Outbreak of covid infections in Alvor (1 Viewer)

Feb 19, 2017
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Approximately 13 people have tested positive on a campsite in Alvor, apparently they are mostly migrants. This is a translation of a report this morning that contains interesting information on this subject in
Foreigners, footballers and religious faithful pull up Covid-19 numbers in the Algarve

As revealed by the regional health delegate at the biweekly press conference to assess the epidemiological situation in the Algarve

Soccer team players from the region, faithful from religious groups and foreign citizens, including migrants, residents and visitors, are pushing up the numbers for Covid-19, in the Algarve, revealed Ana Cristina Guerreiro, the regional health delegate, in biweekly press conference to assess the epidemiological situation in the Algarve region.

According to data from the Regional Health Authority, there are 82 new cases of Covid-19 in the region, which has raised the cumulative total since the beginning of the pandemic to 3803.

In hospitals, there are now 49 people infected with the new coronavirus admitted, 9 of which in intensive care, an increase of one person, in both cases.

People who have recovered from the disease have also increased to 2519. Active cases have increased to 1245.

As for deaths, there is no more to regret, keeping the accumulated total at 39.

At this moment, revealed Ana Cristina Guerreiro, "the situation that is giving us more work and that causes more concern is that experienced in football clubs, particularly under-23 teams".

In all, there are 31 infected players from four clubs, «most of whom are players from Internacional de Almancil», which will be the source of the outbreak, but also from São Luís (Faro), Marítimo Olhanense and Fuzeta.

«The problem is that some of these young people, in addition to being connected to clubs, are friends abroad. It is this relationship between them that has taken the cases of Internacional de Almancil to other clubs », revealed the regional health delegate.

Also inflating the numbers are the cases registered among foreigners. And, in this case, there are counties that have entered the list of municipalities at risk with a high percentage of new cases of citizens from other countries.

The most striking case is that of Vila do Bispo, where "we estimate that the percentage of foreign cases is around 70%".

But the percentage of non-nationals in the numbers of infected in Portimão and Albufeira is also significant, around 30%.

«We recently had some cases at the Alvor Camping Park, with 13 people related to this outbreak, most of them foreigners. But there might be more », revealed Ana Cristina Guerreiro.

Moreover, “there are foreigners and foreigners. We have migrants who work in greenhouses and in agriculture, among which some cases arise, but also those who enjoy the country and who come with motorhomes, stay in campsites or go to hostels ».

All these cases "count where they are, which is where they breathe". However, they are people who are not registered in the region, so they do not contribute to the accounting of the total population of the municipalities and the region, one of the variables of the criterion used by the Government to decide which municipalities are at risk.

For António Pina, president of AMAL, "this reveals something we have said for a long time: the Algarve cannot be seen only by the resident population, but also by the floating population".

«There are many more people living here, who are not in the statistics and are not registered, something that will not happen anywhere else in the country, with this dimension. We must be counted as having at least 600 thousand inhabitants ”, defended the president of the District Civil Protection Commission.

«We are going to present a proposal to the Government and the DGS to introduce a new criterion, to introduce another number in the weighting of cases in the Algarve. Foreigners can not only count for the cases, they must also be counted as population ”, announced António Pina.

As for cases related to religious confessions, the most worrying are in Portimão / Lagoa and Faro / Olhão.

«There is an outbreak with many people related to the Rocha Eterna religion in Portimão. There are already 16 cases, in Portimão and Lagoa, but they will probably be more », revealed Ana Cristina Guerreiro.

Another outbreak, this one with «18 associated cases, is related to the Evangelical Church Philadelphia, with cases in Faro and Olhão».

"In both cases, the infections will be related to the practice of worship" in closed spaces, with people, eventually, very close to each other and singing ", concluded the regional health delegate.
 

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