One in three over-65s refuse seasonal flu shots
As the autumn vaccination campaign for the elderly (this year widened to include anyone over the age of 60) is being prepared, Portugalâs public health institute Doutor Ricardo Jorge has
Free flu vaccines to be offered to all Portugal’s over-60s
Registered health service users can receive flu and Covid vaccines âsimultaneouslyâ Flu vaccination in Portugal will be free for people aged 60 and over and for priority groups from 2023/24,
Health centres âforced to delay vaccines for childrenâ
Doctors and nurses have begun complaining about the delays in receiving childrenâs vaccines required under the national vaccination programme: those against diphtheria, whooping cough, polio, tetanus etc. The reality, explains
Monkeypox now detected throughout Portugal
Still affecting only men – generally men who have sex with men Official news today is that every region of Portugal has now registered cases of monkeypox – a strain
DGS health authority accused of releasing âdubious technical opinionâ to try and persuade more parents to submit children to Covid vaccination
Yesterday news sources in Portugal quoted a âtechnical opinionâ released by the DGS health authority suggesting incidents of myocarditis in children infected by SARS-CoV-2 were 60 times higher than in
Medical experts call for suspension of Portugalâs child vaccinations programme
A group of 27 medical experts – including pediatricians – is urging Portugalâs health service to suspend the countryâs child vaccinations programme. In an Open Letter they explain that Infarmed
Childâs death following vaccine: Infarmed promises statement later today
As the country awaits the results of the autopsy on six-year-old Rodrigo, the little boy who died over the weekend after becoming ill following his first dose of Covid vaccine,
Portugalâs under-12s to start receiving Covid vaccines from December 18
Vaccinations against Covid-19 in Portugalâs youngest school-age children will begin on December 18. DGS health director Graça Freitas told a press conference this afternoon that decisions have been taken primarily
Portuguese specialist in favour of vaccinating children against Covid-19 âhas contract with Pfizerâ
A second Portuguese medical expert in favour of vaccinating children against Covid-19 has been found to be on the Pfizer payroll. SĂĄbado writes that pediatrician and associate professor in infectious
Stampede for flu vaccines: pharmacies compile waiting lists
With flu vaccines only âfreeâ to a limited number of people, there is a veritable stampede of people âbooking their shotsâ at pharmacies to become available by the end of