New measures being announced.

Tobi Hughes·
Madeira News

Miguel Albuquerque is at the moment announcing new measures for the Christmas period.

I will put a full list of these a bit later when some of the announcements are a bit clearer, but just from what has been said at the moment it’s clear that things will be very different.

All Residents and Emigrants will be double tested for a period of 15 days I presume 15 days up till New Year.

No market nights, circus or amusement parks.

Bars to close at 1am on January 1st

Fireworks to be watched at home, some spaces will be available to watch fireworks, but restricted.

Stalls not to se alcohol, and food for takeaway only.

Madeira is expected to receive 200,000 vaccines.

There is no reason to enact confinement” or limitations on movement between municipalities, like on the continente.

There will be no São Silvestre Race.

Madeira has already spent 7 million on testing, and expects a increase over the holiday season, spending more than 12 million.

I will update on all this later  as somethings are still not clear, and will be explained more, as the meeting carrys on. 

From Jornal Madeira

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13 Responses

  1. “All Residents and Emigrants will be double tested for a period of 15 days” ???

    The question is, why PCR tests are being continued in Madeira without disclosing further information. The “Tribunal da Relacao de Lisboa” made a very clear judgement about PCR tests. Those test cannot be used to indicate that a person has an infection or is a transmitter of the disease.

    Further, the verdict says, that only doctors enrolled in the Order of Doctors (médico, inscrito na Ordem dos Médicos (Regulamento n.º 698/2019, de 5.9) are allowed to do tests on humans. If PCR tests are continued in the same fashion as before and people are being unlawfully quarantined as a result, the government of Madeira walks on very thin ice (habeas corpus).

    To avoid confusion, the government should clarify how PCR tests are conducted and hand a leaflet to the person being tested, stating the following:

    Who is doing the tests?
    Which company is doing the lab work?
    Who is the manufacturer of the tests, “Roche” for example?
    Which doctor is doing the test?
    What Ct value (amplifications) is used in the lab?
    What happens to the test sample, data of the person (DNA database)?
    What additional tests are being conducted if PCR positive?

    Is it in the interest of Madeira tourism to create panic?

    Here is the original link to the decision of the appeals court in Lisboa, dated 11th of November 2020:

    http://www.dgsi.pt/jtrl.nsf/33182fc732316039802565fa00497eec/79d6ba338dcbe5e28025861f003e7b30?OpenDocument

    This Lisboa court decision is now being used in follow up court cases in Germany and the USA (google Dr. Reiner Fuellmich).

  2. Hi Tobi, about the double testing:
    “será amanhã determinada, em conselho de Governo e depois de ouvido o Representante da República, «por um período de 15 dias, a extensão da dupla testagem a todos os residentes e emigrantes que desembarquem na Região Autónoma, ficando todos estes concidadãos em isolamento profilático, até o resultado do segundo teste».
    Após este período de 15 dias, as Autoridades de Saúde da Região irão avaliar a evolução da situação pandémica.
    So for me it means that, during a 15 day period, people disembarking will have to be double tested. It does not state when the second test is, but you will have to quarantine between the first and second test.

  3. Not totally right what I said. Instead of “people disembarking” it should be Madeiran residents and Madeiran emigrants only. No reference to tourists.

      1. It is not really very confusing. Thirty cases in the last twenty four hours so we are experiencing a state of disaster here on the islands. Wear a mask, use lots of gel and keep as far away from others as you can. It is going to be a very rough Christmas for everyone but we must simply accept that this Christmas will not be like any other. With luck if we all show some common sense we may be able to save our economy. I hope people do not try to pick holes in what Miguel Albuquerque is trying to do. We are where we are today because everyone became too complacent.
        Here is the actual information:
        https://www.madeira.gov.pt/Covid19/DecisoesExcecionaisCovid19
        Let’s pull together!

  4. The double testing applies to to residents and emigrants (could be read as “people who are staying with relatives”). It does not apply to visitors/tourists.

        1. What gave them the right Gary was the people who voted for them, its called government, look the word up!!!
          I wouldn’t have their jobs in this for a gold plated pension. But I wouldn’t want certain others to have it either !!!!!!! Get where Im coming from here Gary ??

  5. This is called the arbitrariness of the authorities. This is a direct violation of human rights. The President is a complete idiot. Who gave him the right to make such decisions? He must be brought to justice. So you can go far – let’s start introducing restrictions on gender and ethnicity. Why are residents and tourists of different kinds? Who gave him the right to put people living on the island under arrest for 7 days? The whole family of the person who flew home should be put under arrest, otherwise it is pointless. If people have not yet become rams, they will reject this decision and will protest.

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