There are 15 active Covid-19 outbreaks in health institutions, with 202 confirmed cases among specialists, pushing the Directorate General of Health into a renaissance.
Despite the daily escalation of new infections, driven by the micron variable, the number of outbreaks in health facilities is lower than at other times of the year.
According to the DGS, in May of last year, there were 2,828 health professionals infected with Covid-19. In August of this year, there were six outbreaks with 16 cases.
Non-INEM cases
The head of the Emergency Technicians Syndicate confirmed before hospital admission on Thursday that the National Institute of Emergency is not complying with the General Directorate of Health rule that mandates regular testing for Covid-19 for professionals most at risk of infection.
Speaking to CNN Portugal, Roy Lazaro, President of STEPH, said that this circumstance allowed an outbreak that subsequently ended emergency resources, endangering assistance to the population, as happened in Portimao, earlier this month, where the Covid-19 virus broke out. . INEM ambulance forced to stop.
In response, INEM contradicts STEPH’s statements and states that it “constantly monitors the epidemiological situation of its professionals and conducts frequent, extended and targeted testing. When INEM professionals report contact with positive cases, they are immediately tested, and the same happens with their co-workers.”
In the memo, the institute adds that there are “three CODU Sul specialists at INEM, who are in the service of COSUR (Operations Center 112 do Sul), operated by the PSP, and the infected.”
In all, the statement concluded that, at this time, there are “only nine INEM specialists who are positive for SARS-CoV-2”.
