Covid-19/Brava: Civil Protection in Brava says it is aware of the need to reinforce work with the opening of travel

The head of Civil Protection at Brava said today that his team is aware that with the opening of inter-island trips, it is necessary to reinforce the work of raising awareness and inspection in the face of the covid-19 pandemic.

Speaking to Inforpress, António Marcelino stated that it is not possible to remain closed for longer, referring to inter-island trips, adding that it is “necessary to learn to live with the new reality”.

The official underlined that the local Civil Protection team is already prepared to do everything within its power and in accordance with its areas of intervention to respond to any needs.

According to the same source, Civil Protection will continue to work in partnership with the other institutions on the island involved in this fight to combat and prevent the pandemic, mainly with regard to raising awareness among the resident population and passengers arriving on the island.

For António Marcelino, it is necessary to “adopt new measures and do everything to guarantee the protection of the populations, but noted that they must be aware of their role in this fight.

“For this awareness, it is necessary to work on raising awareness day after day”, stressed the official.

Since the period of the state of emergency, recalled the same source, the Municipal Civil Protection Service and some partners have been working on the issue of raising awareness in society in general, in addition to the control and disinfection of goods entering the island, work that will be “continuous” until the situation improves.

For passengers arriving on the island, this official asks for the “maximum care possible”, to follow the instructions and to be “responsible”.

Likewise, it asks the resident population to follow the measures and restrictions issued by the Government, in order to keep the island free of the virus.

So far, the island still has no positive cases, having registered the first suspected case on the 6th of July, but whose results were negative, after PCR testing of all family members.

Cape Verde has registered an accumulated 1,779 cases of covid-19 since March 19, with 19 deaths, but 850 have already been reported as recovered.

The covid-19 pandemic has already caused more than 574,000 deaths and infected around 13.2 million people in 196 countries and territories, according to a balance sheet made by the French agency AFP.

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