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Containment is working but all scenarios are possible

sAccording to Graça Freitas, who was speaking at a press conference in Lisbon, the situation in Portugal “is relatively controlled”, since the country “has not had an explosion of positive cases” of infection, so “contention is working”.

Despite this, the directorGeneral of Health stressed that the country must be prepared to face “all scenarios”, pointing out that “the pattern of spread of the disease” Covid-19, caused by the new coronavirus, “is different in different countries”.

Thanks Freitas reiterated, flanked by the Secretary of State for Health, António Lacerda Sales, that the measures to contain the spread of the new coronavirus will be adopted proportionate to the risk of infection.

THE directorGeneral of Health exemplified that, if there is a worsening of the epidemiological situation in Portugal, it may be necessary to “suspend the activity non-urgent clinic “to free more hospital beds and more doctors and nurses to care for patients with Covid-19.

According to Graça Freitas, the national contingency plan for the Covid-19 stipulates that resources, such as hospitals and laboratories, and “strategic reserves” of medicines and medical equipment protection be adapted as “the disease progresses in stages”.

In this context, it considered 5 of March (last Thursday) as the “appropriate date for opening a tender” for the purchase of material from protection individual, stressing that the acquisition of new equipment is made according to the availability of ‘stock’ from suppliers.

“There is no financial question,” said the Secretary of State for Health, ruling out the possibility of a lack of state money to purchase this material.

In Portugal there are 39 people with Covid-19, nine more than on Sunday. Most of the cases are in the North region, “most focused active” gives infection and who is linked to a patient from Italy, a country outside China, where the epidemic started, more affected.

The epidemic of Covid-19 was detected in Decemberin China, and has already claimed more than 3,800 deaths.

About 110 thousand people were infected in more than a hundred countries, but more than 62,000 have recovered.

Italy has become the most affected outside China, with 463 dead and more than 7,900 contaminated, with around 16 million people quarantined in the north of the country.

The new coronavirus is a family of viruses that can cause infections respiratory diseases, such as pneumonia.

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