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“The contagion may or may not have occurred in Portugal, and the index case is even more likely to be one of the young people in the group, as the Belgian authorities have already recognized,” said the Algarve Regional Health Administration (ARS). in response to a question about the case of 67 young Belgians infected with Covid-19 after a vacation in the Algarve region.
ARS adds that “in these organized trips, people travel together, on the same plane, on the same bus, they are in the same residence, they share meals, they often share rooms.”
On the other hand, “young people of this age group are very resistant to compliance with protection measures, namely the use of a mask and physical distance”.
Therefore, “as it is a group that shares the same space, contagion in these circumstances is easier”, clarifies the Algarve Health Authority in its response to the questions posed by the South Information.
ARS guarantees that, “until now, no official communication from the Belgian health authorities has reached the Algarve health authorities about this situation.”
“When we have the information from the Belgian health authorities, with the identification of the young people, a retrospective investigation will be carried out to evaluate and identify the contacts they have had in the places where they have been,” explains ARS Algarve.
In any case, the Algarve Health Authority stresses that “we have no record that, during your stay, [os jovens] they have turned to our health services ”.
Today, the governor of the West Flanders province announced that at least 67 young Belgians, aged between 18 and 20, are infected with Covid-19 after returning from holiday in Albufeira earlier this month, and are currently in isolation. domiciled in Belgium. .
Carl Decaluwé added that the holidays took place between September 2 and 12.
Approximately half of these 67 infected young people, between 18 and 20 years old and isolated from home, participated in a stay organized by the Belgian tour operator Summer Bash, specialized in trips for young people between 16 and 24 years old, while the rest rented a house particular for the holidays.
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