Portugal’s vaccination roll-out “ahead of USA, UK and Israel”
After a slow start, various European countries (Portugal included) have caught up in race to get their populations vaccinated against Covid-19 A text in Expresso this week that still refers
Portuguese investigator admits “we can never reach point of herd immunity”
Portuguese investigator Pedro Esteves has brought television reporters up to date on scientific thinking elsewhere, stressing that herd immunity is indeed the ‘myth’ that the ‘father of the AstraZeneca vaccine’
DJ nights in Lisbon encourage young people to get vaccinated
The Covid vaccination centres of Loures and Odivelas this weekend are being transformed into ‘parties’ after 10pm to encourage young people between the ages of 16-17 to turn up and
Odemira’s migrant housing problems continue in spite of all government promises
Three months on from the days in which situations of modern-day slavery in Odemira’s agricultural explorations were on everybody’s lips, very little has changed. Situations of “unworthy habitation” continue; the
Government likely to stop co-financing Covid antigen tests by end August
Less than a day after a panel of experts in UK said monitoring people with mild symptoms “was no longer helpful”, Portugal’s ministry of health has admitted it may not
World Health Organisation trials three new drugs on hospitalised Covid patients
The World Health Organisation is beginning trials throughout the world on three new drugs that may reduce the risk of death in hospitalised Covid patients. Its Solidarity PLUS trial is
Covid vac self-scheduling platform opens for 12 year olds from tomorrow
The DGS self-scheduling platform for vaccinations against Covid-19 opens to 12 year olds from tomorrow (Thursday), with the first weekend programmed for this age group being August 21-22. “We have
Portuguese scientists in race to deliver alternatives to Covid vaccines
Portuguese scientists have been working flat-out since May last year to deliver a viable alternative to the Covid vaccines. This isn’t because the vaccines are ‘not working’ – albeit limitations
New study reveals “antibodies fall dramatically months after vaccination; a 3rd dose is inevitable”
A study undertaken by the Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra has concluded that antibodies in people vaccinated against Covid-19 fall dramatically within a few months “pointing to the necessity
Mystery death of healthy student under investigation
The family of 19-year-old university student Inês Rafael who died suddenly, five days after receiving her vaccination against Covid-19, believe there is a link between the two events. As reports