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Screening tests at the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Barcelos revealed three new cases of covid-19 in employees of the Barcelos Children’s Center. There are currently seven infected employees in that establishment with 145 children in nursery and preschool, which has been closed since last Thursday.
“The 27 employees of the Barcelos Children’s Center (CIB) have already been evaluated, registering seven active cases of covid-19 infection,” the institution announced on Tuesday.
“Thus, complying with all the recommended isolations, and as a precautionary measure, the CIB will resume its activity next Monday, October 19 with five classes, and on Thursday 22 with the remaining four. “He adds in a statement posted on his website.
New cases also in Lar de Santo André
In Lar de Santo André, where six users and four infected employees had already referred, “the tests were repeated on employees and users and all new employees were also tested, registering eight positive results in users and eight in employees of this ERPI” . Therefore, retesting revealed two cases in users and four in employees.
“One patient had to resort to hospital treatment. The rest continue well, without any symptoms, confined to the rooms and under the supervision of the doctor, nursing team and geriatric assistants of the Santa Casa ”, reports Misericórdia de Barcelos.
Positive employees are isolated at home until cured, with no symptoms yet.
“Having managed, since the beginning of the current public health crisis, to endure seven months without cases of contagion by SARS-Cov-2, Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Barcelos now seeks to give the best possible response to the second wave in progress, staying at the center of action and concerns the approximately 1,700 users it serves daily, in all its areas of intervention, from social action to training, and its more than 400 employees “, the statement concludes.
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