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The first doctor dying by Covid-19 in Portugal. Unions estimate 600 infected


This is the first known case of a death with covid-19 in the Portuguese medical profession. The coronavirus victim doctor was 68 years old and worked at the Hospital de S. José. The President of the Republic regretted and recalled that these professionals deserve to have the means

Medical unions estimate the number of doctors infected by Covid-19 in Portugal at 600. The President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, presented “heartfelt condolences” to the family and friends of the doctor who on Thursday died of covid-19 at the Hospital de São José and also at the Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central.

The news was released Thursday night by the Público newspaper, according to which the 68-year-old doctor had been in intensive care for more than 40 days and had been infected by a colleague. In a note published on the website of the Presidency of the Republic on the Internet, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa states that this death “on the front” of covid-19 is reminiscent of “the great dedication and risk of health professionals in the fight against the pandemic, which can even achieve the supreme sacrifice of life ”.

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