Its about
one
female person, 29 years old, resident in Terceira island, with
history of recent passage through Amsterdam, Holland, and Felgueiras,
in mainland Portugal.
According to a note from the Social Communication Support Office (GACS), the patient
has a stable clinical situation and is admitted to the Hospital of Santo Espírito on Ilha Terceira, adding that the positive result is awaiting a counter-analysis by the National Health Institute Dr. Ricardo Jorge.
According to the information provided by the GACS, after
contact with the Azores Health Line – 808 24 60 24 -, last day
March 12, and not meeting criteria for a suspected case, was flagged
and actively watched,
through binary contacts, having fulfilled prophylactic isolation. With
the new definition of suspicious case adopted on Saturday, the 14th, the
biological sample collection procedures and laboratory evaluation
in the Specialized Service
of Epidemiology and Molecular Biology (SEEBMO) at Hospital de Santo
Spirit of Terceira Island.
In this
At the moment, the procedures defined for a confirmed case are in progress.
and Health Authorities are promoting surveillance of contacts
next.
According to the Regional Health Authority, the individual traveled on the Ryanair flight FR6037 Porto / Terceira, from March 9, at place 23 E, requesting that entity so that the passengers of that flight who have not yet received contact from
Regional Health Authority should call the Azores Health Line –
808 24 60 24.
THE
Regional Health Authority also informs that, regarding the eight cases
suspects reported on Saturday, laboratory tests revealed that
seven had results
negative.
The new coronavirus was detected in December in China, and has already caused more than 5,700 deaths worldwide.
O
number of infected people exceeded 151 thousand people, with
registered in 137 countries and territories, including Portugal, which has 170 confirmed cases.
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