NUMBER: C160_74_v2
DATE: 3/1/2020
SUBJECT: Case of COVID-19 identified in a patient who was in the North of Portugal
The Directorate-General for Health (DGS) has been informed of a confirmed case of COVID-19 in the Principality
Asturias, later identified as the writer Lu?s Sep?lveda, who
in the Northern Region of Portugal from the 18th to the 23rd of February.
The laboratory diagnosis was positive, awaiting confirmation by the respective laboratory
national reference.
According to the information provided by the Spanish Health Authorities, the case had
onset of symptoms on February 25. However, information known later
point to the existence of symptoms during the stay in Portugal. The writer's wife looks
also have compatible symptomatology, being under investigation. The source of infection is
also to be evaluated.
DGS remains in contact with the Spanish Health Authorities.
The Health Authorities of the North Region started the Epidemiological Investigation, that is,
identifying close contacts of the patient and his wife.
DGS requests that everyone who can be defined as a close contact with the writer Luis
Sep?lveda and his wife, that is, those who:
• have been in close contact (1 meter) or in a closed environment,
• have traveled together in the same car,
• have provided them with health care,
• are cohabiting,
and only those who call SNS24 - 808 24 24 24, and follow the indications
provided.
Communiqu? n? C160_74_v2 of 3/1/2019 2/2
Alameda D. Afonso Henriques, 45 | 1049-005 Lisbon - Portugal | Tel: +351 21 843 05 00 | Fax: + 351 21 843 05 30 | E-mail: geral@dgs.min-saude.pt | www.dgs.pt
If the situation of ‘close contact’ is confirmed by the SNS24 line professionals, the
concerned do not need to go to the health services, remaining calm in
home, and wait for the contact of the Health Authority that will establish the surveillance conditions.
This information will be updated when appropriate.
Gra?a Freitas
Director-General of Health
https://www.dgs.pt/a-direccao-geral-...tugal-pdf.aspx
N?MERO: C160_75_v1
DATA: 02/03/2020
ASSUNTO: Casos de infe??o por novo Coronav?rus (COVID-19)
A Dire??o-Geral da Sa?de (DGS) informa que foi confirmado por contra-an?lise o caso positivo do
doente que regressou de Espanha e que foi encaminhado ontem para o Centro Hospitalar
Universit?rio de S?o Jo?o.
Informa-se ainda que a cidad? sul-coreana que foi retirada do comboio que fazia a liga??o LisboaParis teve resultado negativo ap?s realiza??o de an?lises laboratoriais pelo Instituto Nacional de
Sa?de Dr. Ricardo Jorge (INSA), com duas amostras biol?gicas negativas.
Gra?a Freitas
Diretora-Geral da Sa?de
https://www.dgs.pt/a-direccao-geral-...id-19-pdf.aspx
Portugal Registers First Two Cases of Coronavirus: Health Minister
March 2, 2020, at 5:12 a.m.
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U.S. News & World Report
Portugal Registers First Two Cases of Coronavirus: Health Minister
LISBON (REUTERS) - Portugal registered its first two cases of the new coronavirus on Monday, both in people who had recently returned from abroad, Health Minister Marta Temido told a news conference.
Both men were taken to hospital in Porto and were in a stable condition and in good general health, Temido said.
She said one case was discovered in a 60-year-old man who had recently traveled to Italy, the site of Europe's worst outbreak, and another one in a man aged 33, who had returned from Valencia in Spain.
...
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/ar...sic-television
DATE: 3/1/2020
SUBJECT: Case of COVID-19 identified in a patient who was in the North of Portugal
The Directorate-General for Health (DGS) has been informed of a confirmed case of COVID-19 in the Principality
Asturias, later identified as the writer Lu?s Sep?lveda, who
in the Northern Region of Portugal from the 18th to the 23rd of February.
The laboratory diagnosis was positive, awaiting confirmation by the respective laboratory
national reference.
According to the information provided by the Spanish Health Authorities, the case had
onset of symptoms on February 25. However, information known later
point to the existence of symptoms during the stay in Portugal. The writer's wife looks
also have compatible symptomatology, being under investigation. The source of infection is
also to be evaluated.
DGS remains in contact with the Spanish Health Authorities.
The Health Authorities of the North Region started the Epidemiological Investigation, that is,
identifying close contacts of the patient and his wife.
DGS requests that everyone who can be defined as a close contact with the writer Luis
Sep?lveda and his wife, that is, those who:
• have been in close contact (1 meter) or in a closed environment,
• have traveled together in the same car,
• have provided them with health care,
• are cohabiting,
and only those who call SNS24 - 808 24 24 24, and follow the indications
provided.
Communiqu? n? C160_74_v2 of 3/1/2019 2/2
Alameda D. Afonso Henriques, 45 | 1049-005 Lisbon - Portugal | Tel: +351 21 843 05 00 | Fax: + 351 21 843 05 30 | E-mail: geral@dgs.min-saude.pt | www.dgs.pt
If the situation of ‘close contact’ is confirmed by the SNS24 line professionals, the
concerned do not need to go to the health services, remaining calm in
home, and wait for the contact of the Health Authority that will establish the surveillance conditions.
This information will be updated when appropriate.
Gra?a Freitas
Director-General of Health
https://www.dgs.pt/a-direccao-geral-...tugal-pdf.aspx
N?MERO: C160_75_v1
DATA: 02/03/2020
ASSUNTO: Casos de infe??o por novo Coronav?rus (COVID-19)
A Dire??o-Geral da Sa?de (DGS) informa que foi confirmado por contra-an?lise o caso positivo do
doente que regressou de Espanha e que foi encaminhado ontem para o Centro Hospitalar
Universit?rio de S?o Jo?o.
Informa-se ainda que a cidad? sul-coreana que foi retirada do comboio que fazia a liga??o LisboaParis teve resultado negativo ap?s realiza??o de an?lises laboratoriais pelo Instituto Nacional de
Sa?de Dr. Ricardo Jorge (INSA), com duas amostras biol?gicas negativas.
Gra?a Freitas
Diretora-Geral da Sa?de
https://www.dgs.pt/a-direccao-geral-...id-19-pdf.aspx
Portugal Registers First Two Cases of Coronavirus: Health Minister
March 2, 2020, at 5:12 a.m.
More
U.S. News & World Report
Portugal Registers First Two Cases of Coronavirus: Health Minister
LISBON (REUTERS) - Portugal registered its first two cases of the new coronavirus on Monday, both in people who had recently returned from abroad, Health Minister Marta Temido told a news conference.
Both men were taken to hospital in Porto and were in a stable condition and in good general health, Temido said.
She said one case was discovered in a 60-year-old man who had recently traveled to Italy, the site of Europe's worst outbreak, and another one in a man aged 33, who had returned from Valencia in Spain.
...
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/ar...sic-television
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