Infected Azoreans tested negative in Madeira three days before – dnoticias.pt

IASaúde has just confirmed to DIÁRIO that the 38-year-old man who traveled from Madeira to the Azores, where he tested positive for covid-19, landed at the Cristiano Ronaldo airport in Lisbon: “He is a passenger from the Lisbon Region who traveled to Madeira ”, Explains the regional institute.

When he arrived from the capital, the man tested negative at the Madeira airport. He spent three days in the Region and went to the Azores where, once he arrived on the island of São Miguel, he was tested again and received a positive result for covid-19: “Upon arrival he gave negative and three days later he traveled to the Azores “, guarantees IASaúde. . The regional health authorities “have already started the epidemiological investigation of this case, that is, the period of permanence of the Region,” adds the institute.

It remains to be seen whether the man residing in the Azores contracted the virus in Lisbon, and tested negative because it is still in incubation, or if he is in Madeira. In any case, health authorities try to deceive close contacts and places frequented by the infected person.