Author: Natasha Donn

The percentage of the population resistant to Portugal’s vaccination roll out has at last been officially revealed. Bearing in mind herd immunity has been set at a point some way

“What I have learnt is that where vaccination advances, the virus diminishes” and that with one vaccine “there is some efficacy, with two doses there is a lot of efficacy”.

In line with the announcement last week by the prime minister, vaccination task force coordinator Henrique Gouveia e Melo has addressed the meeting between the government and health experts at

In a complete ‘about-turn’ on news appearing over the last couple of weeks, today’s meeting between the government and Infarmed has seen experts call for the vaccination of Portugal’s children.

Due to the rapid spread of the Delta variant, and hiccups in vaccination supply, a new wave of SARS-CoV-2 infections is still anticipated for the autumn, but experts believe it

Weeks after the General Medical Council sent its version of how the risk matrix should be altered, experts at today’s Infarmed have announced that they too are proposing changes. Andreia

Reporting to this mornings meeting between the government and experts at Infarmed, INSA public health institute specialist in epidemiology Ausenda Machado has revealed that the first dose of mRNA vaccines

Despite all the measures designed to halt its spread, the Delta variant is now responsible for 98.6% of all SARS-CoV-2 infections. João Paulo Gomes of INSA (public health institute) has

Proof of vaccine efficacy is being hailed at the meeting of experts at Infarmed this morning through reports that only 2% of hospital admissions for Covid-19 have involved the fully-vaccinated.

Reporting to the meeting of experts at Infarmed this morning – the first meeting of its kind in two months – Ana Paula Rodrigues of the public health institute Ricardo