By , LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal is running out of hospital beds across the public and private sectors, the head of its private hospital association said, after a record surge in COVID-19 cases.Slideshow The country of 10 million people, which fared better than others in the first wave of the pandemic, now has the world’s highest seven-day rolling average of new cases.“We are experiencing a war-like situation. We don’t have enough beds - in the national health service, private or social sector - to deal with a pandemic progression of 13,000 to 14,000 new cases a day,” Dr Oscar Gaspar...…By , LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal is running out of hospital beds across the public and private sectors, the head of its private hospital association said, after a record surge in COVID-19 cases.Slideshow The country of 10 million people, which fared better than others in the first wave of the pandemic, now has the world’s highest seven-day rolling average of new cases.“We are experiencing a war-like situation. We don’t have enough beds - in the national health service, private or social sector - to deal with a pandemic progression of 13,000 to 14,000 new cases a day,” Dr Oscar Gaspar...WW…

By , LISBON (Reuters) - The more contagious variant of the coronavirus discovered in Britain is spreading rapidly across Portugal, pressuring the health service at a time when authorities are scrambling to tackle the country’s worst outbreak since the pandemic’s start.Slideshow Around 20% of new COVID-19 cases being reported are of the more transmissible variant, Health Minister Marta Temido told broadcaster RTP late on Wednesday, warning that number could reach 60% as early as next week.Portugal’s daily COVID-19 cases rose 40% on Wednesday from the day before to a record 14,647, with the...…By , LISBON (Reuters) - The more contagious variant of the coronavirus discovered in Britain is spreading rapidly across Portugal, pressuring the health service at a time when authorities are scrambling to tackle the country’s worst outbreak since the pandemic’s start.Slideshow Around 20% of new COVID-19 cases being reported are of the more transmissible variant, Health Minister Marta Temido told broadcaster RTP late on Wednesday, warning that number could reach 60% as early as next week.Portugal’s daily COVID-19 cases rose 40% on Wednesday from the day before to a record 14,647, with the...WW…

By LISBON (Reuters) - A divided world has failed to rise to the challenge of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Saturday and warned concerted action was needed to prevent millions of people being pushed into poverty and hunger.The former Portuguese prime minister said far more could have been done if countries had worked together to combat the disease, which has killed more than one million people.“The COVID-19 pandemic is a major global challenge for the entire international community, for multilateralism and for me, as secretary-general of the...…By LISBON (Reuters) - A divided world has failed to rise to the challenge of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Saturday and warned concerted action was needed to prevent millions of people being pushed into poverty and hunger.The former Portuguese prime minister said far more could have been done if countries had worked together to combat the disease, which has killed more than one million people.“The COVID-19 pandemic is a major global challenge for the entire international community, for multilateralism and for me, as secretary-general of the...WW…