POSITIVE CASE IN MADEIRA COMES FROM THE CENTRAL REGION OF THE COUNTRY

As announced by JM today, Madeira registered a new positive case of covid-19.

IASAÚDE now informs that the identified passenger has “originated from Mainland Portugal, particularly from the Central Region, which was awaiting the result of a SARS-CoV-2 test, carried out at the origin.

“The passenger was taken to a hotel unit dedicated to confinement, where he remains in isolation,”

The newly infected person is a “male person, aged 20-29 years, with no report of symptoms”.

This is the 91st case of covid-19 identified in the region. He is staying at the Hotel Dom Pedro, in Machico.

From Jornal Madeira