Jorge Torgal: Covid-19 «is less dangerous than flu virus»

Jorge Torgal, physician and full professor of Public Health at Universidade Nova, gave an interview to Jornal de Notícias

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Jorge Torgal, physician and professor of Public Health at Universidade Nova, spoke to JN about the new coronavirus. “There is a panic that is completely disproportionate to reality”, he defends.

Is Covid-19 dangerous?

It's less dangerous than the flu virus! There is a panic completely out of proportion to reality. The known clinical history victims had complicated clinical processes. The others infected are being medicated for the flu, many of them with acetaminophen. And of course there will be cases in Portugal, but that's not a problem. We live in society, with travel, with people living together. It's a treatable disease.

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