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9:42 am – Portuguese Society of Geriatrics proposes creation of interministerial office
The Portuguese Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology (SPGG) today proposed the creation of an interministerial and intersectoral crisis office for Covid-19, and for policies for aging.
“If elderly people in ‘home’ had initially had the same access to personal protective equipment as others and if professionals had also been considered and respected as caregivers ‘on the front line’, with priority access to protective equipment individual cases, many cases probably would not have happened “, considers the SPGG, referring that” this analysis is about to be done “.
In a document in which it presents a set of proposals and reflections, on the subject of aging and the elderly and in times of pandemic, the Geriatrics Society also defends the creation of a permanent inter-ministerial office for the policies of aging and the elderly and families, part of the SPGG.
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9h18 – Masks, disinfectant and expectation of joining the Lisbon Book Fair
The Lisbon Book Fair 2020 will be “a proof of the sector’s resilience” in a “catastrophic year”, advances the organization. The capacity will be limited to 3,300 people simultaneously and the use of a mask is mandatory.
“The fair is a time of excellence to try to recover part of what was lost and to allow its readers and customers to contact the book. (…) By the end of the year (the sector) there may be a loss between 30 and 35 million euros. It is a value that will not be recovered. The appropriate word for this is catastrophe ”, underlined Pedro Sobral, vice-president of the Portuguese Association of Editors and Booksellers (APEL), which organizes the fair together with the Lisbon City Council.
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8h58 – India with more than 75 thousand cases in 24 hours, new daily record
India recorded 75,760 cases of covid-19 in the last 24 hours, according to data from the Indian Ministry of Health, a figure that represents a new daily record in the country.
The highest figure had occurred on August 22, when 70,488 infections were recorded in a single day.
In the past two weeks, India has exceeded 60,000 daily infections, now accumulating more than 3.3 million confirmed cases.
Indian authorities have also recorded 1,023 deaths from the new coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths to 60,472 since the start of the pandemic.
India is the third country in the world with the highest number of infections, behind the United States and Brazil, and the fourth with the highest number of deaths, preceded by those two countries and Mexico.
8:55 am – Germany considers extending ban on major events until December 31
The measure is contained in a preliminary document of measures to combat the spread of the pandemic.
The ban on events such as concerts, sporting events and festivals is expected to end in October.
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8:20 am – Ryanair is trying to stop TAP support at the European Court of Justice
The Público newspaper reports this morning that the low cost airline has filed an appeal against the decision of the European Commission that authorized State aid in court and if the Court’s verdict is favorable to Ryanair, TAP will have to return the money received.
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8:00 am – South Korea with 441 new cases, worst daily record since March
South Korea has registered 441 new cases of covid-19 in the past 24 hours, the authorities announced, the worst daily balance since March 7, when the country counted 483 infections.
South Korea’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 315 of the new cases come from the Seoul metropolitan area, where half the country’s population, which has 51 million people, lives.
The increase in cases has already led health experts to warn of the possibility of hospitals running out of capacity to welcome new patients.–
7:30 am – Peru becomes the country with the highest mortality rate in the world
Peru on Wednesday became the country with the highest mortality rate in the world for covid-19, after Belgium corrected the number of deaths by subtracting 121 deaths from the pandemic balance.
In the South American country the outbreak is far from being controlled and accumulates hundreds of deaths daily in what is already the sixth country in the world with more confirmed cases, accumulating more than 607 thousand infected.
The 28 thousand deaths due to the covid-19 recorded in Peru translate into a mortality of 85.8 deaths per 100 thousand inhabitants, a result that results from the division of the number of deaths by the national population of 32.6 million inhabitants, according to the latest data from the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI).
In Peru, there are still thousands of suspected coronavirus deaths that have not been included in government reports.
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Vila Franca de Xira Hospital asks patients to be referred to other emergencies
The Vila Franca de Xira Hospital, with more than 40 people infected with covid-19, today requested the temporary referral of patients arriving at the emergency room of this unit through the Urgent Patients Orientation Center to other hospitals.
