SNS and the moment of concern

  • The Secretary of State for Health, Diogo Serra Lopes, opened today’s communication by stating that there is a moment of “great concern”.
  • “The increase in cases seen in recent weeks places and will continue to exert significant pressure on the entire health system and, particularly at this stage, on public health,” said Diogo Serra Lopes.
  • In national terms, the occupancy rate for Covid beds is 72%. In the north, the incidence is higher, reaching 76%.
  • Asked about the news that the figures would soon rise to 4,000 infections and what would be the capacity of the National Health Service (SNS), the official stressed that “there is no clear answer on what is the maximum capacity of the National Health Service.”
  • “It always depends on the options we have, that is, on the rest of the activity that exists within the NHS. I would say that the capacity is quite elastic. At the press conference last week when we talked about this issue, we had talked about reach the capacity of more than 700 beds in Intensive Care without stoppage of activity compared to the 500 that are currently deployed in Intensive Care Units “, he stressed, noting, however, that” the NHS is prepared to continue expanding capacity ” , Diogo Serras Lopes guarantees.

High in 10 days

  • Graça Freitas, general director of Health, was again questioned by journalists about the moment of discharge in situations of mild cases, speaking of the recommendation of the World Health Organization.
  • “Progressively, the services will adopt this recommendation. The natural evolution will be 10 days, without the need for tests, for patients with mild to moderate disease who have not worsened their symptoms and do not present fever in the last three days. This will be the clinical discharge criterion, “which is already being used in many countries,” he said.

Sprouts

  • Teaching: there are 49 active people, with 449 cases reported in nurseries, schools and universities;
  • Households: there are currently records in 129 homes, with 1,425 positive cases among users and 593 professionals;
  • Health: 28 active, of which 326 are positive cases.

The Ministry of Defense will provide support to the NHS

  • Diogo Serra Lopes affirmed this afternoon that the Ministry of Health has been in talks with the Ministry of Defense about the possibility that the hospital defense services can “effectively be a support in the current situation”, expanding that “it will be the first line of answer if any difficulties are verified within the NHS “.