Hugo Pereira, Mayor of Lagos, confessed today in statements to journalists, that, since the recent COVID-19 outbreak in his municipality was detected, he has lived through the “worst days” of his life.
The mayor was speaking after the press conference that took place this Friday afternoon at the headquarters of the District Civil Protection Commission, in Loulé, and where the big theme was the spread of COVID-19 in the region as a result of an illegal party in Odiáxere.
By midnight yesterday, 1222 tests had been carried out on individuals not only across the region, but across the country, all of whom somehow came into contact with someone who was present at this party. This number includes those who were at the party, and the family, friends or work connections of those who were there. Up to the same time, 76 confirmed cases of Covid-19 had resulted from these tests, most of them in Lagos, but also in Portimão, Lagoa, Albufeira and Loulé. Nine of the cases are children under 9 years old.
Ana Cristina Guerreiro, regional health delegate, admitted, at the same press conference, that the total number of cases should reach “close to 100”, but stressed that the outbreak will be “contained”.
The Mayor of Lagos added that “by Sunday, we should have around 1500 tests carried out by the various entities, some organized by the Municipality of Lagos, others by the Algarve Biomedical Centre, others by private employers, others still by the Health Authority, with the Public Health Laboratory in the region”. This will allow both the public and health officials to "have a great picture" of what happened.
Mayor Pereira added that, so far, the people tested had done so voluntarily. "There has been no need to force people to take tests, in a coercive way", he guaranteed.
Even so, he launched an appeal, asking whoever was at the party or connected to people who were there, and who has not yet done the COVID-19 screening test to go voluntarily to the health authorities.
The mayor underlined the great effort that Lagos Council has made to contain this outbreak of the virus. “We grasped the problem and, together with the health authorities and civil protection, we did what had to be done: act, to quickly identify all points of contagion, and, through a large amount of tests, try to understand by where the virus could be”.
“We think we have taken all the steps. We assumed that this was what should be done and that only that way could it be controlled and not let the number of infected people expand, since the number of people involved in the event was large and it had been a week since the party”, he added.
But the Mayor of Lagos demands that the Public Prosecutor's Office act, initiating an investigation to look into what happened. “My main concern at the moment is public health, but we do not take this other situation off the table: justice will have do its work, as a way to retract any other similar event, whether in Lagos, or anywhere else in the country”.
It is necessary that justice shows "that crime does not pay off, that illegality does not pay off", he stressed.
Moreover, Pereira didn’t hide his grief at the consequences of the illegal party: “from one party, they created a very complicated situation, and the numbers are evident: at this moment we have many infected children, who did not go to the party, we have some older people, who also did not attend but are also affected”.
“And then we have a whole economy that, in the last week, has gone down without knowing which way to turn, because of a party in bad taste and irresponsibility”.
"This is what I want justice to show: that there was someone who did not comply with the rules, so we must make this case an example, so that the situation does not repeat itself", concludes the Mayor of Lagos.
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I saw that one too. Lockdown is beginning to look like a crime against humanity.
All we hear is about 'cases' which are a result of testing. An 'epidemic' of testing. The test is unproven, ie no hard science behind it, and there have even been cases where testing kits have been contaminated.
Restrictions reimposed in Lisbon
Portugal’s prime minister, António Costa, has said some coronavirus restrictions would be reimposed in Lisbon to help control outbreaks.
Costa said measures to be introduced from Tuesday included a restriction on gatherings of more than 10 people and orders for cafes and shops to close at 8pm in the capital.
“Certain measures will be applied to the capital region,” the premier said a press conference after meeting with mayors of several municipalities.
According to official data compiled by local media, between 21 May and 21 June, Portugal recorded 9,221 new cases of Covid-19 with most cases detected in the Lisbon and Tagus Valley regions.
This is a good article explaining how deaths spiked after the lockdown
https://www.patreon.com/posts/questions-for-19-38460446
JC only reinforces how the media uses stories like this to cause panic and hysteria. Perhaps JC should learn a bit about R0, before commenting.
Basic reproduction number (R0) is affected by numerous biological, sociobehavioral, and environmental factors that govern pathogen transmission and, therefore, is usually estimated with various types of complex mathematical models, which make R0 easily misrepresented, misinterpreted, and misapplied. R0 is not a biological constant for a pathogen, a rate over time, or a measure of disease severity, and R0 cannot be modified through vaccination campaigns. R0 is rarely measured directly, and modeled R0 values are dependent on model structures and assumptions. Some R0 values reported in the scientific literature are likely obsolete. R0 must be estimated, reported, and applied with great caution because this basic metric is far from simple.
While you at it go and look up what Koch's Postulate is, and find one scientific paper where this method was successfully applied for the SARS 1 and SARS 2 virus.
The lockdown has already and will continue to kill many more than corona virus or flu. Food shortages are coming unless things return to normal. In the meantime governments and mass media are brainwashing the public into a state of terror over a statistically minor cause of death in the world.
Read,learn get ready for the same to come back and hit Portugal hard.
21/6/2020
Virus reproduction rate rises to 2.88 in Germany
Reuters Agency
The reproduction rate of the new coronavirus in Germany rose to 2.88 this Sunday, reported the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the agency responsible for the control and prevention of diseases in the country. On Saturday, the figure was 1.79.
This number means that, for every 100 people who contract the virus, another 288 will also become infected. It is necessary that the rate be less than one to gradually stop the spread of the disease.
The increase comes as a result of the identification of several outbreaks in places such as homes, hospitals, refugee shelters, meat factories and logistical centers, according to the RKI, which also refers to religious events and family gatherings.
While insulting David you have not explained why immunity wasn't reached weeks ago. How can you acquire immunity for a viruses if for the last 2 months people have been told to stay indoors?
What Dr Peter Ellis is saying in other words is that most of us will not get Covid because we have something that has been entirely forgotten in 2020 called the immune system. Only those that either are very old or immune compromised will be affected and of those affected a small number will die of this disease. Even if you contract the disease the great majority will recover, when given the correct treatment.
As you've put it ignorance is dangerous it causes fear and it can lead to hysteria.
Anyone who trusts the mainstream media and government these days is either naive or being paid to do so. If governments cared about public health why did they empty hospitals by dumping elderley patients in care homes to die en masse? Why are they still crippling economies long after the peaks have passed?
Where is the post protest spike in mortality? Cases mean nothing