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Reconquest – 10/15/2020 – 18:00
VIDEO Seven employees are still infected, including a doctor and a nurse
Twenty-two users of the house in Póvoa de Rio de Moinhos are infected with Covid-19, the Municipality of Castelo Branco and the Local Health Unit of Castelo Branco confirmed this Thursday.
However, the number of infected in the Social Center of Beneméritos in Póvoa de Rio de Moinhos amounts to 29, with the infection of five housewives and a doctor and a nurse who work in the institution.
The figures were revealed at a joint press conference of the Municipality of Castelo Branco and the Local Health Unit of Castelo Branco, where the mayor, José Augusto Alves, reported that one of the patients is in the hospital and the rest remains in the hospital. institution separate from users who do not have the disease.
The hospitalized patient was the first to be detected at the institution and the rest are asymptomatic, the president said.
Nine users are negative but will be subjected to a new test “because eventually the negatives of yesterday can be positive tomorrow,” he justified.
The operation of the home will not be questioned as there are 22 employees who are not infected.
But the municipality said it was gathering the necessary means to make it possible to temporarily reinforce its squad, with three people training to reinforce the home team this Friday.
One of the employees has children from the Agrupación Escolar Alcains and São Vicente da Beira who have also been evaluated, which was negative.
The authorities also accompany the 1st cycle school and the Kindergarten of Póvoa de Rio de Moinhos, which received meals prepared at home, the supply of which was suspended this Thursday morning.
“We are articulating all possible means so that things do not acquire greater proportions”, promises José Augusto Alves.
The authorities are committed to keeping the families informed within the possibilities and José Augusto Alves asks for serenity in these cases.
Eugénia André, clinical director of the ULSCB, warns that the increase in the number of cases in general was already expected “because in fact we all began to suspect but we forgot to comply with the regulations.”
There are 192 active patients in the ULSCB area, five of whom are hospitalized.
There are also 121 recovered patients in the ULSCB counties, which covers the entire district with the exception of Fundão, Covilhã and Belmonte.
