It is yet another set of measures to try to contain the spread of the new coronavirus in Portugal.
Visits to homes, hospitals and prisons in the north of the country are suspended, as well as the closing of a school and two university buildings.
The announcement was made at a press conference by the Minister of Health. Marta Temido said that the Government will reassess this Sunday the risks of the epidemic of the new coronavirus.
In the case of the University of Minho, the classes that are given at the Campus of Gualtar, in Braga, will be suspended indefinitely, and some buildings will even remain behind closed doors.
Decision taken by the rectory of the University of Minho, after having confirmed the infection of a student with coronavirus.
In view of this situation, the Prime Minister justified the prevention measures announced by Marta Temido. António Costa says that they will be taken as new cases appear.
The prime minister guarantees that Portugal is able to treat this coronavirus outbreak.
At this point, 21 cases are confirmed in the country, 15 of which in the north.
During Saturday afternoon, the President of the Republic visited patients hospitalized with the new virus at Hospital de São João, in Porto. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said that the 16 inmates are doing well.
In Portugal, in addition to the 21 cases confirmed with the new virus, the Directorate-General for Health said that there are 47 people awaiting laboratory results. And more than 400 are under surveillance.
Private hospitals are available to collaborate with health authorities on the new coronavirus.
This is what the president of the Portuguese Association of Private Hospitalization says in an interview with Antena 1 and the Jornal de Negócios. Óscar Gaspar says that they are taking measures to face the epidemic, even though they have not been approached by health authorities.
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Óscar Gaspar estimates that 500 beds are available in private hospitals to respond to cases of the new virus that arise in these units.
These are statements by the president of the Portuguese Association of Private Hospitalization in the Conversa Capital program to hear in full after the 13:00 news on Antena 1.
Outside the Portuguese border, in Italy, at least a dozen regions of the country will remain in isolation, especially in Lombardy, the region with the most infections and fatalities.
In addition to the isolation measure, the Government of Rome has also decreed the closure of cinemas, theaters and museums across the country. Spaces like restaurants and bars will work less hours and only those that guarantee a meter of distance between each customer.
These measures will be in force until April 3 and make Italy the second country in the world to take the most drastic measures, after China.
The decree was signed last morning by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and will affect 16 million Italians, more than a quarter of the country’s population.
Italian health officials have so far accounted for 233 deaths and more than 5800 cases of the new coronavirus have been confirmed in the country.
In Spain, two more elderly people died, bringing to 10 the number of fatal cases caused by the new virus. Spain currently has more than 500 confirmed cases.
In the last few hours, the first death due to the new pneumonia virus in Latin America was also confirmed in Argentina. He is a 64-year-old man who was in Europe in February.
In China, in Quanzou, the collapse of a hotel that served as the quarantine center for the coronavirus epidemic, killed four people. Information revealed this morning by the Chinese Health Minister who said that 42 people were removed from the rubble.
Around the world, the outbreak of the new pneumonia virus, detected in December in China, has so far caused about 3500 deaths and infected more than 100,000 people in at least 90 countries.
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