"The worker is hospitalized at the Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Algarve and is the first record of infection by the new coronavirus (Covid-19) in the municipality of Faro, we have not registered any more" the Mayor of Faro, Rogério Bacalhau told Lusa.

Following confirmation, the health authority “decreed the need to keep 74 citizens in quarantine”, of various foreign nationalities, with whom the first infected person will have had personal or professional contact.

Rogério Bacalhau revealed that “due to the possibility of contagion” the City Council was asked to “provide an adequate space for this reception” with the municipality providing the Basic School Pavilion of Santo António do Alto, in conjunction with the Agrupamento Escolar João de Deus.

A source from the Regional Health Administration of the Algarve revealed that the precarious living conditions of the workers led them to be accommodated in school facilities, so that "screening can be done, since there may be a new transmission chain".

Meanwhile, in a statement, the municipality said that "all aspects related to clinical treatment" of these citizens are being and will be addressed by health authorities.

For a decent accommodation, this case is being supported by the Moto Clube de Faro, by the Sapadores Firefighters, by the Volunteer Firefighters 'Cruz Lusa' and by the Portuguese Red Cross - Faro / Loulé nucleus.

Rogério Bacalhau made an appeal "to the tranquility of the entire population", requesting full compliance with the safety and prevention recommendations of the Directorate-General for Health, in particular those "respecting social modesty and personal hygiene standards".