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It is the discussion of the moment: are we already in the second wave or is it the first to follow because many people do not respect sanitary measures? The number of infected in Portugal continues to increase and they are approaching the worst days that seemed to belong to the past.
The General Directorate of Health (DGS) announced on Tuesday the existence of a total of 1,925 deaths and 69,663 cases of COVID-19 in Portugal since the beginning of the pandemic.
The death toll went from 1,920 to 1,925, five more than on Sunday. The number of infected people increased from 69,200 to 69,663, an increase of 463.
Situation in homes and institutions
The Red Cross house, in Valença, has periodically examined the employees and, in one of the tests, a collaborator tested positive. After everyone in the household had tested for COVID-19, 16 users and five employees were known to be infected.
In Sintra, 17 people tested positive in a health center, and Alentejo is investigated an outbreak in a house in the town of Redondo.
In Amorim, in Póvoa de Varzim, the doors of the kindergarten, ATL, nursery and nursery were closed last week and should continue until the end of the month.
In the Bonito de Amorim Social Center, tests are still being carried out on users and employees and there are already 14 positive cases. Among those infected are a two-year-old boy, 12 employees and the president.
Also in Póvoa de Varzim a class of 24 students from a private school is isolated, after a child tested positive for covid-19. Behind closed doors there is also a dance academy, which has two infected students and a teacher.
President of the Ordem dos Médicos: “We will need more space and more human capital”
For the president of the Ordem dos Médicos, Miguel Guimarães, “more space and more capital” is needed in the National Health Service to help fight the pandemic caused by the new coronavirus.
The president said there was a shortage of doctors before the pandemic.
“We already had difficulties without the pandemic.”
Regarding the ‘task-force’, Miguel Guimarães considers that “it is very important for non-covid patients, but it is necessary to specify and say how to do it”.
“The fundamental question is knowing how to act if the number continues to increase.”
The working group for non-covid patients will work together with the Ministry and aims to streamline, coordinate and facilitate contact between hospitals and health centers.
Spain registers almost 11 thousand new cases in 24 hours
Spain today registered 10,799 new cases of Covid-19, more than a third of them in Madrid, raising the total number of infected so far to 682,267, according to numbers published by the Spanish Ministry of Health.
On the other hand, the country registered 241 additional deaths from the disease in the last 24 hours, increasing the total number of deaths to 30,904.
Madrid continues to be the autonomous community with the highest number of infections, with 3,652 more cases than those reported on Monday.
Sergio Perez
UK registers more than 4,900 daily cases
The United Kingdom registered 4,926 new cases of covid-19 in the last 24 hours, a new record since May, and 37 deaths, according to the British Health Ministry, after the British government announced new restrictions.
As of Monday, 4,368 new infections and 11 deaths had been reported.
The cumulative total since the start of the covid-19 pandemic in the UK rose to 403,551 confirmed contagion cases and 41,825 deaths within 28 days of a positive test.
The increase in cases in Stockholm prompts Sweden to consider new measures
Swedish authorities are considering the adoption of local restrictive measures in Stockholm, due to the recent increase in covid-19 infections, which if confirmed would mean a change of strategy so far adopted by the country in the fight against the pandemic.
Henrik Montgomery
“The downward trend is over. If the curve continues to rise, the situation could become dangerous,” said Stockholm health official Bjoern Eriksson.
According to the Swedish health authorities, in the last seven days there have been 305 new cases in the capital, compared to 254 the previous week.
Swedish public health official Anders Tegnell, who has defended the position taken in the country so far, also acknowledged that if the upward trend persists, “local restrictions” in Stockholm will have to be considered.
US agency acknowledges error in saying that the coronavirus is transmitted by air
The United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention corrected the information it had advanced that the coronavirus is transmitted by air. He claims to have made a mistake and that this conclusion lacks scientific evidence.
WHAT HAPPENED?
Updating the CDC guidelines on COVID-19 He arrived on Friday and realized that airborne transmission was the main way the virus spread, reinforcing the idea that the particles could be inhaled through the nose, mouth, airways and lungs and cause an infection.
The new indication forced, from the beginning, to rethink some issues, namely the conditions in which interior spaces are ventilated and the mandatory use of a mask.
Just three days later the Center for Disease Control and Prevention says you made a mistake.
WHAT HAS CHANGED?
The CDC says the the information disclosed lacks scientific evidence. The deputy director admits that there was a failure and guarantees that they are already reviewing the entire process.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, specialists have been analyzing the transmission of the virus and the best way to stop it.
In July, the World Health Organization published a new guideline in which did not reject the possibility that the coronavirus could be transmitted through the air in closed or poorly ventilated spaces. However, this information has never been proven.
Scientists continue to investigate possible forms of contagion.
Dengue can provide some level of immunity to covid-19, study finds
A new study, which analyzed the spread of the coronavirus in Brazil, found a link between the spread of the virus and previous outbreaks of dengue, a disease caused by a virus transmitted by insect bites. This suggests that exposure to dengue can provide some level of immunity to COVID-19.
The scientific study, led by Miguel Nicolelis of Duke University, has not yet been published, having been shared exclusively by Reuters Agency. The research was based on comparing the geographical distribution of coronavirus cases with the spread of dengue in 2019 and 2020.
The places with the lowest rates of coronavirus infection and where there is a slower increase in cases were the regions that, in turn, experienced intense dengue outbreaks.
