The Portuguese Society of Pulmonology is monitoring the situation of 15 people who became infected with Covid-19 during the congress that took place this month and which had 1.200 participants, the organization announced today.
“Right now, 15 cases have been identified in congress participants. All of them are vaccinated and the vast majority are asymptomatic», announced the Society in a statement, noting that the rest have mild symptoms.
The 37th Pneumology Congress took place between 11 and 13 November at the Congress Center of a hotel in Albufeira.
On Monday, some cases were identified, five belonging to a close group and the rest sporadic, "the origin and time of the infection not being clear", according to the information released.
The organization defends that, in the precinct, the infection prevention measures recommended by the General Directorate of Health were complied with: "All the participants in the congress and all the 'staff' involved in the organization of the event presented a digital certificate or negative test at the entrance".
We are still awaiting the results of the tests carried out on some contacts.
Recalling that in recent days there has been an increase in the number of infections in health professionals, the Society took the opportunity to demand the administration, "as a matter of urgency", of the booster dose of the vaccine in this population.
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