Bertelsmann Stiftung (ed.)

Carlos Jalali, Thomas C. Bruneau

Portugal Report

Sustainable Governance in the Context of the COVID-19 Crisis

Format Type
PDF
Date of publication
10/12/2021
DOI
10.11586/2021103
Edition
1. edition
Volume/Format
45 pages, PDF

Price

Free of charge

Description

Portugal approached the pandemic in a largely unenviable position. It had a highly exposed healthcare system, with a very low number of intensive care beds (27th out of the 30 SGI countries in terms of “Intensive Care Beds”), a low number of ventilators (just over 1,000) and a low testing capacity. Its education system was ill-prepared for remote learning, with an aging teaching staff, low IT capabilities in schools and virtually no prior experience.

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