After Avoiding the First Wave, Portugal Was Hit by COVID-19 Tsunami

How Portugal went from the bench-mark of COVID-19 response to the world’s worst surge in cases.

Hannah Jane
BeingWell
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5 min readJan 31, 2021

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A lady wearing a sergical mask walks the empty streets of Lisbon.
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Portugal initially earned international praise for a fast response to the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. Despite avoiding the first wave of the pandemic, this has now…

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Hannah Jane
BeingWell

Neuroscience graduate, believing that by understanding how your brain works, it will help you to understand how YOU work!