COVID-19: “Time bomb exploded”. More 19 positive cases in Moura.
The Municipal Civil Protection Service of Moura has just informed on the site of the municipality, that there is more 19 cases, this time in children / youth and adults. Missing test results on other adults. Detachment of GNR Intervention mobilized to the site.
On the website of Moura City Hall, the Municipal Civil Protection Service reveals that there are more 19 positive cases, all in the same living space, known as the Espadanal, where a gypsy community lives.
All cases are related to the first confirmed case, which was made public last Tuesday, and which is hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit of the José Joaquim Fernandes Hospital, in Beja.
Communiqué from the Municipal Civil Protection Service of Moura
COVID-19: Tests carried out on Espadanal residents confirm 19 positive cases
The Municipal Civil Protection Service in Moura reports that, of tests carried out on residents in Espadanal, They were detected 19 positive results for COVID-19, of which 17 children / youth and 2 Adults. We wait, at this time, the remaining results of the harvests carried out.
The Municipal Civil Protection Service requests the population to continue to follow all recommendations from health authorities, namely frequently wash your hands, wear gloves and a mask when traveling to public spaces. Keep social distance.
Lidador Noticias found that military personnel from the GNR Beja Territorial Command Intervention Detachment were mobilized to the site, which is about two kilometers from Moura, next to the National Road 258, in connection with Vidigueira, in order to control the entry and exit of people in that housing development and avoid further contagions by COVID-19.
The second case was that of a woman who is also undergoing hemodialysis at the service of the Bejense hospital unit and who was transported together with the first infected, plus three people, in a vehicle of the Moura Volunteer Firefighters. A firefighter, a woman and a man are in quarantine awaiting the results of the tests. The lady's husband who today tested positive also has already been tested.
The first case was detected on Saturday after the group returned to Moura after undergoing treatment at the Hemodialysis Service of Hospital de Beja. The man felt bad, went to the Health Center, having been transported to Beja, under suspicion of having contracted the coronavirus, what came to be confirmed.
Once these are known 19 cases in Moura, They are 52 positive cases in the district of Beja, distributed by counties, this way: Serpa-17, Beja-6, Odemira, Almodôvar and Moura-2 cases each and Castro Verde, Cuba, Mértola and Ferreira do Alentejo-1 house in each. Still without known cases are the municipalities of Alvito, Aljustrel, Canyons, Ourique and Vidigueira.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
