LISBON, April 12 — The coronavirus outbreak spread further into Portuguese care homes over the Easter weekend, with 100 new cases of Covid-19 reported in a single residence and care homes accounting for around one in eight of the country’s 504 deaths. The death toll and 16,585 recorded cases...
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The death toll and 16,585 recorded cases are still a small fraction of the numbers in neighbouring Spain, but officials fear the disease could spread rapidly through care homes as it has in other parts of Europe. The government announced on 30 March that tests were to be made available to all care workers and suspected cases in homes across the country, but the distribution is still underway.
Priests across the Catholic country broadcast Easter mass from empty churches to people’s homes online yesterday night and this morning amid tight travel restrictions during the Easter period.
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