The Health Minister admitted today that the entire health system, including the National Health Service (SNS), the social and private sector and back-up structures, is close to the limit.
“We are putting all the means that exist in the country to work, but there is a limit and we are very close to the limit. And the Portuguese need to know that”, said Marta Temido after a meeting at the Hospital Garcia de Orta, in Almada.
Speaking to journalists, the Minister of Health referred to the most recent data from the General Directorate of Health, which reveal 10.385 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours and a new record in the number of hospitalizations, to underline the seriousness of the epidemiological situation. in the country.
"It is a sign of high concern", he said, stressing that health is "in a situation of extreme stress".
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