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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Health
Charlotte Peet

Portugal’s COVID deaths grow as tourism season kicks off

Tourists pose for pictures at Portas do Sol viewpoint in Alfama, Lisbon [File: Patricia de Melo Moreira/AFP]

Faro, Portugal – Marie Braud until recently considered herself an anomaly. Despite travelling extensively for her work, the recruiter had managed to avoid testing positive for COVID-19 throughout the coronavirus pandemic. But that all changed in June.

The 37-year-old began to experience fever and fatigue shortly after attending the Santos Populares festival. She thought it was a cold at first, but after taking a PCR test on June 8, it was confirmed she had COVID-19.

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