Miguel Albuquerque denies existence of community transmission in Madeira

The President of the Regional Government, Miguel Albuquerque, guarantees that despite the increase in new cases of local transmission, the Region does not face a situation of community transmission.

Albuquerque warns that the “most dangerous situation” will be when students arrive in Madeira as part of Christmas break.

The government official asks students to choose to take covid-19 tests before arriving in Madeira, in order to shorten the isolation period until the second test.

With approximately 4,000 students expected to return in the coming weeks, Albuquerque also calls on young students and their families to collaborate with the health authority and respect the period of isolation at home to prevent the epidemiological situation from being left out. out of reach. control.

He spoke on the sidelines of a visit to the Câmara de Lobos Strait of the Strait of Câmara de Lobos Basic School, which was the subject of several interventions that amounted to 1,082,140.00 euros.