COVID-19: What Is Next for Portugal?

Ahmed Nabil Shaaban; Ahmed Nabil Shaaban; Barbara Peleteiro; Barbara Peleteiro; Maria Rosario O. Martins

doi:10.3389/fpubh.2020.00392

Frontiers in Public Health (Aug 2020)

COVID-19: What Is Next for Portugal?

Ahmed Nabil Shaaban,
Ahmed Nabil Shaaban,
Barbara Peleteiro,
Barbara Peleteiro,
Maria Rosario O. Martins

Affiliations

Ahmed Nabil Shaaban: Global Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM), Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (IHMT), NOVA University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Ahmed Nabil Shaaban: EPIUnit - Instituto de Saúde Pública, Universidade Do Porto, Porto, Portugal
Barbara Peleteiro: EPIUnit - Instituto de Saúde Pública, Universidade Do Porto, Porto, Portugal
Barbara Peleteiro: Departamento de Ciências da Saúde Pública e Forenses e Educação Médica, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Do Porto, Porto, Portugal
Maria Rosario O. Martins: Global Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM), Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (IHMT), NOVA University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.00392
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8

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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.

Published in Frontiers in Public Health

ISSN: 2296-2565 (Online)
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
Website: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health

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