It was about time. The health authorities said it and the Asturian government said it, which this Tuesday has confirmed that first positive in the community after 25 days free of coronavirus.
He Principality has reported through a press release that this new case corresponds to a man from Oviedo who had symptoms compatible with COVID-19 and who tested positive in the PCR test, which was carried out at HUCA without the man getting out of the car, taking the sample through the autocovid service, to avoid any risky contact in the hospital.
He Epidemiological Surveillance Service of the Principality, which tracks this case to detect other possible infections, has confirmed that it is a case imported from Catalonia, since the affected person has referred that he had to travel last week to Barcelona for work reasons, and that apparently he has not had any close contact in Asturias, since the round trip was in his own car and alone. In addition, the man has been isolated in his own home in Oviedo from day one, realizing that he had a fever. According to the information note of the Principality after testing positive for COVID-19, the patient continues to be isolated at home with “few symptoms”.
At the time of the news, the president of the Principality, Adrián Barbón, published this message on Twitter, appealing once again to the responsibility of Asturians: “Mask, safety distance and hygiene measures. Any precaution is little. Don’t risk it. Protect Asturias. “
Thus, the coronavirus data in Asturias reflects this Tuesday a total of cases accumulated since the beginning of the pandemic of 2,436 people, after having remained the number of infections fixed at 2,435 for 25 days.
–
–
