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According to a note from the Azorean executive press office, it is forbidden to travel by land and sea between Rabo de Peixe, in the municipality of Ribeira Grande, and the rest of the parishes, and the health authorities will proceed to carry out “rapid population tests. “.
By parish, the fishing village of Rabo de Peixe, with around 10,000 inhabitants, is the one that registers the most cases (61) in the Azores.
According to the resolution, the movement and permanence of people on public roads is prohibited, all schools are closed and the maximum capacity of one third of their capacity is set in restaurants, bars and other beverage establishments, with or without a show and with or without terrace service.
The Government of the Azores also determines that, after 8:00 p.m., “restaurants, bars and other drinking establishments are closed, with or without a show and with or without terrace service, and all events of a nature are canceled. cultural or cultural “. extended social life “.
Exceptions are provided for necessary and urgent trips, for access to medical attention, assistance, care and monitoring of the elderly, minors, dependents and especially vulnerable people, including the receipt of social benefits, as well as health professionals and veterinary medicine . among others.
The health fence will be in effect from 00:00 hours on Wednesday to 23:59 hours on December 8, 2020, and the planned measures “may be reversed or revoked at any time, taking into account the evolution of the pandemic in the region”.
The Azores registered 18 additional cases of COVID-19 infection in the last 24 hours.
According to today’s statement from the Regional Health Authority, there are eight new cases in São Miguel and ten on Terceira Island, after 1,463 analyzes carried out in the region.
Four recoveries were registered and there are 37 active transmission chains in the region, 26 in São Miguel, eight in Terceira, one shared between São Miguel and São Jorge, one in Pico and another in São Jorge.
In the Azores, 1,044 cases of infection with the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes the covid-19 disease, have been detected to date, and 17 deaths have been recorded. There are 523 recovered cases and 421 positive positive cases remain.
14 people are hospitalized, six at the Hospital de Divino Espírito Santo in Ponta Delgada, seven at the Hospital de Santo Espírito on Ilha Terceira and one at the Hospital da Horta.
