Over 120,000 Portuguese have already received 3rd Covid jab
Up till today, 123,000 Portuguese have already received their 3rd dose of Covid vaccines as authorities try and face the winter months with the most vulnerable citizens as ‘protected’ as
Freedom Day arrives with news that government purchases another 24 million vaccines
‘Freedom Day’ has arrived, with almost no noticeable difference in Portugal’s streets. Despite the fact that the wearing of masks in the open air is largely no longer enforceable, citizens
Mission accomplished: Covid vaccination Task Force disbands as over 84% of country fully-jabbed
Vice-admiral Henrique Gouveia e Melo – the man an article in the Financial Times has described as the ‘quiet hero of Portugal’s fight against Covid-19’ – stepped down today from
Portuguese specialist in favour of vaccinating children against Covid-19 “has contract with Pfizer”
A second Portuguese medical expert in favour of vaccinating children against Covid-19 has been found to be on the Pfizer payroll. Sábado writes that pediatrician and associate professor in infectious
Task force appeals to all those naturally ‘recovered’ from Covid to take up vaccine
Portugal’s vaccination task force is appealing to people who have had Covid-19 and recovered to turn up and receive the vaccine. “Only together will it be possible to beat this
One in five over-65s “won’t develop antibodies” even after two doses of Covid vaccine
“There is an expressive number of people, among the 2.3 million over-65s who have received two doses of the Pfizer vaccine against Covid-19, who are not protected”. This is the
Portugal officially becomes world’s most vaccinated country against Covid-19
Well on target to have 85% of citizens fully-vaccinated against Covid-19 by the end of the month, Portugal is already the most vaccinated country in the world. Our World in
WHO Europe “pessimistic” that vaccines can halt pandemic
The European arm of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has admitted it is “pessimistic over the capacity of the (current vaccines) to halt the Covid-19 pandemic”. In a press conference
Portugal “just days away” from becoming world’s most Covid-vaccinated country
Portugal is just days away from becoming the world’s most vaccinated country against Covid-19. Right now, more than 78% of the country is fully-vaccinated, with 7% waiting for their second
Portugal hits ‘historic moment’: 85% of population with one dose of vaccine
Steaming ahead to the goal of 85% of the population fully-vaccinated by the end of this month, Portugal has already hit a new moment of history in the country’s mass-vaccination