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The mayor of Viseu, Almeida Henriques, remains in critical condition in the intensive care unit of the São Teotónio Hospital, due to Covid-19, the vice president of the municipality, Conceição Azevedo, said on Thursday. “In recent days, there was an unfavorable evolution, with a worsening of his clinical condition. The most recent information, today, says that this image remains “Conceição Azevedo told reporters at the end of the Chamber meeting.
The vice president of the municipality thanked the “wave of solidarity” that was generated, with many messages arriving daily from people and institutions, but regretted the way “A situation as delicate as this has been dealt with by some media and on social networks”. “Wait for official information from the municipality,” Conceição Azevedo appealed, adding that they should also avoid transmitting “unconfirmed information.”
The Observer confirmed this information with the staff of the Hospital S. Teotónio, in Viseu, where the mayor has been hospitalized since March 10. Almeida Henriques has asthmatic bronchitis and during her hospitalization, due to Covid-19, you were diagnosed with pulmonary emphysema.
Late in the afternoon of last Sunday, the municipality issued a statement in which it referred to “an unfavorable evolution, with worsening of the clinical picture” of Almeida Henriques in the last hours.
The Social Democratic mayor carried out the Covid-19 test on March 4 and, despite the positive resultShe was fine and “only with mild symptoms”, having continued working from home. However, a few days later, due to the worsening of the symptoms, he went to the emergency room of the Hospital de São Teotónio and ended up being hospitalized “for a better evaluation of his evolution.”
On March 10, Almeida Henriques was transferred to the Intensive Care Unit for “worsening respiratory failure,” which “It led to the need for intubation and mechanical ventilation”.
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