Portugal ends school for two weeks… "Severe spread of variation from UK"

▲ Portuguese Prime Minister Antonius Costa

Even though the Portuguese government has imposed a blockade all over the country, even the schools that were open have decided to close for two weeks.

This is because there is a risk of spreading the COVID-19 mutation.

Prime Minister Costa has warned that the proportion of patients infected with the UK's COVID-19 mutant virus has risen from 8% last week to 20% and could reach 60% within a few weeks.

In addition, he explained the reason why schools had to be closed, saying, "We need new measures in the face of a new reality."

In Portugal over the past 7 days, 1,36 people per 1 million people received new corona 19 confirmations, the second largest in the world after Andorra (1,475).

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