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Security protocol in San Martino. In the city, a 56-year-old victim with Covid. And in hospitals, progress is being made in expanding the wards
Genoa – A doctor at the San Martino transfusion center tested positive for coronavirus. The news triggered the hospital’s security protocols. In the last hours, 26 swabs were made to the personnel working in the department. In parallel, some 40 donors who have come to the center in the last five days have been tracked: they will also undergo a screening to see if they have been infected.
In the meantime, as the contagion curve rises, Preparatory work continues to expand Covid positions in city hospitals. A constant work, coordinated by Alisa, the regional health cabinet, which follows the worsening of the epidemic. And again: in recent days, in the Galliera hospital, a 56-year-old man of African origin died. He arrived at the emergency room with symptoms of a very serious respiratory crisis in progress. The swab later confirmed that it was positive for the coronavirus.
The case was followed by Alisa, participating in cluster mapping that involve some foreign communities, one especially in the historic center of Genoa, often difficult to access by health information and local authorities. To counter the group from the old city, today the tampon center opens at the Commenda di Prè.
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