The Original Madeira Island News Blog
Top tourist Destination: JM reports that there is one more international award that has been won by the Pearl of the Atlantic. Coming in 25th position, Madeira is included in the Tripadvisor ............
JM report on another four deaths in the archipelago attributed to COVID-19 – two men and two women in their eighties. This is double the daily record set just 24 hours previously which had taken the total-to-date to 40. ............
sapo.pt report that a further 293 people died of the disease in the last 24 hours in Portugal, one of the worst records since the beginning of the pandemic. There are also a record number of patients in intensive care units, but fortunately also a record number of recovered patients.
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Peter Groen has updated his website, detailing all of the latest procedures involved in travelling to the island in 2021. He has included details of those European airports currently flying to Madeira (obviously ............
Following up on the previous post and another earlier this week, it has just been announced that Portuguese authorities are arranging for the transportation of 3 patients suffering from COVID-19 from Lisbon to the main Dr Nélio Mendonça hospital in Funchal.
JM report that the National Health Service, ............
Thanks to Peter A for following up on the deteriorating situation in mainland Portugal. TheLocal Spanish edition reports that Portugal has announced it will close land borders with Spain from today for at least two weeks as it attempts to contain the virus.
The website reports that Portuguese Interior ............
