Portugal with 19 cases of micron variant: all associated with Belenenses SAD – Belenenses SAD

Portugal has already recorded 19 cases of the Micron variant of Covid-19. The information was provided by the Director General of Health, Graça Freitas, in an interview with RTP. The Director-General of Health said the cases identified are linked to the outbreak recorded in Belenenses SAD. If this trend continues, the number of new cases could double around Christmas, admitted Graça Freitas, in other words, about eight thousand cases a day. Remember that this The outbreak has already led to what Pediatric emergency services and pediatric outpatient consultations at García de Orta Hospital in Almada have been closed. This Tuesday. The case of a doctor working in that unit of the hospital was related to Belenenses SAD. This outbreak linked to the Portuguese club led to a major controversy due to the encounter with Benfica, with the Blues taking only nine players to the field and ending up leaving the match after the opening whistle of the second half.
More than 100 people in the Belenenses SAD structure are in isolation. Between the entire structure of Belenenses SAD – players, technical staff, the main squad and under-23 teams – and the direct contacts of 13 confirmed positive cases in the Blues, the number of people in isolation exceeds 100.