AZORES, Portugal — Battered by North Atlantic weather and sometimes starved of vital supplies, the tiny Portuguese island of Corvo has a crucial advantage in the fight against the pandemic: its remoteness.
Lying hundreds of kilometers from continental Europe, the smallest island in the Azores — dominated by a volcanic crater and dotted with lakes — appears to have escaped unscathed.
By Saturday, almost its entire 400-strong population had been vaccinated, its only doctor rejoicing as people lined up at a sports complex for their second Pfizer dose.
“We’re already living a life that’s very close to normal,” beamed Antonio Salgado, checking names off his list. “And now it …
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