Cases surge, Portugal votes for new leader

Updated January 24 2021 - 11:09pm, first published 11:06pm
A Portuguese polling station prepares for a COVID-safe presidential election.
A Portuguese polling station prepares for a COVID-safe presidential election.

Masked, socially distanced and each given their own pen to avoid spreading germs, Portugal has headed to the polls to vote for the largely ceremonial post of president even as coronavirus cases reach record levels.

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