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The Porto Chamber said on Thursday that a worker from the municipal company Águas do Porto died with a positive test for Covid-19, but that the cause of death has not yet been determined and that there are 40 employees in prophylactic isolation.
In fact, this week a worker of the company died, whose death we regret, with a positive test, although the cause of death is still unknown, “says the autarky, in response to Lusa.
The municipality notes, however, that Águas do Porto implemented in March the Contingency Plan for the covid-19 pandemic, which was later updated in September, a plan that was designed in accordance with the guidelines of the General Directorate of Health (DGS ).
The situation, adds the municipality, has been monitored from the beginning, both by the Águas do Porto Occupational Health and Safety Team and by the competent public health entities.
“Preventively”, the company decided to adopt “the measure of prophylactic isolation for 40 workers, following the guidelines of the DGS”.
The information was initially provided by the Local Administration Workers’ Union (STAL), which revealed that the covid-19 outbreak in Águas do Porto killed one and ten infected people.
Speaking to Lusa, the director of STAL Porto, Eduardo Ferreira, said that the worker who died on Tuesday belonged to the commercial department in attention to the public.
According to Eduardo Ferreira, at this time the union is aware that there are still 50 waiting for the results of the covid-19 detection tests.
To Lusa, STAL also revealed that it had already requested, by letter sent to Águas do Porto on Wednesday, updated information on the outbreak in the municipal company that concerns workers.
For the manager, it is necessary that measures be taken to protect workers, namely employee testing.
Another of STAL’s demands was related to access control in assistance services, a measure that, according to the union, was only implemented on Wednesday.
On Friday, questioned by Lusa, about several complaints of positive cases of covid-19 in municipal companies, specifically in the municipal company of culture and sports, the municipality said that it is false that any administrator of Ágora has tested positive.
According to the municipality, there is a worker who has tested positive, having followed the protocol and contacted health line 24, who is in prophylactic isolation as determined by the Health Delegate.
“This is the only known situation, with the contagious situation, which seems to have occurred in a family context. The municipal company has a contingency plan that contains all the preventive measures according to the guidelines and technical guidelines of the General Directorate of (DGS ), the Government’s measures and the evolution of the disease, “said the chamber in response to Lusa, this Wednesday.
At that time, he also mentioned that Águas do Porto also adopted protection and security measures, provided for in the COVID-19 Contingency Plan, in order to prevent and mitigate the risks of transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, explaining that the The company had already solved the problem of the thermometer reported in the complaints, placing a more technologically advanced device, which allows to measure the temperature at all times (regardless of atmospheric conditions), as well as to record the use of a mask.
The covid-19 pandemic has already claimed more than 1.1 million deaths and more than 41.3 million cases of infection worldwide, according to a report by the French agency AFP.
In Portugal, 2,245 people died from 109,541 confirmed cases of infection, according to the most recent bulletin from the Directorate General of Health.
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