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“Three weeks after the implementation of the Risk Matrix, which combines data on the accumulated incidence at 14 days per 100,000 inhabitants and the risk of transmissibility (Rt) at 7 days, we can see that the municipality of Paços de Ferreira it has experienced an increase in both indicators, and with this acceleration it moves to the yellow quadrant of transmissibility, with an incidence very close to the upper limit ”, says a publication on the official page of the municipality on the social network Facebook.
Contacted by the Lusa agency, a source from the municipality explained that on March 31, the last day with official data made available, there were 62 people infected with covid-19, of which 30% “originated in an outbreak in a upholstery factory “. “LOCATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY.
The municipality emphasizes that this plant “was identified immediately, the outbreak being controlled” at the plant “and being accompanied by elements of the municipal brigades and by local public health authorities.”
The municipal source adds that the outbreak, “whose transmission chain is controlled, caused the number of cases in the municipality to change the average of 2.3 cases per day.”
On March 31, according to the indices of the General Directorate of Health (DGS), the municipality of Paços de Ferreira had 110 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, which now represents “the highest transmission rate” among the Grouping of Centers. (ACES) Vale do Sousa Norte, which also covers the municipalities of Lousada and Felgueiras.
The municipality of Paços de Ferreira is waiting for the data for the first days of April, which will be known at the beginning of next week, to see if the “community dissemination” has already been controlled.
In the note published on the official Facebook page, the municipality still leaves a request to the population.
“More than ever, individual behaviors have a direct reflection of how the entire municipality can move towards deflation. This Easter remember this fact and avoid risky behaviors. Celebrate this block only with your family ”, he appeals.
“How businesses and the county’s economy will reopen is up to everyone, and if this trend continues, it may be delayed, further aggravating their situation,” the municipality warns.
The covid-19 pandemic caused at least 2,839,051 deaths worldwide, as a result of more than 130.1 million cases of infection, according to a report prepared by the French agency AFP.
In Portugal, 16,875 people died from 823,142 confirmed cases of infection, according to the most recent bulletin from the Directorate General of Health.
