Content updated: 25 March 2020
- Providing direct care to patients with COVID-19;
- Contact in laboratory environment with samples of COVID-19;
- Visits to the patient or stay in the same patient environment infected by COVID-19;
- Close contact or indoors with a patient with COVID-19 infection (eg. classroom);
- On an aircraft:
- 2 seats to the patient's left, 2 seats to the patient's right, two seats in the two consecutive rows in front of the patient and two seats in the two consecutive rows behind the patient;
- Traveling companions of the patient;
- Providing direct care to the patient;
- Flight crew who served the patient's section;
- If a patient with severe symptoms or with a lot of movement inside the aircraft, consider all people as close contact;
- On a ship:
- Travel companions;
- Sharing the same cabin;
- Providing direct care to the patient;
- Crew who served the cabin of the patient;
European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the Portuguese Directorate-General for Health (DGS) issue daily communications with the latest information summary and recommendations.
The risk assessment is constantly updated, according to the evolution of the outbreak. The