Resident in the Azores was in Madeira and took the virus

One of the seven positive cases registered in the Azores in the last 24 hours comes from a connection from Madeira.

According to a statement today from the Health Authority of the neighboring archipelago, seven positive cases of covid-19 were detected, four on the island of São Miguel and three on the island of Terceira.

“On the island of São Miguel, a 34-year-old woman, non-resident, diagnosed by air connection with the mainland, was diagnosed upon arrival; a 38-year-old man, resident in the Azores, from a connection with the Autonomous Region of Madeira; a 42-year-old man, non-resident, whose results of the tests in mainland Portugal were known after landing; a seven-month-old baby, whose parents, residents of the archipelago, had already been diagnosed as positive after a recent landing in the archipelago and have been in isolation since that time ”, it can be read in the communication of the Azorean authorities.

As for the cases on the island of Terceira, a 32-year-old patient and her two children, aged five and nine, who reside in the region, were diagnosed upon arrival. from the Azores, from air connections with the mainland.

The children were examined at the request of their parents.

The cases present a stable clinical situation and the procedures defined by the municipal health delegations have already been followed, namely, the testing and monitoring of close contacts.