Vaccination in Ribeira Brava carried out in order of arrival

Tobi Hughes·
Madeira News

At the Ribeira Brava health center, people with appointments for flu vaccines and against covid-19 are being informed that they will only be attended to in order of arrival. The line, at 9:30 am this morning, already had more than 80 people, from the entrance of the health center to the emergency area.

The manifest interest of the population will, as happened yesterday, force a few hours of waiting in line.

This I guess will be the case for all centers as they are all very busy with many people attending.

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3 Responses

  1. So the issues that will severely affect tourism as I see it are the frequency of testing, convenience i.e. no tourist is going to pay to go to Madeira to stand in a long queue every week for hours, and cost, are the tests free or charged? I don’t know who is advising the government but some subtle adjustments could make all the difference between a reasonable Christmas/New year tourist season and virtual shut down of the tourist economy. e.g. free tests that can be pre booked to a specific time and location would make all the difference to many. Obviously the tests have to be paid for by someone but I can’t see many tourists, particularly those planning to take longer breaks, agreeing to add this to the already considerable costs of travel. It may be very cost effective for the Madeiran government to cover this to avoid mass travel cancellations. Still undecided about our forthcoming six week break but once the line has been crossed which makes a holiday an endurance we will unfortunately have no hesitation in going elsewhere.

    1. Yes, some clarity needed for tourists, I am coming for 7 weeks, maybe the situation will become clearer next week, you don’t have to be a ‘Rocket Scientist’ to know that the logistics for weekly testing is not possible for the whole population plus tourists (if they don’t cancel). Personally I’m not going to jump the gun until the last possible moment.

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