Portugal scrambles to regroup amid hundreds of new virus cases

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For Portugal, doctors say the spate of new infections is cause for concern as the government touts the country as a safe place for lockdown-weary Europeans to visit.

LISBON, PORTUGAL -- At the Bairro do Zambujal housing project on the outskirts of Lisbon, the behaviour of residents offers clues to why this part of Portugal has become a hot spot for new COVID-19 cases and how government efforts to stamp out the new coronavirus are being frustrated.

The project lies in the Amadora district, about 10 kilometres from downtown Lisbon. It is one of five outlying zones in the Lisbon metropolitan area where the number of new virus cases has continued to climb while other parts of Portugal and Europe have seen theirs go down in recent weeks. The tally has shot the country of 10.3 million people to a place among the European countries with the most new infections. It has an overall incidence rate of 390 per 100,000 inhabitants.

Some men kept working in construction and women used public transportation to reach jobs in the service industry even during the lockdown. They often can't afford to stop working because they don't have contracts and won't get paid if they don't turn up. Consuming alcohol outdoors is banned along with the sale of alcohol at gas stations, where young people often buy. More police are to patrol the streets and ensure that people wear masks inside stores. People gathering in groups of more than five face individual fines of up to 500 euros .

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