Information: Press release from the Regional Health Authority
The Regional Health Authority reports that a passenger with SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infection, which causes COVID-19 disease, arrived at Ponta Delgada Airport on Sunday, April 5. The individual, a male, non-resident in the Region, was receiving hospital care at home in the city of Porto, from where he escaped. Following a warning issued by the medical team accompanying the patient, the Municipa... more >>

Information: Press release from the Regional Health Authority
The Regional Health Authority informs that two positive case of COVID-19 were diagnosed on the island of São Miguel and one positive case on the island of Pico, according to testing conducted by the two laboratories of reference in the Azores. The positive cases on São Miguel Island concern two females, aged 91 and 77, who were diagnosed following the identification of a secondary chai... more >>

Information: Press release from the Regional Health Authority
The Regional Health Authority reports that the testing conducted by the two laboratories of reference in the Azores did not detect any positive case of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. Pandemic prevention and containment measures should be maintained and reinforced, whenever possible, by citizens, private and social organisations, and by the social sector. As of now, 67 positive cases for infection... more >>

Information: Press release from the Regional Health Authority
The Regional Health Authority informs that one positive case of COVID-19 was diagnosed on the island of São Miguel, according to testing conducted by the two laboratories of reference in the Azores. The new case concerns a 35-year-old female who had contact with a positive case. Currently, the patient is clinically stable and in home confinement. The situation is being followed up by the ... more >>

Information: Press release from the Regional Health Authority
The Regional Health Authority reports that the testing conducted by the two laboratories of reference in the Azores did not detect any positive case of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours and that the first case of recovery has been recorded in the Region. The patient in question is a 29-year-old female from Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira Island. A recovered case is defined as two consecutive negati... more >>

Information: Press release from the Regional Health Authority
The Regional Health Authority informs that three positive cases of COVID-19 were diagnosed on the island of São Miguel, according to testing conducted by the two laboratories of reference in the Azores. The diagnosed cases correspond to two females, aged 46 and 80, with one being a health professional. Both had contact with positive cases. The 56-year-old male with recent history of travel ... more >>

Information: Health Unit reorganises provision of care on Pico Island under its Contingency Plan
The Pico Island Health Unit will reorganise its activity from 12 am on Wednesday, April 1, as part of its Contingency Plan, maintaining the provision of care to the population of the island's three municipalities. This reorganisation, decided after hearing the mayors of the three municipalities, results from the fact that several of their professionals are under mandatory quarantine following di... more >>

Information: Regional Directorate for Health recommends restrictions on inpatient visits and accompanying persons in the emergency room
The Regional Directorate for Health recommends restrictions in the number of visits to patients admitted to integrated continuing care units, nursing homes and "casas de saúde" (mental institutions) under the measures aimed at preventing infections with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). An information circular released today determines that the professionals responsible for these inpatient un... more >>

Information: Regional Government monitors public health emergency over Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
The Regional Government is monitoring the situation of the pneumonia outbreak caused by the novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), following the international public health emergency declared Thursday by the World Health Organisation. Public health authorities and Civil Protection partners are working in conjunction with the aim of protecting public health in the Region. Currently, there are no suspecte... more >>

Information: Regional Director for Health highlights positive results of efforts undertaken in the Azores to combat childhood obesity
The Regional Director for Health said today in Lisbon that the preliminary results of the fifth round of the Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative - COSI Portugal 2019 evidence that the work carried out in the Azores to combat childhood obesity "have yielded positive results." "Although the Azores remain the Region with the highest overweight and obesity rates, the data presented show that the... more >>