The tests were carried out on Wednesday and Friday. In this way, the Portuguese can begin the process to return to Portugal.
Asked if the Portuguese will be discharged soon, Emmanuelle Maranhão says that there are still no certainties.
Contacted by RTP, Carmen Yáñez, wife of Luís Sepúlveda confirms that the first analyzes she performed indicate that she is also infected with the new coronavirus.
Both the writer and the woman are now awaiting the results of the counter-analyzes.
The Portuguese is a crew member of the cruise ship Diamond Princess. He has been admitted to a referral hospital in Japan since last Tuesday.–
Sepúlveda visited Portugal six days ago, regarding the Correntes d’Escritas festival, in Póvoa de Varzim.
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At a press conference at the Oviedo University Hospital in Asturias, the head of the Surveillance Service, Ismael Huerta, confirmed on Sunday the existence of a positive case of Covid-19 in the region, but did not reveal the identity of the patient. Shortly after, the Spanish newspaper Voice of Asturias said it was Luis Sepúlveda.
The Chilean writer had his first symptoms on February 25, two days after leaving Portugal.
Sepúlveda and his wife are in isolation at the Hospital of Asturias. The woman has a fever, but the test results are not yet known.
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9h19 – First death in Australia
Australia this Sunday announced the first death from the new coronavirus.
The 78-year-old man was on the cruise ship placed in quarantine in Japan, a vessel where two Portuguese were also infected, who remain hospitalized.
The man died this morning in a hospital in Perth, said a spokesman for the Australian Ministry of Health.
The 79-year-old woman, also infected on board the ship, remains hospitalized in Perth.
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More than 700 cases of coronavirus have been identified among passengers and the ship’s crew.
8:20 am – Brazil confirms second positive case
Brazil confirmed on Saturday the second positive case of contagion with the new coronavirus.
This is a patient who had symptoms after returning from Italy, according to the Brazilian Ministry of Health.
The patient is 32 years old and arrived in the country on Thursday from Milan in the company of his wife, who has no health problems.
The Ministry of Health states that, despite two positive cases registered in the country, “there is no evidence of virus circulation in the national territory”.
On Wednesday, the first positive case of contagion in Brazil was confirmed: a 61-year-old man, resident in São Paulo, who traveled alone on business between February 9th and 21st to the region of Lombardy, in northern Italy .
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35 more deaths in China
Chinese authorities recorded 35 deaths in the last 24 hours caused by the Covid-19 epidemic, bringing the total number of fatalities in mainland China to 2,870.
573 new cases were also identified. The new coronavirus has already infected 79,824 people in Mainland China.
In Europe, Italy is the country hardest hit by the outbreak, with 29 dead and 1,128 infected.
First suspicious case in Madeira
The health authorities of the Autonomous Region of Madeira validated on Saturday the first suspected case of infection with the new coronavirus, indicating that it is a patient from Milan, Italy.
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The patient was hospitalized and is awaiting the results of the tests at Hospital D. Nélio Mendonça in Funchal.
The first laboratory tests will be carried out in Funchal and only then sent to the Ricardo Jorge Institute, in Lisbon.
Portugal still does not register cases of Covid-19
According to the latest newsletter from the Directorate-General for Health, Portugal did not register any cases of the new coronavirus until 6 pm this Saturday.
So far, 70 suspected cases have been recorded, of which 67 have been negative. The result of the remaining three is awaited.
It should be noted that 11 new suspected cases were recorded between Friday and Saturday.
The DGS bulletin only mentions the cases registered in the country. There are two known cases of Portuguese people infected with the new coronavirus who are hospitalized in Japan.
Although there are no cases in Portugal, DGS maintains a moderate to high risk to public health in Portugal.
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“Taking into account the global epidemiological situation, it is necessary to consider the possibility of importing cases of illness from citizens from China or other areas with active community transmission”, namely from Italy, Iran, Singapore, Japan and South Korea.
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