26 new cases this Saturday

Tobi Hughes·
Madeira News

Madeira has today 26 new cases of infection by SARS-CoV-2. The region now counts 9907 confirmed cases of covid-19.

There are 13 imported cases (9 from the United Kingdom, 2 from the North Region, 1 from the Lisbon and Vale do Tejo Region and 1 from Spain) and 13 cases of local transmission.

According to the daily bulletin of the Regional Health Directorate, there are now 16 more recovered cases, and there is a total of 180 active cases. 

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Tobi Hughes

23 Responses

  1. Does anyone know what happened regarding the covid sniffing dogs at the airport tests?

  2. 9 from UK!!!!! I feel ashamed on their behalf. Why oh why aren’t we doing a test before flying? Especially as, if they were tested at Funchal, they weren’t fully vaccinated….. or were they visiting family rather than tourists?

    1. No sympathy for those Brits. Hope they end up staying locked in the dedicated hotel for the total duration of there stay. What does it take to do a lateral flow test before they leave you can pick them up at the chemist for free.

      1. No you can’t. They are not accepted by Madeira Safe. If you are going to post, do your research.

        1. Yes you can.
          Whilst it’s true that they are not accepted by MadeiraSafe, surely for your own piece of mind, and as an obligation to fellow passengers, and to the people of Madeira, it’s not a bad idea to get a free one before departure. If you turn out to be positive you should cancel your trip.
          If you are positive and decide to fly, that would be unacceptable…and every chance that when you come to take your ‘fit to fly’ test to return home, that might be positive too…and off you go to quarantine, not the airport.

          1. If you are positive and decide to fly then you must like four walls as that is all you will see after arriving. Madeira makes the rules it is up to us to accept them, not decide what we think is not a bad idea. Up until a few days ago Madeira Safe was insisting on a free test at the Airport, I think they still should but their country their rules.

    2. The UK is a laughing stock, I’m ashamed that my own are coming here without testing…having both shots does not mean I’m not a carrier, nobody should get on a plane without a negative test, that said, if I test 72 hours before flying and am negative the day after I fly I could test positive. It’s not going to be pretty in UK on Monday lets hope we tighten control on entry.

  3. Madeira sound be insisting on PCR test before arrival for all visitors including the vaccinated.

  4. Whether visiting family or not where are the PCR tests before flying l am ashamed to say l come from the United Kingdom.
    Just now on the news the beaches here were packed like sardines in a tin because of the hot weather. People don’t or didn’t abide by what government has suggested social distancing was a joke.
    Hope Madeira can cope such a beautiful island to visit please think before you travel.

  5. I too am horrified. I’ve never understood why the double vaccinated are deemed ‘safe’. Whilst the vaccine reduces transmission it does not eradicate it. Absolute insanity. So 9 from the UK. Does that mean everyone on a flight with someone who tests positive has to isolate ? I b***dy well hope so !
    We have not been to Madeira since Dec 2019 and miss it so much but travelling is just a joke, unless it’s essential why would anyone bother ! I worry for Madeira.

  6. Agree with everyone. The UK is becoming, or has become, a laughing stock. Cannot understand why Madeira is letting them in. Do they not understand that having two shots does not mean you don’t have and don’t carry the virus.
    I know people like Reed will be Pooh Poohing this but they don’t like to face reality.

    2. The reality is, which you seem not to be able to grasp, is that without tourism Madeira will die. I again ask you, come up with a viable economic alternative. Let us have total close down, then perhaps you can tell the waiters children why there are no Christmas presents under the tree.
      As to all you people who are ashamed to be British, it is not my ruling, not your ruling, nor the UK Government ruling that allows visitors to arrive with out testing but the Madeiran, a self governing region, who have made these rules. I personally would like a test on arrival but their country, their rules.
      The majority of people understand that double vaccination guarantees nothing. I would assume that the people found positive have not been vaccinated, if you have evidence of vaccination then you are allowed into Madeira without test. If I am correct then the Madeiran system is working, it prevents positive cases from mixing. Madeira has been walking a very narrow tight rope since day one, very successfully. Long may it continue.

  7. Tobi, out of curiosity have you any idea why British passengers are being identified as positive? Is it because they are coming over unvaccinated and give a positive test at the airport?

    1. It’s probably more the emigrants being tested on their 5-7th day as hardly any from the UK come and have a test at the airport, it would be to risky.

  8. Hi Toby. I follow your news lines with avid interest as I am looking to come on holiday very soon to Madeira. Do you think figures like these will force Madeira into ‘Amber’?
    I have regular home testing both for my work and as my dad is very poorly & is cared for at home, I am also double jabbed so feel if I do bust Madeira I have done everything I can to keep myself safe but also anyone I am travelling with or people at the hotel I am staying at.
    Madeira is beautiful and I’ve always been impressed with the cleanliness everywhere. Fingers crossed I can get booked in very soon to holiday ?

    1. I do expect cases to rise, and that could well put us on Amber lust, but we are still one of the safest destinations, and getting the virus here is extremely low.

    2. It could well do, I’m leaving tomorrow to go back to the UK, but I feel a lot safer over here.

    3. It could well do. I’m going back to the UK tomorrow. But I know where I feel safer. 26 positive cases in Madeira, against how many thousand, 50 plus in the UK ?

  10. It is Madeira’s ruling based upon the assumption that all governments are acting responsibly to control de pandemic. I am afraid it is becoming apparent that UK govt doesn-t give a damn about Covid again and therefore restrictions towards UK visitors may need to take place.

  11. The cases are rising very rapidly, in my opinion the government should start enforcing more restrictions on both tourists and on places that are usually pretty busy or packed

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