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Brazilian Air Force Academy confirmed positive test on 39 cadets
Militares da AFA trabalhando num avião
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Rafael Ramos
4/24/2021
The Air Force Academy (AFA) in Pirassununga (SP), constantly monitors the health of its members and identified an increase in the number of military personnel with flu-like symptoms. Cadets with symptoms were submitted to covid tests 19.
On April 20, the academy confirmed 39 covid-19 cadet infections. The military has mild symptoms.
Militares da AFA
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The AFA says that, since the beginning of the pandemic, it has adopted preventive measures against the covid.
The infected soldiers are being accompanied by the medical team and are away for the necessary time.
“In addition to the preventive measures against contagion and dissemination provided for in the contingency plan of the aeronautics command for covid-19, the AFA also implemented the guidelines from the health authorities, together with the health squad in Pirassununga”, according to the AFA .
The academy performs disinfection of the accommodation and RT-PCR tests in suspicious cases, in addition to monitoring by the medical team.
The AFA had already registered an outbreak in March last year. At that time, at least 95 soldiers were diagnosed with measles.
The city of Pirassununga saw a significant increase in cases and deaths from the coronavirus. The city has 78 thousand inhabitants, and, in early March, it registered 67 deaths from the coronavirus. On April 20, that number reached 166. The confirmed cases were 6429 on that date.
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Rafael Ramos
Aviation enthusiast from an early age, he had his first contacts with the area developing that good old habit of spending dozens of hours in front of the screens of Micrsoft Flight Simulator and other simulators. With a solid background in various technological areas, including engineering and chemistry, Rafael has rejoined aviation as editor and author of articles and materials on our portal, providing invaluable help to the dynamics and expansion of the website and the aeronautical community, bringing us the news and updates so indispensable for us to remain current in our area of operation.
   
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