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Here we follow all the developments on the spread of the new coronavirus on an international scale.
9h05 – Hospital Santa María resumes normality
In Lisbon, the Santa María Hospital is carrying out external consultations, but it guarantees distance and compliance with the rules to avoid contagion. The use of a mask is mandatory.
Luís Pinheiro, clinical director, points out that around 1,600 consultations have been held per day in recent months. A large percentage of these consultations were not in person.
The person in charge ensures that the hospital has separate circuits for Covid and non-Covid patients to ensure safety.
8h28 – Doctors warn that visors do not replace masks
The Ordem dos Médicos and the Portuguese Council of Medical Schools warn about the risks posed by the use of visors, instead of masks, in terms of public health. Doctors ask the government to change the legislation.
They warn that the visor “is a good element of protection at the eye level, it provides some protection of the respiratory tract to those who use it, but it does not provide protection to other people.”
“There are no solid studies on the impact of using the visor, as an alternative to the mask, to reduce the risk of contagion by the new coronavirus in terms of infection through the respiratory tract,” they add.
7:48 – China celebrates three weeks without deaths
China has identified a new case of Covid-19 infection in the past 24 hours. Chinese authorities have not reported any deaths related to the disease caused by the new coronavirus for three weeks.
According to the Chinese Health Commission, 395 people remain in hospital treatment, while 949 are in isolation and observation for suspected cases or after positive tests, although they have symptoms.
So far, China has registered 4,633 dead and 82,881 infected, of which 77,853 have recovered.
The country’s health officials also said 395 confirmed cases remain active, of which 29 are seriously ill, the lowest number since January.
Regarding asymptomatic infected people, China registered 15 new cases, with a total of 947.
7:30 am – United States with 1015 deaths in 24 hours
The United States has seen 1,015 deaths from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, the lowest number in a month, Johns Hopkins University said.
These new deaths, registered until 1:30 am on Tuesday, in Lisbon, increase the number of deaths to 68,689 since the beginning of the epidemic in the country, the most affected by Covid-19 in the world, according to official data.
The United States also has the highest number of people infected with the disease, with almost 1.2 million cases identified. Around 187,180 patients have already been declared cured.
According to an internal United States administration document published by the New York Times and the Washington Post, the number of daily deaths from Covid-19 is expected to nearly double by June 1.
The report predicts more than 3,000 deaths and 200,000 new cases recorded each day to that date, at a time when some US states. USA They have progressively begun to end the containment measures imposed on the population.
6h55 – State of play
Seven hundred and eighty people were unable to travel by public transport yesterday because they were not wearing protective masks. This was the result of the first day of surveillance and inspection on public transport in Lisbon and Porto.Under the state of disaster, public transportation capacity is limited to two-thirds of capacity.
GNR said that at least 460 users were not complying with the obligation to wear a mask or visor. PSP had already said that it had fined three people and prevented 320 from continuing their journey.
The authorities maintain a pedagogical approach, seeking to avoid circulation without the use of protective equipment.
Public transport surveillance operations continue this Tuesday in the two largest cities in the country.
Even so, despite the cases of non-compliance, the Public Security Police made a positive evaluation of the inspection.
In the transition from a state of emergency to a state of calamity, Portugal returned to normal as much as possible. In addition to public transport, small businesses and services opened doors again, after a month of closing.
On the first day, it was the hairdressers and hairdressers who apparently had the greatest demand.
Tests before nurseries open
Nursery workers have already begun testing for Covid-19. The screening program runs nationwide. It started on Monday in the Algarve and in the Lisbon region and the Tagus Valley.
By May 18, 29,000 workers are expected to be screened. It is for this date that the reopening of the nursery is scheduled.
It will be a transition period until full opening on June 1.
The photo in Portugal
Another 20 people died with Covid-19 in Portugal. The latest epidemiological bulletin from the Directorate General of Health, released Monday afternoon, reveals a 1.9 percent increase in the death rate.
In the country, 1063 people died of Covid-19, a respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus.
The number of infections increased by one percent. There are more than 242 confirmed cases, for a total of 25,524.
813 patients are hospitalized, 43 fewer than on Sunday. And there are 143 people in intensive care units, one less than in the previous bulletin.
The international framework
Internationally, according to the France Presse agency’s balance sheet, the Covid-19 pandemic has already killed more than 250,000 people and infected more than 3.5 million people in 195 countries and territories. More than a million people have been cured.
To cope with the pandemic, governments determined the confinement of 4.5 billion people, equivalent to more than half of the planet’s population, closed non-essential trade and reduced air traffic, greatly paralyzing the world economy. In Europe, the order now is to gradually mistrust.
On the last night, without further explanation, the Brazilian Ministry of Health corrected the day’s figures for 296 dead and 6,633 infected; during Monday afternoon, it announced 263 dead and 4075 infected.
Brazil now has a record 7321 deaths and 107,780 cases of infection since the start of the epidemic in the country, instead of the 7,288 deaths and 105,222 previously announced cases.
The increase in the number of deaths was four percent. As for the number of infected, the increase was seven percent, from 101,147 to 107,780 cases.
The country’s death rate from the disease is now 6.8 percent. A possible link to Covid-19 is being investigated in 1,427 deaths.
The Brazilian Ministry of Health also reports the recovery of 45,815 people, of whom 54,644 remain under medical observation.
São Paulo, the Covid-19 center in the country, totals 2,654 dead and 32,187 infected. It was followed by Rio de Janeiro, with 1065 deaths and 11,721 infected, Ceará, with 712 dead and 11,040 infected, Pernambuco, with 691 deaths and 8,863 cases, and Amazonas, with 584 deaths and 7,242 people diagnosed.