The hospital adds that the measure is “temporary” and “stems from the need to ensure a response to inpatient services that currently have limited capacity”.
The request follows the death of one of the patients who was admitted to the hospital in Vila Franca de Xira, with Covid-19. The elderly woman who died was 90 years old and suffered from other serious illnesses.
The outbreak in the hospital already has 42 cases: 19 patients and 23 health professionals.
At Comporta, there is another Covid-19 outbreak with 21 infected. The outbreak was detected in two of the busiest restaurants, which have since been closed.
The restaurants are owned by the same owner and have some employees in common.
There are 18 workers and 3 infected family members.
In Póvoa de Santarém, home users with negative tests have already started to return to the institution. At home there are 30 infected people, 24 elderly people and six employees.
Yesterday afternoon, GNR disinfected the building.
In a home in Setúbal, another user died of the new coronavirus.
There are 76 active cases in the institution. 54 are users of the Geriatric Center and 22 are employees.
Government gathered
The Government meets today to assess the situation of Covid-19 in the country.
The Council of Ministers will analyze the measures that are in place to face the evolution of the pandemic.
Mainland Portugal is on alert and the Lisbon Metropolitan Area remains in a contingency situation.
An assessment that comes at a time of steady growth in the number of infected people. The number of new Covid-19 cases has risen sharply.
There are over 362 new infections. Such a high number has not been recorded for over a month.
Lisbon and the Tagus Valley have 214 new cases, 59% of the total. In the North there are 109, about 30%
The number of active cases has also been rising for more than a week. There are 13,283, 197 more than the previous day
Two more people over the age of 80 died, both in the Lisbon region.
Pandemic cost 2,316 ME to the State until July
The covid-19 pandemic cost the state 2,316 million euros (ME) by the end of July, due to revenue drops of 672.1 ME and expenditure increases of 1,643.9 ME, the Directorate-General for Budget announced today (DGO).
“Until July, the implementation of the measures adopted in the context of combating and preventing covid-19, as well as those aimed at restoring normality, led to a reduction in revenue of 672.1 million euros and an increase in expense of 1,643.9 million euros “, can be read in the Budget Execution Summary today released by DGO.
The value recorded up to July for the covid-19 pandemic is lower than the 3,774 million euros of losses related to the increase in expenditure and the reduction in revenue recorded until June.
State fits less 3,662.8 ME in taxes until July
The State collected € 3,662.8 million less in taxes until July, corresponding to a drop of 14.6% compared to the same period in 2019, indicates the summary of budget execution, released today.
“The accumulated net tax revenue of the State sub-sector continues to be affected by the effects of the pandemic caused by the covid-19 in the Portuguese economy, registering at the end of July a decrease of 3,662.8 million euros (-14.6%) compared to the first seven months of 2019 “, points out the Directorate-General for Budget (DGO).
The total amount of tax revenue collected in the first seven months of 2020 is 21,830.9 million euros. In the same period of 2019, the State’s tax revenue totaled 25,571.3 million euros.
July is the second consecutive month in which tax revenue declines year-on-year in the order of 14%.
Commissioner resigns following controversy
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said today she accepts the resignation of European Commissioner for Trade, Irish Phil Hogan, who was involved in a controversy for violating containment rules for covid-19.
“European Commissioner Phil Hogan has resigned. I respect his decision,” Ursula von der Leyen said in a statement released this evening in Brussels.
The reaction came minutes after Phil Hogan made public that he asked Von der Leyen to resign after violating containment rules against covid-19 by attending a dinner in Ireland with more than 80 people.
“Tonight I presented my resignation as European Commissioner for Trade to the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen,” announced Phil Hogan in a speech published by the community executive.
“It was becoming increasingly clear that the controversy over my recent visit to Ireland was being a distraction from my work as a European commissioner and would affect my role in the important months ahead,” justified the Irish official.
Irish Phil Hogan visited his country between July 31 and August 21 and, on Wednesday of last week, attended a dinner celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Irish Parliament golf club, with 82 guests, including the then Minister of Agriculture Dara Calleary, who resigned from office on Friday.
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