Covid-19: Forty students in isolation after four positive cases in the School Cluster



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Forty students from two classes from the Mogadouro School Group (AEM) were placed in prophylactic isolation after the detection of four COVID-19 infections in two students and two teachers, the mayor said Monday.

“Today a diagnosis of the epidemiological situation was made at the AEM and the existence of two students who tested positive for covid-19 was announced, as well as two teachers who also tested positive for covid-19,” said Francisco Guimarães.

The mayor of Mogadouro, in the district of Bragança, said that the 40 students, from two classes of 1st and 2nd cycle, have been in isolation since Saturday.

The mayor of Mogadouro, who is also responsible for the Bragança District Civil Protection Committee, said that “the situation is under control, without cause for social alarm.”

Based on the evaluation that took place on Monday morning and that brought together Public Health, Municipal Civil Protection, AEM, Health Center and other local agents, it was indicated that “at the end of the week, at least 40 students will take the test. detection of the new coronavirus “.

Students who are in confinement will receive laptops with Internet access to accompany the remote classes.

According to the head of Municipal Civil Protection, in the municipality of Mogadouro there are 18 active cases of covid-19.

“We are attentive to the evolution of the epidemiological situation in the municipality so that it does not spread in the community,” the mayor stressed.

Francisco Guimarães warned that the population of the municipality “strictly” follows the indications of the health, police and civil protection authorities, mainly parents and guardians with children in the AEM.

In the municipality of Mogadouro, a car with loudspeakers circulates to alert people about the use of masks, social distancing and following the rules dictated by the General Directorate of Health (DGS).



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