70% vaccination rate on target
JM reports that according to the president of the Regional Government, the national vaccination ‘task force’ “has met scrupulously” its obligations in sending vaccines to Madeira, so the region maintains the goal of 70% of the population inoculated in September.
“The person in charge of the ‘task force’, Gouveia e Melo (pictured), has scrupulously complied with the doses destined for Madeira,” Miguel Albuquerque said. he added that the Region “does not ask for more or less than the others”, stressing that “the distribution of vaccines has been done in terms of proportion of the population”.
“The vice admiral is a serious person and, fortunately for the country, he took this role [responsible for the ‘task force’ of vaccination] seriously,” added the President.
According to Miguel Albuquerque, “until now” the vaccines “have always been coming from Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Johnson”, which “will allow us to reach September with a considerable number of vaccinated residents and more than 70% of the population vaccinated”.
The President highlighted the “good adherence verified on Tuesday at the ‘open day’ of the Funchal Vaccination Centre, in which around 1,000 people were vaccinated without an appointment”, with the health authorities planning to repeat the action on 27 July.
The president also mentioned that the vaccination process for students is underway, with the Regional Government’s objective that those who attend educational establishments outside Madeira are inoculated with the second dose when they return to the region. Miguel Albuquerque pointed out that the goal is to have, “when school resumes, all or almost the entire young population vaccinated”.
“Calamity” measures maintained
The Council of the Regional Government of Madeira met yesterday and decided to maintain the sanitary control measures, under the calamity situation, due to COVID-19.
Among these, the mandatory presentation of a negative PCR test when entering Madeira and the mandatory curfew between 01:00 and 05:00, including on weekends. Bars and restaurants have extended opening hours until 00:00, and are allowed to accommodate up to two-thirds of their capacity and to operate with six people at the same table indoors and 10 outdoors. “Drinking over the counter or standing up” is still not allowed.
Since June 21, only a rapid negative antigen test is required for travel between the islands of Madeira and Porto Santo, carried out up to 48 hours before the trip.
A new tab has been added to the top of each page with a link to resources dealing with COVID-19 in Madeira – this covers the latest government regulations on travel to the island, how to get a PCR test, and many other links that will be useful to people wanting to travel to and from Madeira
COVID-19 in Madeira: daily updates can be found in an earlier post
Vaccinations in Madeira: updates can be found in an earlier post
The local government are correct to leave some restrictions in place.
Yes they are 👍
The most important is missing ?
All double vaccinated visitors to island sould be PCR tested like the unvaccinated.
We must go further than that. All double vaccinated should not even be allowed to disembark in Madeira. Unless they come from a grey, light green or cyan country list. If they arrive from magenta, red, brown or brown plus list, they should not even be allowed to disembark. Unless they are under 12 or diplomats. If they are under 12 they can go to quarantine hotel and pay by themselves. Ok, so can their parents. So can the diplomats parents. But they most carry a bracelet saying “we are double jabbed but arrive from dark grey countries”.
Yes Steve just like they did in Jersey. With less than half the population of Madeira they have 3000 + active cases. Fat lot of good it did them insisting on a pcr test before arrival. Madeira is doing a good job keeping people safe whilst still keeping the economy going. One presumes that you do not work in Tourism in Madeira or anywhere else that relies on tourists for their income. Another armchair politician who likely sits on a comfortable pension and can afford to criticise others