Many fires caused by carelessness, while large number of Covid-19 patients places extra burden on hard-pressed staff.
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Ambulances were called 2,551 times for Covid-19-related cases in 2020, which is a 12.24 per cent decrease year-on-year.
15-year-old girl and 32-year-old woman suffered accidental carbon monoxide poisoning on separate occasions, one on Sunday and one on New Year’s Day.
A traffic accident occurred in which a non-resident worker was hit by a bus at the junction of Avenida da Praia Grande and Avenida do Infante D. Henrique in the city centre.
A boy who ran out into a three-lane road from a bus parked near the airport was hit by a man on his scooter who was driving in the right-hand lane, sending both falling to the ground.
The Legislative Assembly passed the outline of a government-initiated bill on fire safety in buildings and certain outdoor venues, proposing to give the Fire Services Bureau law enforcement powers to fine violators of fire safety regulations.
A public bus hit a wall in the Praça do Tap Seac underpass on Tuesday evening, and a boy on the bus was injured by glass shards from the window of the vehicle.
An illegally set up canopy fell from the external wall of a flat of a high-rise residential building in Zape on Thursday afternoon, hitting a female pedestrian who sustained serious injuries.
The female sales assistant of a bakery in Nam Van who was hit by a falling bread shelf on Wednesday night was still in a critical condition.
