28 CASES REGISTERED IN THE LAST 24 HOURS IN MADEIRA

Tobi Hughes·
Madeira News

There are 225 active cases in the archipelago, five people are hospitalized.

This Thursday the Regional Health Department reported 28 new cases of infection by SARS-CoV-2 in the Autonomous Region of Madeira, so the archipelago now counts 10,028 confirmed cases of covid-19.

There are six imported cases (three from the United Kingdom, two from France and one from the Lisbon and Vale do Tejo region) and 22 cases of local transmission.
Epidemiological investigations are ongoing.

There are now 16 more recovered cases to report, totaling 9,730 recoveries since the start of the pandemic.

From Jornal Madeira

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20 Responses

  1. Why are people travelling to Madeira and test positive surely they should of had a negative PCR test before boarding a flight from UK. People should take more responsibility for not only their own lives but people around them lives.

    1. That’s right, condemn travellers from the UK as only they carry any infection. All others come forth you are disease free!!

  2. I agree and I don’t get this either. I suppose if you have a test 72hrs before you fly, that gives you 72hrs in which to contract the virus and be positive. I personally think it should be 24hrs before you fly.

  3. Have you considered that maybe some don’t have a PCR test before departure because they are returning students or people visiting family and if they test positive in Madeira, they can isolate at their home and not in a quarantine hotel ?

  4. Most flights to Madeira from the UK are on a Monday . The testing centres are usually Monday to Friday .
    Some do a Saturday morning but not everywhere in Wales . To be sure of having your result through by early Monday morning you’ve got to have your test on a Friday as late as possible as they don’t work Sunday . I’m due out in September hopefully and can’t wait but must ad it it is a worry getting everything right . ??

  5. You must realise how much Madeira relies on Tourism. This affects the way they treat Covid, enough regulation to encourage tourism yet still keep the Island safe. Having visited Madeira five times since the February 2020 and experienced the regulations, I have to congratulate them. Madeira’s visitors are mainly not in the first flush of youth and will have been vaccinated twice, therefore they are not required to take a test either prior to arrival or on arrival. They will also be given a free test prior to departure. All this makes Madeira attractive and encourages visitors to come and spend money. Any visitor arriving with the Virus that we hear about will have been tested at the airport and will be sent to a Government quarantine hotel for two weeks or until negative. This successfully prevents people with the virus mixing with and passing on the virus. Surely this is the way to go to ensure a flow of visitors. I personally wish they would insist on a test prior to arrival but their country, their rules and it seems to be working.

    2. Any visitor arriving with the Virus that we hear about will have been tested at the airport and will be sent to a Government quarantine … ? So double vaccinated people arriving have nothing to do with the virus on the island? It’s easy to blame the unvaccinated but you can’t full anyone with that rubbish.

  6. These are people taking advantage of the free test on arrival because they are too irresponsible or mean to get a test before leaving their country of origin ………i live here and it makes me very angry ….

  7. Madeira sould be insist on a PCR test prior arrival for everyone including the vaccinated.

  9. What they should be doing is, as was done in the Channel Islands, everyone is tested either max 72 hours prior to arrival or upon arrival and still put into quarantine until a second negative test result 2 to 5 days later is obtained. It was these false negative results for people who had only just been infected during a weekend visit to Lisbon that allowed the virus to enter the island last year. The same risk now applies to tourists who have not been fully vaccinated or even if fully vaccinated fall into the 10 to 20% for who a full immunity did not result. Unless you test a second time several days after a person becomes infected there is a risk of a false negative allowing the person to spread the virus around especially if they are asymptomatic.

    1. Why not ban all visitors — end of problem eh? Stuff the local economy just keep those filthy diseased tourists away!!

      Get real Michael, Madeira is holding its own and doing well so far. Infected incomers are quarantined and the general situation is fine.

      Covid is here, thank you Chinese Government, learn to live with it. The next virus the Chinese release will be far more effective in destroying the West. And yes, they will do it again in their next step to world domination.

  10. Tourism before health unfortunately for the madeirans. let them cash in as much as possible as the world will be closing down again shortly.

    1. You really talk out your ar%é and I will be blocking anymore stupid comments from you. Just stay home in doors till its all over.

  12. Michael Litten… Yes Jersey did it so well with the pre testing that with a population of LESS than half of Madeira they now have 3000 active cases and Madeira?? We who are seemingly doing it all wrong have around 120 active cases. We have found a balance of keeping people safe whilst still keeping the economy alive. Madeira is still one of the safest places to be.
    Testing before travel certainly helped Jersey and clearly Madeira got it all wrong? Hmm m.

  13. Tourism before health??
    For many Madeirans employed in the tourism industry ,it is work in tourism so you can feed your family and pay your household bills.

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