Two new shoots related to imported cases have been registered in the municipalities of Ourense Cortegada and Viana do Bolo, with three and five infections in individual family units. Further, cases linked to another outbreak in Vilamarín rise to 18 after seven new positives.
Cortegada, so far it counts three affected after the diagnosis of an outbreak imported into a 37-year-old man, a 78-year-old woman and a girl. All belonging to the same family nucleus and residents in that municipality. In Viana do Bolo there are five cases, all of them belonging to the same family unit linked to this town. There are two women of 75 and 51 years and three men of 54, 54 and 50 are isolated in their homes and also monitored. In Vilamarín, the contact tracing has added seven new positives within the outbreak that began on August 19, with which the municipality would count 18 affected.
Melon has joined the areas affected by regrowths. A statement signed by the mayor, Emilio Díaz, announced that positive cases had been detected in the bosom of a family in the municipality, with which he has asked the neighbors to take precautions and contact the sergas if they detect any compatible symptoms with Covid-19. The same document states that a battery of PCR tests will be carried out at the Quins Health Center, but they recommend do not go immediately to do so due to the existence of incubation periods.
Meanwhile, Avión has reopened part of the public spaces that had closed when an outbreak was detected in the municipality. For her part, the mayor of Xinzo de Limia, Elvira Lama, announced late yesterday afternoon that The consistory has ordered the closure of the only alternate premises present in its municipal term. It follows the trail taken by other autonomous communities, and while they ask the Xunta to establish a clear protocol with this type of activity, the Civil Guard notified the owner of the establishment that it will not be able to reopen until further notice.
For its part, the SATSE nursing union has come to the fore to demand that sergas be compensated healthcare professionals for their work during the pandemic. He is looking for a battery of compensatory measures that health professionals deserve, in his opinion, for having fought Covid-19 in especially difficult and dangerous conditions.
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