Portugal’s health minister said on the evening of the 20th that 20% of the new patients were diagnosed with the variant of the virus, warning that it would increase to 60% as soon as next week, pointing out that the British variant of the virus is spreading rapidly across the country, while Portugal’s national health care system is on the verge of collapse, and there are no longer enough intensive care beds and human resources to take care of patients with wu lung.
According to Reuters, Portugal, with a population of about 10 million, launched a 15-day blockade last week to combat the Epidemic, however, on the 20th Portugal, in addition to a record high of confirmed cases, the number of new deaths also hit a new high of 219 people, to which the health minister, MarTa Temido, said that “the health care system can not handle such a level of infection” and said the current health care system is nearing its limits.
Reuters noted that she said, “I think it is close to the medical limit, with several hospitals in Greater Lisbon in a complex situation, and the number of patients to be dealt with at the moment is very significant.” According to Johns Hopkins University, the total number of confirmed cases in Portugal is 581,605 and 9,465 people have died.
In response to the spread of the epidemic, Ricardo Mexia, president of the Portuguese National Association of Public Health Doctors, also said that there are many reasons for the rising number of infections and deaths, including the arrival of the cold season and the authorities’ decision to loosen preventive measures during the Christmas holidays last year.
However, according to Health Minister Temido, the variant of the virus has also increased the spread of the epidemic, in a new round of blockade in Portugal, all non-essential services and facilities are kept closed and people are urged to stay at Home, but the authorities still keep schools open, a move that has been strongly criticized, the authorities have conducted a ministerial meeting on the evening of the 20th, but the final decision will not be announced until after the government meeting today (21).
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