Health Department points to Covid-19 outbreak in geriatric clinic – GAZ



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The Municipal Health Department (Sesa) of Santa Cruz do Sul reported on Sunday night, 10, that there is an outbreak of Covid-19 in the geriatric clinic in Laranjeiras. The city had revealed that nine cases had been identified at the company, which issued a note to Gaz Portal in the late afternoon confirming only eight cases.

As of 7 p.m. this Sunday, Santa Cruz recorded 28 confirmed cases of Covid-19. Another 10 cases were confirmed in the municipality, but they are residents of other cities. Among them, people linked to the geriatric clinic. According to Sesa, 12 cases related to the outbreak have been confirmed so far in the clinic.

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The classification used by the folder as an outbreak arises from Ordinance No. 289/2020, of the State Department of Health, which defines an outbreak when there is “the presence of two or more cases of influenza syndrome, with an interval of 7 days between the symptom onset dates of the cases. ” , in the same institution. “Look what Sesa says in its entirety:



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