{"id":43062,"date":"2021-09-26T07:42:20","date_gmt":"2021-09-26T06:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/?p=43062"},"modified":"2021-09-26T07:42:24","modified_gmt":"2021-09-26T06:42:24","slug":"costa-winter-is-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/costa-winter-is-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"Costa: &#8220;winter is coming&#8221;","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prime Minister urges caution<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2021\/09\/Costa-360x203.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43063 lazyload\" title=\"\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2021\/09\/Costa-360x203.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43063\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Costa-360x203.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Costa-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Costa-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Costa.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Press agency Lusa report that the prime minister,  <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ant%C3%B3nio_Costa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ant\u00f3nio Costa<\/a>, has called on the people of Portugal to maintain individual responsibility for controlling and combating COVID-19, warning that the pandemic is not over, the risk of disease remains, and that winter is coming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cWith the disappearance of most of the limitations imposed by the law, we are entering a new phase that is essentially based on individual responsibility. We cannot forget that the pandemic is not over and that, although it can be considered controlled once 85 percent of the population is vaccinated, the risk remains\u201d<\/p><cite> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ant%C3%B3nio_Costa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ant\u00f3nio Costa<\/a> <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ant\u00f3nio Costa stressed that vaccines against COVID-19 \u201cdo not ensure 100% immunity\u201d and pointed out that \u201cthere is an ultra-minority group that refuses vaccination and there is a population under 12 years of age that is not vaccinated\u201d. \u201cTherefore, the risk exists\u201d, he declared, before referring to the fact that Portugal is exposed to other countries in the world, some of which still have high incidence rates of COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The prime minister then pointed out that Portugal is &#8220;a tourist host country and has a strong connection with several countries in the world, whether for historical, cultural and linguistic reasons or because of the strong presence of Portuguese emigration in various parts of the world.&#8221; &#8220;The risk does not disappear&#8221;, he stressed, before leaving a warning about the coming winter soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cAlthough it is still sunny in early autumn, we are going to have a winter period to follow \u2013 traditionally a cold period with a high risk of respiratory infections. This will inevitably translate into an increased risk of illnesses such as flu, but also an increased risk of contracting COVID-19\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this context, Ant\u00f3nio Costa asked all citizens to \u201ccontinue to have an individual duty to prevent and combat this pandemic\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks to PeterA for the link<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>COVID-19 in Madeira:\u00a0<\/strong>daily updates can be found\u00a0in\u00a0an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/covid-in-madeira-cases-continue-to-fall\/\">earlier post<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-light-green-cyan-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Vaccinations in Madeira:&nbsp;<\/strong>updates can be found&nbsp;in&nbsp;an<a href=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/70-now-fully-vaccinated\/\">&nbsp;earlier post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister urges caution Press agency Lusa report that the prime minister, Ant\u00f3nio Costa, has called on the people of Portugal to maintain individual responsibility for controlling and combating COVID-19, warning that the pandemic is not over, the risk of disease remains, and that winter is coming. \u201cWith the disappearance of most of the limitations imposed by the law, we are entering a new phase that is essentially based on individual responsibility. We cannot forget that the pandemic is not over and that, although it can be considered controlled once 85 percent of the population is vaccinated, the risk remains\u201d Ant\u00f3nio Costa Ant\u00f3nio Costa stressed that vaccines against COVID-19 \u201cdo not ensure 100% immunity\u201d and pointed out that \u201cthere is an ultra-minority group that refuses vaccination and there is a population under 12 years of age that is not vaccinated\u201d. \u201cTherefore, the risk exists\u201d, he declared, before referring to the fact that Portugal is exposed to other countries in the world, some of which still have high incidence rates of COVID-19. The prime minister then pointed out that Portugal is &#8220;a tourist host country and has a strong connection with several countries in the world, whether for historical, cultural and linguistic reasons or because of the strong presence of Portuguese emigration in various parts of the world.&#8221; &#8220;The risk does not disappear&#8221;, he stressed, before leaving a warning about the coming winter soon. \u201cAlthough it is still sunny in early autumn, we are going to have a winter period to follow \u2013 traditionally a cold period with a high risk of respiratory infections. This will inevitably translate into an increased risk of illnesses such as flu, but also an increased risk of contracting COVID-19\u201d In this context, Ant\u00f3nio Costa asked all citizens to \u201ccontinue to have an individual duty to prevent and combat this pandemic\u201d. Thanks to PeterA for the link COVID-19 in Madeira:\u00a0daily updates can be found\u00a0in\u00a0an\u00a0earlier post Vaccinations in Madeira:&nbsp;updates can be found&nbsp;in&nbsp;an&nbsp;earlier post<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-island-regional-people-headlines","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"link","format":"url"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43062\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}