Here we follow all the information, on the minute, related to the new coronavirus, both in the country and in the world.
10 am – First confirmed cases of infection with the new coronavirus
As far as RTP was concerned, the first two cases of infection with the new coronavirus in Porto were confirmed. They are two men. What was tested positive at Hospital de Santo António was in Italy.
There is another case at São João Hospital.
09h55 – Twenty inhabitants of Póvoa de Varzim in home quarantine
They are employees of the Chamber and collaborators of the organization of the literary festival Correntes d’Escritas who were in close contact with the writer Luís Sepúlveda who participated in the Festival and is now hospitalized with the new coronavirus in Spain.
Still, city services, schools and commerce are operating as normal.
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09h28 – Andorra registers first case of new coronavirus
The country between France and Spain has announced that it has diagnosed the first confirmed case of the new coronavirus.
He is a 20-year-old citizen who recently traveled to Milan, according to the government spokesman.
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09h23 – G7 and Eurogroup to coordinate responses to the epidemic
According to the French Finance Minister, the G7 and the Eurogroup will coordinate responses to the epidemic of the new coronavirus. The meeting will be held over the phone and will take place in the coming days.
“We are going to hold a meeting this week by phone because we need to avoid the G7 ministers traveling to coordinate responses,” said Bruno Le Maire to France 2.
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09h11 – Schools closed in Armenia
Schools in Armenia have been closed and about 30 people are in quarantine after the country’s first case of the new coronavirus was diagnosed.
He is a 29-year-old citizen who returned from Iran and tested positive. According to the Armenian health authorities, more than 30 people who were in contact with the patient were taken to a resort in the city of Tsaghkadzor.
Flights between Armenia and Iran have been temporarily suspended and the border with the country has also been closed.
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08h55 – More than 400 infected in South Korea
South Korea recorded another 400 cases of infection during the night, after a vast screening campaign in the country. There are already more than 4000 infected, in what is the second country most affected by the new coronavirus.
Korean officials account for 26 deaths, with the overwhelming majority of cases occurring in Daegu and Gyeongsang, according to the Center for Contagious Disease Control and Prevention.
South Korea declared a few days ago the maximum level of alert to the epidemic in the country.
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8:45 am – Second death in the United States
The United States announced its second death in the country from the new coronavirus, the day after the first fatal victim was registered.
He is a 70-year-old man from King County, Seattle, who had health problems and was a risk patient. It is the second death in Washington state, after confirming the first death toll.
In New York, the first case of the new coronavirus was detected.
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In the past few hours, information that a international train has been stopped since 10:30 pm on Sunday at Entroncamento station, Santarém, after a passenger claimed to have symptoms of infection with the new coronavirus. It was the Sud Express train.
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The woman in question was accompanied by the Portuguese health authorities, at 4:00 am, after the arrival of an INEM ambulance, with protected medical personnel.
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According to RTP, it is a 21-year-old South Korean girl with suspected infection with a new coronavirus. He had a fever, a cough and had been in northern Italy, as the Health Delegate told RTP.
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She was one of the 150 passengers on the Sud Expresso connecting Lisbon – Hendaia.
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In the carriage, with this woman, there were about 30 people who were identified and who were recommended to watch for possible symptoms in the next 14 days. The same was done for the train reviewer who was closest to the lady and who was the one who gave the health line the first warning.
The epidemic of the new coronavirus, which originated in China in December 2019, has already infected more than 89,000 people in 53 countries on five continents. At this time there is also a record of 3048 deaths related to the virus. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Covid-19 outbreak as an international public health emergency and increased the risk to “very high”.
In Portugal, until 7 pm on Sunday, the Directorate-General for Health (DGS) registered 85 suspected cases of infection, 12 of which were still being studied.
The remaining 73 suspected cases were not confirmed after negative tests.
The DGS maintained on Saturday the risk of the epidemic for public health at “moderate to high”.
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