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Hospitals in Portugal have been flooded with patients with COVID-19 and almost half of all new infections are due to the new variant of the coronavirus first detected in Britain.
The British mutation is responsible for 32% of cases nationwide and to 50% of all cases in Lisbonsaid Prime Minister Antonio Costa via Twitter.
It is a very significant gesture of the spirit of unity and national solidarity with which we have to face this pandemic.
– António Costa (@antoniocostapm) January 29, 2021
Citing the same data, Health Minister Marta Temido said the data may not give an accurate picture, as it comes from a single laboratory.
Portugal has been locked up for two weeks. Others were registered today 13,200 cases, of which more than half in Lisbon and surroundings Tagus Valley.
The director of the country’s largest hospital, Santa Maria, Lisbon, told reporters that the beds were no longer available. «Currently, about 60 patients they are waiting to be admitted (…) we do not know if the ambulance patients have minor problems or if they are in critical condition ”, revealed Anabela Oliveira.
For the first time today, three critically ill patients were flown from Lisbon to Madeira for treatment.
According to the Health Ministry, another 278 people died in 24 hours, bringing the total number of victims to 11,866.
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