COVID-19: PEDRO RAMOS ADMITS THE EXISTENCE OF MORE CASES OF THE ÓMICRON VARIANT IN MADEIRA

Tobi Hughes·
Madeira News

Madeira may already have more than just one case of infection with the Ómicron variant, admitted today the regional secretary for Health and Civil Protection.

According to Pedro Ramos, the number of people infected in Madeira with the new variant of the virus that causes covid-19 is undetermined, since the Ricardo Jorge Institute (INSA) “no longer has the capacity to respond” to analyze all samples that the Region sends, doing so randomly.

“We probably don’t have just one case anymore, because 30% of passengers who have arrived in Madeira since 1 July 2020, around 200 thousand, come from the United Kingdom, where this variant already has a very high prevalence”, he said, after a meeting with a group of entrepreneurs from the restaurant and nightlife sector.

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10 Responses

  1. So why not Insist on pre entry covid testing at point of departure like mainland Portugal.
    It’s crazy, and probably lost all possibilities of stopping the explosion of Omicron.

    1. Give us one example you are aware of where asking for testing for vaccinated and creating “red lists” has prevented Omicron from becoming dominant?

    2. Don’t be so naive. Omicron was already here by the time we found out about it and gave it a name.

  2. Omicron is a good thing as long as a country is vaccinated. It replaces Delta (bad disease) with a mild one.

    1. New Zealand has dropped the zero case policiy many months ago.

      And New Zealand is a nation very little dependent on what happens outside their borders, unlike Madeira which depends on tourism.

    2. Japan, Indonesia and the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh are examples of what is possible!!! 😉

      1. Japan has recorded 2 million cases. Indonesia over 4 million cases. If they have a zero-case policy based on border control, I would say it completely failed.

        1. I would point to what they have been doing and achieving the last few months, which has got nothing to do with border control or injections

  4. Omicron is here. What we know is that by the time a new variant is detected, it’s almost certainly already spread all over the world, so there is no point in locking borders. I don’t know why everyone is panicking. From all accounts, it causes less severe illness than Delta. This may be the way out of this circus and attempts to turn the world into a giant safe space.

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