Jornal de Pesquisa Clínica e Bioética

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Testing for SARS-CoV-2 Portuguese Experience: Clinical, Ethical and Economical Perspectives

Goncalves MA, Menezes L. Goncalves MM

Portugal, unlike its neighbors, Spain and Italy, has so far managed to maintain the flattening of the epidemiological curve of Infections by SARS-CoV 2. The pandemic response strategy in this country included the implementation of measures commonly referred to as non-pharmacological, as well as the rapid growth of responsiveness to perform RTPCR tests for the diagnosis of COVID-19. The clinical and epidemiological reflection of the measures adopted political and economic considerations, is made, and ends with a bioethical analysis of the methodologies implemented.