Informação: Regional Government to guarantee insurance for health professionals and firefighters in the context of COVID-19 pandemic The Regional Secretary for Health announced in Ponta Delgada that health professionals and firefighters who are on the frontline in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic will be covered by an occupational accident insurance for a minimum period three months.
Teresa Machado Luciano spoke at a hearing at the Committee on General Policy of the Legislative Assembly. On the occasion, she stated tha... Mais >> Informação: Press release from the Regional Health Authority The Regional Health Authority reports that the 471 tests conducted by the two laboratories of reference in the Azores did not detect any positive case of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. The Divino Espírito Santo Hospital in Ponta Delgada reports the death of an 80-year-old patient; condolences have been offered to the bereaved family.
Regarding active positive cases, there is a new case of r... Mais >> Informação: Protective products and equipment for COVID-19 with limited marketing margin in the Azores The Regional Government has imposed a maximum limit of 15% on the wholesale and retail marketing margin of several products, such as ethyl alcohol, alcohol-based hand disinfectant gel, medical devices and protective equipment, including masks.
This is an extraordinary measure that aims, on the one hand, to guarantee the supply of essential goods for the protection of public health and, on the ot... Mais >> Informação: Regional Government reinforces testing at Nursing Homes and Integrated Continuing Care Units in the Region The Regional Government, in conjunction with the Regional Health Authority, is reinforcing the safety conditions of the Residential Structures of Nursing Homes and Integrated Continuing Care Units throughout the Region, namely by testing the staff and users for COVID-19 infection.
In this regard, the members of the staff of the Bom Jesus Nursing Home of Rabo de Peixe Community Centre, who began ... Mais >> Informação: Press release from the Regional Health Authority The Regional Health Authority reports that seven positive cases of COVID-19 were diagnosed on the island of São Miguel, following 635 tests conducted by the two laboratories of reference in the Azores.
The cases diagnosed on São Miguel Island concern seven females aged between one and 93. Among them, five resided at the Nursing Home of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia of Nordeste, w... Mais >> Informação: Press release from the Regional Health Authority The Regional Health Authority reports that the 471 tests 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, 131 positive cases for infec... Mais >> Informação: Clarification from the Regional Government In light of the information provided by the Directorate-General of Reintegration and Prison Services to RTP/Açores, stating that it had only received today, April 21, a request from the Regional Government to carry out tests to the prisoners released in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Regional Government considers it essential to make the following clarification public: 1. On April ... Mais >> Informação: Press release from the Regional Secretariat for Health Following the situation with two former inmates, who arrived in Ponta Delgada from Lisbon and who were authorised by the Ponta Delgada Health Delegate to travel to the municipality of Ribeira Grande, violating the compulsory confinement in a hotel unit, the Regional Secretary for Health has decided to dismiss, with immediate effect, the said Health Delegate, Eduardo Cunha Vaz.
Larisa Shogenova, ... Mais >> Informação: Clarification from the Regional Health Authority The Regional Health Authority clarifies that the two former inmates who tested positive for COVID-19 left the Angra do Heroísmo Prison Establishment and headed directly to Lajes Airport with destination to Ponta Delgada.
Upon arrival at Ponta Delgada Airport, they went directly to the hotel unit in a vehicle designated for that purpose, where they were tested and remain, since then, in mand... Mais >> Informação: Press release from the Regional Health Authority The Regional Health Authority reports that three positive cases of COVID-19 were diagnosed on the island of São Miguel, following 454 tests conducted by the two laboratories of reference in the Azores.
The cases diagnosed on São Miguel Island concern two females, aged between 56 and 84, and a 49-year-old male.
One of the cases was hospitalised Sunday at the Divino Espírito Santo... Mais >>
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