The Portuguese government has extended the country’s Covid-19 lockdown until March 1 as it battles to relieve pressure on the healthcare system, with hospitals under more strain than at any previous time in the pandemic.
“The truth is that the country’s hospital capacity continues to be put to the test … so there is no alternative but to reduce cases,” President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said in a statement before parliament approved the prolonged shutdown.
Portugal’s current lockdown, its second of the pandemic, was put in place on January 15, and forces bars, restaurants, non-essential shops, and schools to stay closed.
Speaking after the extension of the lockdown, Prime Minister António Costa said the country needed to take “extra care” over the UK variant of the virus, which he warned was already “greatly prevalent” in Portugal.
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