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IN UPDATE
This Friday, Portugal counts another 21 deaths related to covid-19 and 2,608 new cases of infection by the new coronavirus, according to the epidemiological bulletin of the General Directorate of Health (DGS).
The latest DGS data points to the highest number of deaths since the end of April, as well as a new record in the number of daily cases.
It is the third consecutive day that Portugal has more than two thousand new cases, after 2,072 registered on Wednesday and 2,101 on Thursday.
Since the start of the pandemic, Portugal has registered 2,149 deaths and 95,902 cases of infection, with 37,697 active cases, 1,602 more than on Thursday.
Regarding hospital admissions, the bulletin reveals that in the last 24 hours there are 22 more people hospitalized, totaling 1,015, of which 144 are in intensive care (5 more compared to Thursday).
The severity of covid-19 and the risk of infection may be related to blood group
Two studies published Wednesday suggest that people with blood group O have a lower risk of becoming infected with the new coronavirus, as well as a lower chance of experiencing severe symptoms if they are infected.
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One of the studies It also identified that hospitalized patients with covid-19 blood type O or B spend less time in intensive care units compared to individuals of blood type A or AB. They were also less likely to need ventilation and develop kidney failure.
The University of Oxford develops tests capable of identifying covid-19 in less than five minutes
Scientists at the University of Oxford in the UK have developed a rapid test capable of identifying a coronavirus case in less than five minutes, the researchers revealed Thursday, adding that the test can be used at airports and businesses.
The University says it hopes to start developing the test device in early 2021. The tool can detect a case of coronavirus and distinguish it from other viruses with high precision.
Ferro admits diploma for mandatory use of masks and application despite doubts
The President of the Assembly of the Republic admitted this Thursday the diploma for the mandatory use of masks and the “StayAway Covid” application, despite doubts about some measures, given the “emergency situation” due to the evolution of the pandemic.
“Under normal conditions, the doubts that some of the listed measures generate in me would lead me to request, prior to the decision to admit this initiative, that the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, Rights, Freedoms and Guarantees issue an opinion on their constitutionality, is that is, regarding compliance with the admissibility requirements ”, refers the order of admission of the proposal, to which the Lusa agency had access.
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Ferro Rodrigues stressed that this practice that he has adopted “must be weighed against the emergency situation that the measures may require”, justifying this decision with the “worrying evolution of the pandemic” that led the Government to raise the alert level throughout the continental national territory.
