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Christmas and the pandemic across Europe // Lisbon and Porto leave very-high-risk list, but no changes to restrictions  

Christmas and the pandemic across Europe // Lisbon and Porto leave very-high-risk list, but no changes to restrictions  

Portuguese news in English on Wednesday, January 6, 2021.

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By the numbers

At first glance the confirmed case numbers from Monday (4369) and Tuesday (4956) might not seem too bad given all the concern about Christmas and the new year making the situation worse. But, it’s worth noting those are the highest case numbers we’ve seen early in the week since early-mid November, which was getting very close to the peak …

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