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LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal’s devastating surge in coronavirus infections has finally slowed, to the relief of its overwhelmed health service - but for nurse Marcio Vidal the fight is far from over.
FILE PHOTO: A health worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) with her name on the back walks in Cidade do Futebol, Portugal s soccer squad s training ground hotel facility, now receiving COVID-19 patients amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Lisbon, Portugal February 2, 2021. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes/File Photo
“The problem goes beyond the virus. It is people’s behaviour. In the first wave there was fear but now that’s gone,” said Vidal, 26, who works at a hospital in the southern Algarve and has been on the frontline since March last year.