The World Health Organization (WHO) expects the new coronavirus pandemic to end in the next two years, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday.
“A spanish flu 1918 it took two years to finish, “he recalled.
“Our current situation, with more technology and people being more connected, the possibility of the virus spreading more quickly is greater”, reiterated the Director-General of WHO.
Since the beginning of pandemic, more than 22.8 million people were infected with the new coronavirus worldwide and almost 794 thousand lost their lives.
Government reveals when it should start distributing the vaccine in Portugal
The Government confirmed today that it will buy almost seven million vaccines for Covid-19. This Friday, at the usual press conference, the Secretary of State for Health put forward a date for the start of vaccination in Portugal.
António Lacerda Sales said that the distribution should start to be made from the end of the year, always depending on the evaluation of the European Medicines Agency. He also revealed that, initially, 690 thousand doses will arrive in Portugal.
“It is a light that is beginning to be seen at the end of the tunnel,” said the Secretary of State.
The Government was responsible for purchasing the vaccine, but the Directorate-General for Health will determine the vaccination strategy.
According to Graça Freitas, there are two groups with priority: the most vulnerable, who will be at risk either because of their age or due to comorbidities (pre-existing diseases), and health and social sector professionals.
Citizens will therefore be vaccinated as vaccine doses arrive and according to priority. Graça Freitas also revealed that the vaccine could be applied in more than one dose.
Portugal registers 4 deaths and 219 new cases in the last 24 hours
Portugal register today four more deaths and another 219 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in relation to Thursday, according to the epidemiological bulletin of the Directorate-General for Health (DGS), released today.
According to the DGS bulletin on the epidemiological situation, since the beginning of the pandemic until today, there were 55,211 confirmed cases of infection and 1,792 deaths.
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THE report card reports over 209 patients recovered in the last 24 hours, totaling 40,473 recovery cases since the beginning of the pandemic.
In the last 24 hours, there are two more patients hospitalized in intensive care, with the number of hospitalized patients declining, now 321, 13 less than yesterday.
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