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Two festive lunches, one of which brought together 70 soldiers on the occasion of the departure of Colonel Jorge Ludovico Bolas from the headquarters of the Porto Territorial Command, could be the cause of an outbreak that has already infected about 20 soldiers of the GNR, stationed at the Carmo Barracks. Several other guards are isolated and three services have already been closed.
To the JN, the GNR General Command assured that “the Guard guides its actions in compliance with current regulations.” However, he did not confirm or deny that the lunches had been held.
According to JN, the first lunch was held on the 8th of this month and gathered about 70 soldiers in the harvest of the Carmo Barracks guards. All the officers, sergeants and guards wanted to say goodbye to Colonel Jorge Ludovico Bolas, commander of the Porto unit since December last year, but he was replaced in office this month by Colonel João Fonseca.
The following day, October 9, the harvest of the guards was once again the scene of a lunch with 20 people. This time, to mark the end of the career of one of the members of the Human Resources Section.
Three days later, a military man who participated in both events tested positive for covid-19 and immediately informed the GNR Clinical Center. At the request of the doctors, he drew up a list of the names of the military officers he had contacted and included everyone who participated in the lunches. Next, the detection tests were carried out and, on the 16th, the Human Resources, Logistics / Financial and Explosives Inactivation sections would be closed and their elements would be isolated.
GNR does not comment on lunch
Before the JN with the two facts, the GNR General Command opted for silence. However, he confirmed that yesterday, 31 positive soldiers (at home) and 17 suspects in isolation were waiting at the Porto Territorial Command and awaiting the result of the test, making a total of 46 soldiers in the quarantine situation. “
The same source added that, “to avoid any type of contagion, the facilities [do Quartel do Carmo] were disinfected by the Emergency, Protection and Relief Unit “and by the GNR Clinical Center, tests were carried out to detect covid-19. Seven on Monday, 9 on Tuesday and 11 on Wednesday, although the results of the latter are not yet known .
“The Territorial Command of Porto has a staff of 1,625 military personnel, so this situation has not been any limitation for the fulfillment of the mission of the GNR”, highlights the General Command. The same one that, at the end of last week, advanced that there were, in all the personnel, “86 confirmed soldiers infected with covid-19 and 40 suspected cases, all of them in isolation.” “In addition to these, 195 soldiers are in quarantine and, in total, 139 soldiers have been cured and 1,390 have finished their surveillance,” he announced.
For the General Command, the “Guard guides its actions in compliance with current regulations, seeking to ensure the necessary distance between the military in various situations, as well as the use of personal protective equipment used by its military.” JN knows that, in recent days, other initiatives have been canceled to honor the officers who, like Colonel Jorge Ludovico Botas, are going to leave the Porto Command.
Line “clogged” Despairs Guard Military
The monitoring, evaluation and treatment of military personnel with suspected, confirmed infection or contact with positive cases of covid-19 is carried out through the Clinical Center, which has a dedicated telephone line, replicating the SNS24. But with the increase in cases, the line has not been working. “The telephone line is permanently busy because it is open to everyone, from reserve soldiers, to retirees and family members. A few days ago I received a message from a military man who was in contact with an infected colleague. SNS24 ordered that he be quarantined and He tried to call the Clinical Center to inform him, but no one answered, “said César Nogueira, from the Guardian Professionals Association. JN tried to get a reaction from the GNR General Command, which did not respond until press time.
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