[News]Three new outbreaks of Covid-19 in the Community of Madrid

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The Ministry of Health of the Community of Madrid has notified three new outbreaks of coronavirus, with 15 positive cases and 62 follow-up contacts associated with the family, work and social environment.

 

Outbreaks have been identified in Madrid, Alcorcón, Fuente el Saz de Jarama and Algete. None of them has needed hospital admission.

 

The General Directorate of Public Health of the Community of Madrid has notified this Sunday to the Ministry of Health three new outbreaks. The first has been located in Madrid. It has five positive cases and 25 follow-up contacts. This outbreak has been detected within the family environment and affects several homes.

 

                     

 

The second outbreak has been detected in the municipalities of Madrid and Alcorcón and has three positive cases and 33 follow-up contacts. It has been detected within the social sphere.

 

The third outbreak occurred in the municipalities of Fuente el Saz de Jarama and Algete, with seven positive cases and four follow-up contacts. The outbreak has taken place in the social and work environment, as well as in the family.

 

The objective of early detection is, once the cases are confirmed, to transmit it to the Public Health technicians immediately, the Community has reported.

 

All this so that the follow-up and control of the contacts is imminent, determining the appropriate measures to control the contacts and thus avoid the possible spread and that these outbreaks are of less incidence.

 

The Community of Madrid reminds citizens of the importance of individual responsibility in the adoption and control of hygienic-sanitary measures to prevent the spread of infections.

 

This includes the mandatory use of the mask, frequent cleaning and hygiene of the hands, either with soap and water, or with hydroalcoholic gel, in addition to the awareness that it is a disease that affects the entire society, regardless of age range.