A million doses of adapted Covid vaccines for Portugal
Today (Monday) Portugal received around half a million doses of the new Covid vaccines, adapted to the BA.4 and BA.5 variants. By the end of the month, the country is
Portugal’s health authority returns to ‘recommending’ use of masks in closed spaces
Recommendation is not enforceable Portugal’s DGS national health authority has returned to recommending the wearing of masks in pharmacies, on public transport, at airports, sea terminals, underground and train networks,
Portuguese have 95.8% immunity to Covid-19: INSA
The 4th phase of the national serologic inquiry undertaken by INSA, the public health institute Dr Ricardo Jorge, reveals Portugal is “very protected against the virus” SARS-CoV-2, responsible for Covid-19.
New Covid vaccination campaign gets underway today
The Portuguese health service’s ‘new Covid vaccination campaign’ gets underway today, offering ‘updated’ vaccines only to people who have already had their full complement on shots: the rest are to
Portugal to receive 600,000 ‘new Covid vaccines’ next week
Original vaccines to be administered to previously unvaccinated children and adults The nuts and bolts of how authorities intend to administer the autumn/ winter Covid vaccination campaign have emerged, with
Summer’s over: ‘time for new Covid jabs’
With ‘breaking news’ yesterday that transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Portugal has one crept over the ‘ideal’ level of 1 (and news earlier in the week of a looming vaccination campaign
DGS to prioritise Covid vaccines for 5-11 year olds
New vaccination campaign begins on September 5 According to Público today, Portugal’s DGS health authority remains focused on encouraging 5-11 year olds to take up the offer of Covid mRNA
Portugal drops mask-wearing on public transports
Measure will only come into effect after being promulgated by President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa Portugal’s Minister of Health announced on Thursday the decision to drop mask-wearing on public transports,
Schools return with “no Covid measures”
Government leaves measures of prevention up to individuals… for now Schools are starting the new academic year “without measures of combat against the propagation of Covid-19”. In a nutshell this
Parish councils still waiting for €5 million in ‘reimbursement’ for Covid expenses
Bills go right back to March 2020… The worst of this financial ‘drama’ is that parishes have realised the current State Budget doesn’t even envisage paying their bills. ANAFRE, the