Eight employees of the São Paulo Health Department die with suspected coronavirus.
According to the São Paulo City Health Department, the Municipal Hospital Authority (AHM), responsible for 19 hospitals and four Emergency Care Units (UPA), recorded 1.841 absences due to respiratory syndrome.
247 - Eight employees of the São Paulo City Hall's Health Department died while working to combat the coronavirus. One of the deaths, that of hematologist and hemotherapist Paulo Fernando Moreira Palazzo, was caused by COVID-19. The other seven may also have been caused by the disease, but confirmation is pending. The state of São Paulo has 4,8 confirmed cases and 304 deaths caused by the coronavirus. In Brazil, there are 12,2 cases and 567 deaths. Globally, the number reaches 1,3 million cases, with 76,4 deaths.
According to a note from the Health Department of the capital of São Paulo, this Monday (6), the "loss is irreparable, at a time when the city's Health community is preparing to face its greatest challenge".
On another note, the department reported that the Municipal Hospital Authority (AHM), responsible for 19 hospitals and four Emergency Care Units (UPA), recorded 1.841 absences due to respiratory syndrome. This number represents 9,3% of the 19.675 AHM employees and covers the period from February 26th to last Friday, April 3rd.
Of those absent from work, 95 are confirmed cases of coronavirus.
The state government has extended the quarantine until April 22nd.