Health team assesses the state of infected users and employees at Mansão de São José. Travel to the Air Base 11 is not ruled out.
A health team from José Joaquim Fernandes Hospital and Beja Primary Health Care, composed of doctors and nurses, are at the home of the São José Mansion, to assess the health status of 96 infected that exist in the institution.
According to information from the Local Health Unit of Baixo Alentejo (ULSBA), the 126 people who daily visit Mansão de São José, 89 users and 37 officials, There 83 positive cases among users, one of whom is admitted to the Covid Ward of Hospital José Joaquim Fernandes and, 14 officials. Among users there are 1 negative case e 5 inconclusive and employees 13 are negative and 10 inconclusive.
The case was triggered following a positive test on Monday by a user and an employee, having the ULSBA Public Health Authority, opted to carry out tests on all users and employees of the institution, having been known yesterday afternoon the remains 95 cases. The tests were carried out yesterday by the ABC-Algarve Biomedical Center, Academic Research and Medical Training Center of the Algarve.
Has learned the Lidador News (LN), the health team in the home will assess whether it is necessary to remove all infected users and employees to an alternative location in order to decontaminate the facilities of the Mansion of São José. If it is concluded that this need exists, the Air Base nº11, has facilities prepared to receive 76 people from the positive cases of Mansão de São José. At the moment the ramifications of contagions caused by employees in their family and social contacts are unknown.
The Mansion of São José, belongs to a Religious Order and has facilities on Rua de São Gregório, in the historic city center, where the focus is and aimed only at women and at Quinta da Navarra, on the Military Road, connecting the IP2 to the Air Base 11, also Beja, where it is unknown if there are positive cases.
An assessment of the situation of the pandemic of covid-19 in the area of ​​the municipality of Beja, the city revealed that until 24,00 hours of Monday, the total infected (cumulative number) It was from 148 cases, there 78 active, 68 recovered and 2 deaths.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
