'No end in sight': Portugal's hospitals on brink of collapse as Covid-19 cases surge

2021-01-29 286

Portugal's epidemic has entered a "terrible" phase, Prime Minister Antonio Costa has admitted, and the surge in cases has left hospitals on the brink of collapse.

Some are running out of beds, others' oxygen supplies are dwindling and, with doctors and nurses also over-stretched, military medics have been drafted in from Germany to offer help.

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