal Madeira

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17 Responses

  1. We are due to fly out on 4th Jan. Is it worth all the hassle for just one week. What’s peoples thoughts on this

    1. We live in Madeira and don’t want to put you off visiting this lovely island but as you know you will be tested at the airport and then go to your accommodation and stay in your room to await the result. If positive unfortunately you will need to go into self isolation at one of the designated hotels – I believe for 14 days. If you are negative you can explore the island as normal.

    2. Alan, I sense this may be your first visit, otherwise you wouldn’t be asking the question. Fly out, even with the return of the students, depending where you live, you will be safer than staying at home. I will be here and trying to use common sense, I won’t be in the centre of Funchal, Market Night or New Years Eve, I will be wearing my mask and will practise Social distancing. This won’t stop me enjoying my 50 + trips to Madeira, both the Island and the people. You will find because of the shortage of visitors there will be no problems in restaurants and bars. Because you will be only visiting for a week it may be wise to have a test prior to boarding, there is no point in flying out to a fortnights quarantine, it depends if you were to test positive prior to flying whether your Insurance will refund air fare and accommodation. Easyjet let you reschedule up to 24 hours prior to boarding so you may cancel and visit later.

    1. The 700 mentioned are not necessarily infected, they have been in contact with the 71 but are being monitored.

  3. Cant blame the UK government, even though I think they should have stopped flghts in & out of rhe UK at the beginning of this pandemic. People have minds of their own, its just a matter of using them. If people used a little more common sense maybe we wouldnt be back here again.

    1. Jenny, You wish the UK Government had stopped all flights in and out of the UK since March. All flights ?

  5. Finally someone in authority is telling people to get a test BEFORE they get on a plane.
    I have been saying this for months.

    1. Because we do free testing in Portugal for returning students, so they are available for them all, they just have to show their ID resident card.

  6. I followed with interest yesterday’s comments to a lady who was talking about 2 cases from Scotland and all the cases from the UK, for which she was ridiculed.
    If you look at situacao epidemiologica na regiao autonoma da madeira dated november 11 you will see the imported cases, namely,
    UK 116, Poland 65, Portugal LVT 56, France 31, Portugal norte 23, Venezuela 23, Spain 15, Germany 16, Checia 11, Holland 10, Switzerland 8, UAE 6, Portugal south 6, Italy 6, Portugal centre 5, Brazil 4, South Africa 3, Columbia 3, Scotland 2, Belgium 2, Finland, Senegal, Australia, Austria, Australia, Mozambique and Equador one each.
    The facts are clear. Most of the infection brought to the island has come from the UK. Scotland iS listed separately by the authorities on Madeira.
    It is a pity that people get ridiculed on social media before facts are checked.

    2. It’s a pity the figures weren’t per 100 visitors. Also I’d like to know how many hotels the visitors from the last countries named kept open since the airport opened.

  7. The Sea Dream cruise ship set sail with 53 passengers who all tested negative prior to departure . Now a passenger 5 days in has tested positive for Covid . No one knows how long the incubation period is . So , even if everyone tested negative prior to flying to Madeira , who knows when they would subsequently test positive ?

    1. Thank you Jane, please tell Richard. I have been trying to get this point over for months.

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