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Government of the Azores has already started planning a return to normality

The official of the Regional Health Authority of the Azores admitted today that the executive is already planning a return to normality in the archipelago, but has not put forward dates for lifting the restrictions imposed due to the covid-19.

“I do not say that it is still too early to start thinking about this possibility, however, it has to be properly planned and considered, also following the evolution of the outbreak in continental territory, but we are working in this direction, to see what kind of measures, which exist at this moment in the region, is that they can begin to be considered to be raised and decreased ”, he said.

Tiago Lopes, who is also regional director of Health, spoke in Angra do Heroísmo, at the daily situation about the evolution of the covid-19 outbreak in the Azores.

The head of the Regional Health Authority recalled, however, that the current pandemic situation of the covid-19 is not the same in all the islands of the archipelago, admitting further restrictions on the island of São Miguel, where 84 of the 111 active positive cases are.

“In some islands, namely São Miguel, it still requires compliance and we cannot guarantee that they cannot even be accentuated”, he pointed out.

The island of São Miguel has sanitary cords in all of its counties, which prevent free movement between them, from April 3 and the measure was extended until May 1.

Until the lifting of restrictions is decided, Tiago Lopes calls for the population to continue to comply with the recommendations of the Regional Health Authority.

“For now, we should not fall into the mistake that everything will be fine and that we will be able to return to this normality as quickly as that,” he said.

Since the beginning of the outbreak, 138 cases of covid-19 in the Azores have been confirmed, 111 of which are currently active, with 19 recoveries (eight in São Miguel, six in Terceira, four in São Jorge and one in Pico) and eight deaths (in São Miguel).

The island of São Miguel recorded the most cases (100), followed by Terceira (11), Pico (10), São Jorge (seven), Faial (five) and Graciosa (five).

Globally, according to an AFP report, the covid-19 pandemic has already caused more than 181,000 deaths and infected more than 2.6 million people in 193 countries and territories.

More than 593,500 patients were considered cured.

In Portugal, 785 people died of the 21,982 registered as infected, according to the Directorate-General for Health.

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