Algarve Situation Report Wednesday 20th January 2021
Covid-19: Outbreak in the GNR of Albufeira with 10 infected soldiers
Ten military personnel belonging to the GNR of Albufeira Territorial Sub-Detachment, have Covid-19.
The news released by CMTV confirms that two of the infected professionals belong to the Criminal Investigation Nucleus and for the four of them are part of the territorial post of Olhos de Água.
The same source says that the majority of the military has symptoms of the disease, namely “loss of taste and smell”. At the moment there are more than 30 professionals performing insolation at home.
It is known that more tests are being carried out in order to understand the scale of the outbreak
Municipality of Silves articulated a strong response in combating Covid-19
The municipality of Silves, in conjunction with the Delegate of Health and other entities, reported having created conditions for rapid testing of a large number of people, if necessary, allowing to mitigate the Covid-19 disease in the municipality.
In this context, the municipality points out in a statement that within the scope of the Civil Protection Subcommittee for exclusive monitoring of Covid, in addition to creating logistical support and adequate conditions for testing a large number of people, it has been monitoring cases that test positive.
The council also highlights the provision of social and psychological support, the maintenance of municipal transport to support the community, support for the creation of the screening centre for Covid, the availability of FISSUL for the installation of the test centre and the activation of the Emergency Fund Social.
The specific case of testing about 250 students, which took place on January 16th, at EB2 3 Dr. António da Costa Contreiras School, in Armação de Pêra, was one of these measures, resulting in the identification of five students with positive results and two students with inconclusive results.
Deliveries will be made by Rotáxi.
The municipality of Faro has announced the creation of a home delivery service for meals and food as a way to support the local economy during the period of confinement decreed by the government.
The City Council will fully support the deliveries, returning to a measure that had been triggered at the end of November (when the mandatory curfew was decreed, preventing the restoration and other food establishments in the municipality from exercising its normal activity for the purposes of week).
The activation of this service has immediate effects and must be arranged directly between the establishments and the delivery service provider, in this case, Rotáxi.
All catering and food products establishments that can continue to operate in accordance with the measures implemented by the government (Decree 3-A / 2021) can benefit from this service, with the service being operated by participating merchants and not by customers.