Shaaban Ahmed Nabil, Peleteiro Barbara, Martins Maria Rosario O
Global Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM), Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (IHMT), NOVA University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.
EPIUnit - Instituto de Saúde Pública, Universidade Do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Front Public Health. 2020 Aug 21;8:392. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.00392. eCollection 2020.
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.
新型冠状病毒肺炎具有高度传染性,有可能引发严重的呼吸道并发症,它使全球各地的医疗系统不堪重负,濒临崩溃。鉴于这种感染所造成的毁灭性影响,必须采取前所未有的措施,以减轻其对医疗系统的影响。本文旨在回顾葡萄牙的新型冠状病毒肺炎疫情、可能需要改进的方面以及有助于减轻新型冠状病毒肺炎对葡萄牙医疗系统影响的潜在干预措施。