GNR closes hotel unit in Sertã for public health reasons

According to a source from the Territorial Command of the GNR of Castelo Branco, “in the face of the contagion of covid-19 that occurred last week in a residential” in the town of Sertã “, the local health authority had determined the closure of the establishment for public health reasons “, a decision that the owners did not accept.

“The Guard army discovered” that [a residencial, uma unidade hoteleira de três estrelas], was still in operation and would admit new clients in the coming days of this week, “so, following the police steps,” the hotel unit was closed, preventing new guests from settling in the residential area, “said a source from GNR Agencia Lusa.

The guests who were in the space, which the police source did not quantify, were removed and “sent to other hotels in the town” of Sertã.

According to the Castelo Branco GNR, “a report was prepared for those who manage the hotel unit for a crime of disobedience to the rules imposed by the local health authority”, and the facts were referred to the Sertã Judicial Court.

In a statement, the Territorial Command of the GNR of Castelo Branco affirms that the action was carried out through the Sertã Territorial Post and was reinforced by the Sertã Criminal Investigation Center (NIC), in coordination with the local Health Delegate .

The municipality of Sertã, which is part of the Agrupación de Centros de Salud (ACES) de Pinhal Interior Sul (PIS), presented in the last ACES report, on Wednesday, a cumulative total of 113 infected people, of which 88 were infected. recovered from the disease. .