COVID-19: What Is Next for Portugal?

COVID-19: What Is Next for Portugal?

Highly infectious with the possibility of causing severe respiratory complications, the novel COVID-19 began stretching health systems beyond their capacity all over the world and pushing them to breaking points. Giving the devastating effects caused by this infection, unprecedented measures have to...

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Veröffentlicht in:Frontiers in public health 2020-08, Vol.8, p.392-392
Hauptverfasser: Shaaban, Ahmed Nabil, Peleteiro, Barbara, Martins, Maria Rosario O
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
COVID-19
economic crisis
Epidemics
health inequalites
health system
Humans
mental health
Portugal - epidemiology
Public Health
quality indicators—healthcare
SARS-CoV-2
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Zusammenfassung:Highly infectious with the possibility of causing severe respiratory complications, the novel COVID-19 began stretching health systems beyond their capacity all over the world and pushing them to breaking points. Giving the devastating effects caused by this infection, unprecedented measures have to be adopted in order to mitigate its impacts on the health system. This perspective aims to review the epidemic of COVID-19 in Portugal, possible areas of improvement, and potential interventions that can help to mitigate the effect of COVID-19 on the Portuguese health system.
ISSN:2296-2565
2296-2565
DOI:10.3389/fpubh.2020.00392