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Sandra Alves
Most Covid-19 deaths occur in hospitals (93%). There are 1470 recovered patients. DGS with no record of cases of syndrome associated with Covid-19 in children.
Of the total of 973 deaths associated with Covid-19, “93% occurred in hospitals, 4% in homes and 3% in the home,” revealed this Wednesday, the general director of Health, Graça Freitas, at the daily Press conference on the evolution of Covid-19 in Portugal. “All the deaths are being explained,” he guaranteed.
“In Portugal it is not possible to bury, incinerate anyone without a death certificate, and doctors issue death certificates, which know the cause of death, and are electronic,” he stressed.
“Regardless of the location of death, death is recorded. In normal years, without Covid, about a third of people die outside the hospital,” he said.
Pediatric associations in the UK, Italy and Spain have asked doctors to be vigilant of children who have a rare inflammatory condition because the disease may be related to the new coronavirus, which causes covid-19 disease.
According to the epidemiological bulletin published by the General Directorate of Health (DGS), there are 401 children under 9 with Covid-19. Between 10 and 19 years there are 739 patients.
The pandemic continues and will continue to be part of our lives.
According to the bulletin, there are 24,505 confirmed cases of infection, 183 more than on Tuesday (0.8%), 980 cases in hospital, of which 169 are in intensive care (minus three cases) and 1,470 cases of recovery (81 more ).
“The global case fatality rate is 4% and the case fatality rate in more than 70 years is 14.1%,” as Secretary of State for Health, António Lacerda Sales, indicated at the press conference.
“People who receive treatment at home are 86% of cases and the percentage of hospitalization is 4%,” he added.
António Lacerda Sales indicated that “the SNS24 answers approximately seven thousand calls a day and it has an average wait time of less than half a minute. “
“The pandemic continues and will continue to be part of our lives. We are all public health agents,” the government official emphasized, as the end of the current state of emergency approaches (at 11:59 p.m. on May 2). “The mission of saving lives is in us, in each one of us.”
“We don’t want to be caught off guard with a second wave [de casos]Therefore, as we increase the capacity of the National Health Service, we must also create a pillow to avoid the possibility of a second wave, “he defended.
Regarding the contingency plan to prevent and combat domestic violence in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Secretary of State revealed that hired two more shelters, which correspond to another hundred vacancies “and “From April 6 to 27, these houses have already received 50 victims“
“A new direct line by SMS (short written messages) with the number 3060, is free and does not allow the attacker to identify the contacts. It provides information, supports and directs victims and, in case of high danger, activates the security forces, “he explained.” It became operational on March 27 and has already received 123 requests for support. “
“The hotline for victims of violence remains active – 800 202 148 – and the email [email protected]“stressed the official.” In total, these three lines have received 308 requests since March 19. “
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