The Public Prosecutor's Office opened an inquiry related to "the vaccination of municipal officials" in Portimão. This is one of 33 inquiries already opened related to irregularities in vaccination against Covid-19.
«In view of some specific questions raised by the press, it is clarified that, in addition to previously confirmed situations, inquiries were opened in relation to facts reported concerning private social solidarity institutions in Castelo Branco, Farminhão, Resende and Trancoso or related to the vaccination of municipal officials in Lisbon, Portimão and Reguengos de Monsaraz», says the Public Ministry in a reply sent to Lusa.
In the case of the Algarve, the mayor Isilda Gomes was vaccinated as a volunteer at the Covid-19 inpatient campaign hospital installed in Portimão Arena.
The controversial vaccination of the mayor, which had the approval of Ana Castro, her daughter-in-law and president of the Board of Directors of CHUA, even took the opposition parties to ask for his resignation.
The PS itself, the party of Isilda Gomes, asked, in a statement that, "if there are any doubts", that the legality of the mayor's vaccination should be "investigated".
The Public Ministry had already opened an inquiry to the case of the Support Center for the Elderly of Portimão, where several members of the governing bodies were vaccinated, namely its president, Figueiredo Santos, who is also leader of the PS bench in the Portimão Municipal Assembly.
Investigations were also opened to the National Institute of Medical Emergency (INEM) in Lisbon and Porto and to events reported in Vila Nova de Famalicão, Arcos de Valdevez, Bragança, Seixal and Montijo.
According to the Public Ministry, of the 33 inquiries concerning irregularities related to the Covid-19 vaccination plan, seven were in the area of the Regional Attorney General of Lisbon, eight in the area of Porto, 10 in the area of Coimbra and eight in the area of the Attorney General -Regional General of Évora.
The Public Prosecutor's Office delegated to the Judiciary Police the investigation of irregularities with the vaccination plan, “in order to promote uniform treatment and greater flexibility in the articulation with sectorial inspections”.
This Thursday, the General Inspectorate of Health Activities (IGAS) confirmed that it has instituted three inspection processes to analyze irregularities detected in the inspection of the vaccination process against Covid-19.
IGAS said, in a statement, that the processes cover a hospital managed by a mercy and two private business groups that jointly manage 25 hospital entities, adding that the steps came after "evidence from 84 entities", through the collection of declarations of 205 people (with 86 interviews carried out) and the analysis of about 400 documents».
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