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Coronavirus-positive cases increase to 17 in Puerto Rico



Cases by coronavirus (COVID-19) in Puerto Rico they increased this morning to 17 after the tests taken on three people showed positive, confirmed to The new day the assistant general of the National Guard, José Juan Reyes.

“They were waiting for the results of 52 tests. Of those 52, the results came from three that tested positive.” reported in a telephone interview.

Reyes, who participated in a morning conference call with different government components to update the public health emergency, mentioned that all three people have travel history. He could not specify gender or age.

This medium asked the Health Department for a reaction, but at the moment we have not received a response.

More evaluations at airports

As of today, the National Guard It has medically evaluated 20,595 passengers who arrived at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, of whom 44 underwent another medical evaluation of what is known as “triage” to verify their symptoms and nine had the coronavirus test taken. Of those evaluated, 40 are kept in their homes in quarantine.

Reyes indicated that since yesterday about 500 members of the military corps began to do the screening at the airports of Isla Grande, Aguadilla and Ponce. From tomorrow they expect to be at the Ceiba airport.

He also noted that they signed an agreement with the Medical Sciences Campus of the University of Puerto Rico, the Ponce School of Medicine and the Central University of the Caribbean for some 70 fourth-year medical students to collaborate with the work of the Guard. National.

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