The positive result of a Covid-19 test in Callosa de Segura has created a staffing problem for the local police force. One of the officers tested positive for coronavirus on August 21, which then led to a forced quarantine of the rest of the officers who had been in close contact or shared a shift with this individual. In total five policemen, plus the one affected, have had to undergo quarantine.
According to municipal sources, three of the five agents who had had contact with the police officer who tested positive for Covid-19 were on vacation anyway so their absence did not diminish the already stretched police force.
The other two have undergone the serological test. One of them has tested negative in that first test and the other is at home waiting for the results due to a backlog in test results.
As for the officer who tested positive, this individual has been self isolating since August 21, and has just received a medical discharge to return to work.
Meanwhile, the Mayor of Callosa, Manuel Martínez (PP), has once again demanded from the Department of Health, more resources for the municipality’s Health Center. This is the third letter the Mayor has sent since the summer, the second in a few days. The Mayor says “the situation of the Health Center is unsustainable for the population, the complaints from local people continuous, the telephone attention is deficient and we are very worried about the situation. The City Council has provided new telephone and mobile lines to attend to the monitoring of Covid patients and health care, but there is a lack of staff.”