Portugalâs next steps to freedom to be outlined on September 23
With the âmeeting with expertsâ concluded yesterday afternoon, Portugalâs government is left to firm out its strategy for the so-called final 3rd step towards âfreedomâ (or at least relative freedom).
WHO Europe âpessimisticâ that vaccines can halt pandemic
The European arm of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has admitted it is âpessimistic over the capacity of the (current vaccines) to halt the Covid-19 pandemicâ. In a press conference
âBring your children for vaccinationâ: vice admiral Gouveia e Melo in new appeal
Vice-admiral Henrique Gouveia e Melo, coordinator of Portugalâs vaccine task force, is renewing his appeal to parents: âbring your children for vaccination. If they are not vaccinated it could create
Investigator says 3rd dose roll-out âonly makes sense with updated vaccineâ
Portuguese âpandemic expertâ Miguel Castanho has stressed that talk of a potential 3rd dose roll-out can only make sense if the vaccine has been updated to tackle consequences of more
Delta variant represents 100% of Portugalâs virus infections – and mRNA vaccines are âleast effectiveâ at tackling it
This is the conclusion of a new study coming out of Portugalâs public health institute Dr Ricardo Jorge. It should be of no surprise to authorities here, given that studies
DGS u-turn over child vaccinations ‘led by latest data’
UPDATED since originally story was posted, to text that appeared in printed edition of Algarve Resident: DGS flip-flaps on child vaccinations Following days of intense
New study reveals âantibodies fall dramatically months after vaccination; a 3rd dose is inevitableâ
A study undertaken by the Centro Hospitalar e UniversitĂĄrio de Coimbra has concluded that antibodies in people vaccinated against Covid-19 fall dramatically within a few months âpointing to the necessity
Marcelo âinsists on vaccinating childrenâ
President Marcelo is described today as âinsisting on vaccinating childrenâ against Covid-19. Portugalâs head of State has no medical training, and when he took to the presidency in 2016, he
Healthy children need doctorâs prescription for Covid vaccine
After weeks of dilly-dallying and mixed messaging, Portugalâs DGS health authority announced last Friday that, âfor the time beingâ, only children in the 12-15 age-group with âserious underlying diseasesâ should
Third dose of Covid vaccine? âDoesnât look like necessityâ … but probably âinevitableâ
With vaccination policy clearly in the hands of politicians (as witnessed this week with the issue of vaccinating children click here) immunologist LuĂs Graça has told SIC television news that