COVID-19: Health facilities “hide” data on the Beja district.
Is "fire and sword" the relationship between health institutions and other partners within the Central District Operations Coordinator. Today the Municipal Service of Civil Protection Moura revealed the existence of a positive case in the county. Like this, will be 24, cases in the district.
Representatives of the Public Health Unit (USP) the Local Health Unit of Baixo Alentejo (ULSBA) the daily brifing Center District Operations Coordinator (CCOD), since last are not to reveal the numbers of infected with COVID-19, we 13 municipalities in the district of Beja (except Odemira) who are under medical jurisdiction.
The disclosure of data by Lidador News (LN), which are very different from those that have been made public in reports of the Health General Directorate (DGS), It has caused much embarrassment to the Council of Directors of ULSBA, having shown "scandalized by the disclosure of the numbers", pointing the finger at one of CCOD partners, as "the author of the leaks".
Last night at the meeting of the Intermunicipal Community of the Lower Alentejo (CIMB), Administration of criticism ULSBA returned to the disclosure of data on the number of infected, returning to be pointing the finger at one of CCOD partners, as "the author of the leaks".
Given the revelation of the positive case of Moura and there is a lack of new data from two days ago, will twenty-four positive cases, 22 They relate to 8 of 13 municipalities in the district of Beja, that they are in the area of ​​influence of ULSBA and cymbal and 2 in the area of ​​Unit Alentejo Litoral Local Health (ULSAL) and Community Intermunicipal Alentejo Litoral (Cimal) specifically the county of Odemira.
Proving that the disclosure of the numbers avoids alarmism among populations, in addition to the statement of the Municipal Service of Civil Protection Moura who revealed the existence of a positive case in the county, Also today the very social center of Montes Altos (Santana de Cambas / M̩rtola) which revealed on their facebook page: "After five days of agonizing wait, we hereby notify you that the tests to COVID Р19 conducted the Employee and users of ERPI the Social Center of the High Montes gave ALL NEGATIVE. Employees who are since Friday in the Center's facilities can return to their homes in Active Surveillance ".
On the patient's case that center, ULSBA yesterday revealed that "health professionals who have been in contact with the sick, the results of the tested were negative, adding that it "fulfilled" all the rules of testing of Health General Directorate (DGS) and that the tested "in quarantine".
The LN know, at least one element of those contacted with the patient was not subjected to tests, on Saturday having contacted the Health Line 24, receiving the indication that it should go to the hospital to perform the test, which previously tested negative.
After the day 2 April to ARSAlgarve, have been "silenced" by DGS, the revelation of the data region, now is the turn of ULSBA to "auto mute" in the development of the numbers of infected district of Beja.
In contrast to the attitudes of ARSAlentejo, And USP ULSBA, Grouping of Health Centers (ACES) Middle Tejo, daily publishes a report on the COVID-19 situation that is sent to the media by granting the delegates health daily interviews such as Radio Free Antenna, in Abrantes (https://www.jornaldeabrantes.pt/covid-19/covid-19-medio-tejo-regista-79-casos-esta-segunda-feira/)
According to the data released today (COVID report 19- DGS 07 April) there are now six cases in the municipality of Serpa, two more than yesterday, contrary to what they had reported the local health authorities which account 13 cases.
As for the Alentejo's total, according to DGS, 85 positive cases and according to the map as well spread by county: Évora- 15, Reguengos de Monsaraz- 8, Santiago do Cacém- 7, Serpa- 6, Sines- 4 and Beja and Grandola- 3 each, in total 46 cases 7 of 47 municipalities of the region.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
