The vaccination of the elderly and employees of nursing homes and Continuing Care in the Algarve has already started
First vaccines given in homes and UCC in Tavira and Albufeira as they are the counties with the highest incidence of cases
First vaccines given in homes and UCC in Tavira and Albufeira as they are the counties with the highest incidence of cases
Vaccine is developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University
2200 health professionals have already been vaccinated
Von der Leyen reiterated that "other vaccines will follow in the coming weeks and months"
8.000 doses are expected to arrive in the week of January 11
This approval comes after the EMA Committee on Medicines for Human Use (CHMP) has "exhaustively evaluated the data"
The experts met on Monday, two days ahead of the meeting that was already scheduled, but decided to continue the discussions today
The CEO of the German company BioNTech, a partner of the North American consortium Pfizer in the development of the first vaccine against the new coronavirus, assured
António Costa says it is possible to achieve "the longed-for group immunity" at the end of the summer, if everything goes as planned
150 structures identified in the 25 councils with extremely high risk
The first batch of vaccines, with 9750 vaccines developed by Pfizer-BioNTech, arrived in Portugal last Saturday