“If on the continent they will leave the mask in September or they will make the pin in the quay of Sodré, I don’t care about any of that. My obligation here is to take the measures to ensure that Madeira is safe and is a safe destination,” said Miguel Albuquerque the distrust measures announced this afternoon by Prime Minister António Costa. Speaking to journalists on the margin of the inauguration of the launch of a book and an exhibition, in the context of the anniversary of the Madeira Photography Museum, the president of the Regional Government reiterated that in the Region there is “a set of preventive and prophylactic measures that have resulted in the containment of infection”.

The Madeira Government Council has decided today to extend the calamity situation by 31 August and to keep in force the health control measures to combat the covid-19 pandemic. These are two of the deliberations contained in the text released by the Madeiran executive, of PSD/CDS coalition, led by social-democratic Miguel Albuquerque, after his weekly meeting. Thus, the measures determined on 14 June continue to apply, including the mandatory collection between 01:00 and 05:00, including weekends.

The vice president of the Regional Government recalls the long dispute for Madeira to have ‘active voice’ in the Banco de Fomento, and also the victory that is the opening of the national credit lines, in what concerns European funds. “We finally managed to bring Minister Pedro Siza Vieira to Madeira. It has always been very cordial to us, and I remember that for over a year I have been physically in Lisbon with the Minister, and by that time I had asked this request to consolidate the entry and presence of the Regional Government in the social capital of Banco de Fomento”, Pedro Calado, today, on the eve of the signature of the agious protocol.