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Reuters
Reuters
Health
Catarina Demony and Silvio Castellanos

Portugal grapples with in-person voting for people with COVID

A polling station at an auto repair shop prepares for the snap elections, in Lisbon, Portugal, January 29, 2022. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes

Portuguese election organisers were taking extra safety precautions on Saturday after the government decided to allow voters who are infected with the coronavirus to leave isolation and cast ballots in person along with everyone else.

With around a tenth of Portugal's 10 million-strong population now thought to be isolating due to COVID-19, the government decided last week to lift restrictions for Sunday's vote.

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