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If Portugal maintains the restrictions that are currently in force to prevent the increase in COVID-19 infections and stop the appearance of new transmission chairs, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) estimates that, in December, The country registers “very low levels” of new cases, hospitalizations and deaths from the disease.
“In the most recent projections, we estimate that 22 of the 31 Member States [da União Europeia e do Espaço Económico Europeu] they will have a reduction in the number of confirmed cases and, subsequently, hospital admissions and deaths, to very low levels ”, the European agency told Agência Lusa, quoted by the newspaper“ Expresso ”.
Portugal is one of the countries that will be included in the list of 22 member states, but the ECDC warns in its new report, released this week, that the reduction in the number of infections, hospitalizations and deaths will only begin to decrease if the measures are maintained. response effective November 18, 2020 and until the end of the forecast period“, that is, on December 25th.
Short-term projections from the European agency on the evolution of the epidemiological crisis in Portugal say that, after reaching the peak of infections in November, it is expected to register a marked slowdown throughout December, culminating in less than two thousand cases. infection diaries in January.
But in order not to see an exponential increase in broadcast networks during Christmas and New Year’s Eve, the ECDC warns that it requires “a combination of measures, including measures of physical distance, measures of staying at home, such as telework, isolation in case of symptoms and the implementation of generalized tests and follow-up of contacts ”, quotes the same newspaper.
And he goes on to quote the same report: “Given the response measures currently in place, we anticipate that more than half of the EU Member States and the European Economic Area will see a reduction of more than 50% in the daily number of confirmed cases. , and a subsequent reduction in hospital demand and associated deaths “.
In the last 24 hours, Portugal registered 87 more deaths and 4,868 new cases of infection by the new coronavirus.
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