"Covid-19" hits a European country so badly that it has become the worst in the world

Portugal has turned into a focus for the Corona virus in Europe in recent days, and has appealed for international assistance to alleviate its overcrowded hospitals, but many experts believe that the country is about to reach the peak of this third wave on Tuesday.

As soon as the number of deaths exceeded 300 in 24 hours and ambulances were waiting in lines for hours in front of the largest hospital in Lisbon, the government quickly called for help.

After "several bilateral contacts", the Socialist government confirmed on Monday that it had agreed to "offer cooperation from the German government to strengthen the response to Covid-19."

And German Defense Minister Angret Kramp-Karenbauer announced that on Wednesday eight doctors and qualified treatment teams will be sent, in addition to 150 serums and 150 medical beds.

Last weekend, the Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurtz expressed his country's readiness to receive injured patients in intensive care departments.

In the same context, the border region of Estramidora in neighboring Spain announced on Tuesday its intention to contribute to these efforts.

In isolation from small countries, Portugal has become, for several days, the country most affected by the epidemic in the world for a period of two weeks, whether in terms of the number of deaths or in terms of new infections compared to the population of ten million people.

Prime Minister Antonio Costa acknowledged that the country's hospitals are under "tremendous pressure".

The toll, Monday, since the start of the epidemic, was about 13,000 deaths, including more than 5,500 in January alone.

In Santa Maria Hospital in Lisbon, one of the two largest in the country, 333 patients were received on Tuesday, noting that the number of beds allocated for patients with Covid-19 does not exceed 350, according to a medical source.

As for the vacancies in intensive care, they were limited to six.

Another hospital in the suburb of the Portuguese capital is also suffering in a "very complicated" situation after it witnessed chaos that lasted for days due to the shortage in the oxygen distribution network, according to another medical source.

And last Tuesday, the aforementioned hospital was forced to receive a record number of 363 injured persons at one time, which is three times its maximum capacity previously planned.

It was necessary to resort to portable respirators, which were needed by about 150 injured people, while more than a hundred others were rushed to other hospitals.

"Portugal today is the worst country in the world," said virologist Pedro Simas at the Institute of Molecular Medicine in Lisbon.

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