Portugal's armed forces help nursing homes battle the virus
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On top of that, nursing home staff in Portugal commonly work in several different care homes and travel between them on public transport.Noting that international data on nursing home COVID-19 deaths is “imperfect and limited,” a study of 21 countries by the London-based International Long-term Care Policy Network, which includes scientific researchers, found in October that those homes’ average share of coronavirus deaths was around 46%.The European Centre for Disease Control, an EU agency that monitors 31 countries, said the same month that up to 66% of all fatal COVID-19 cases have been among nursing home residents.By that measure, Portugal hasn’t fared badly. They have already been to more than half of the targeted 2,770 care homes.Salazar, a 49-year-old gastroenterologist, says the military presence is reassuring for nursing home staff and residents who were spooked by the virus threat and desperately short of medical know-how.“Suddenly, all these staff ...
As said here by BARRY HATTON