Negative 1st suspected case of coronavirus in Madeira

Tobi Hughes·
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The 1st suspected case of coronavirus in Madeira was negative. The results were confirmed / validated by the Instituto Dr. Ricardo Jorge in Lisbon.

The information has just been released by the responsible for IASaúde, Herberto Jesus, in a new press conference held this Sunday afternoon.

As reported  yesterday on-line, she is a 19-year-old Madeiran student, who was recently in Milan, where the virus is transmitted in the community, and who, in addition to fulfilling this criterion epidemiological, also highlighted the clinical criteria, which are similar to those of influenza.

There are no more suspects. The young woman will be taken to another service at the hospital.

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The contact with the health system, as recommended, was established through the SRS24 – 800 24 24 20 line and, from there, all procedures foreseen in the regional plan were triggered.

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19 Responses

  1. That is good news but it is only a matter of time before a positive result comes in.

    1. After your previous, deeply hurtful, comment telling us that it will be only the people with lung disease or a heart condition that will die it is surprising that you don’t shut up.

        1. Excellent, Mo! Now all the readers know what an insensitive, crass and ignorant person you are.

  3. It has now been said that the virus was known about in China in early December and the news was supressed . If true , many people may have already had it not knowing .

    1. Could well be true knowing the secretive communist government. Funny that North Korea is keeping tight-lipped when there must be cases there!

    2. Unfortunately, no. Tens of thousands have it and the current death rate is 3.4% of course those two statistics rely upon accurate counting.

        1. If there are 88,251 cases of this virus world wide and three thousand so far have died then simple maths makes that 3.4%.

          In the USA death from influenza is at 0.1%. Even by the BBC figure this Coronavirus is ten times more deadly than the’flu that you say it is like.

  5. What is Madeira doing when all the cruise ships come into Funchal when all the thousand of tourists come flooding in. They have to have means for checking that area, and also the Airport as flights from all areas come in.

    1. No, no checking at the airport nor at the harbour. WHO says screening should be performed at departure from areas where community infection is on course. People arriving in UK airports and harbours are not being checked either, so I should they while arriving in Madeira.

  6. The coverage in the media world wide and the in depth reports from the WHO of this virus together with the extraordinary lengths to which most governments are going to find a vaccine is an indication of how serious it is. The younger and fitter you are the greater ability you will have to shake it off. Unfortunately we aren’t all young and healthy. The devastating effect this Coronavirus could have on the Cerebral Palsy home at Pico Do Funcho, let alone on the Lars (old people’s homes) of Madeira is truly frightening. It is not, as someone has commented, simply a flu virus. It is a virus that spreads easily and for which there is unlikely to be a vaccine inside of fifteen months.
    It is with a great sense of relief that this nineteen year old student does not have it. For her and for those she has been in contact with and those they have been in contact with.

  8. I have just watched an interview with an Englishman currently living in Wuhan . He contracted the virus in November , so it’s been around far longer than we had previously thought .

    1. Yes it started well before Christmas, and still in its very early stage, it’s at least 10 times more deadly than flu, which can kill up to 650,000 globally a year. Attacking the lungs it is going to be older people who will be worse off from this, or people already with breathing problems.

  9. we are going on holiday to madeira in july, will we be ok to fly there from the uk?and if corona does surface in madeira will we be ok>

  10. This is an ever evolving situation, no one can say what is ahead for a week never mind July, like anyone else, assess the risks and act accordingly, you are in uk I assume so you have a better chance of catching it there, part of the risk needs to take into account the possibility of getting stranded, but a nicer place to be stranded I’ve yet to come across. I repeat its a dicision ( at this juncture) that you need to make and I advise you not to take that decision based on any potential financial loss as your health, families health, mental well being all come before potential financial loss.

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