7.5 doses per 100 inhabitants. The government says that Portugal exceeds the EU average in vaccination – Jornal Economico



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Portugal has already administered a total of 837,887 vaccines against Covid-19, of which 574,062 correspond to the first doses and 263,825 to the second doses, since the first dose was inoculated on December 27, the Ministry of Health reported this Saturday.

Two months after the start of the vaccination process, the country is above the average of the European Union (EU) with 7.50 doses administered per 100 inhabitants (6.83 in the EU) ”, the ministry stressed. it’s a statement.

Portugal received 1,034,970 doses of vaccines, with 27,300 doses delivered to each of the autonomous regions, he said. According to the data reported by the different entities, 199,804 doses have already been administered to 111,505 health professionals, of which 88,299 have already received the second dose.

“Within the priority groups defined for the first phase of the process, the vaccine must also be administered to 200,822 people from Residential Structures for the Elderly (ERPI) and the National Integrated Continuous Care Network (RNCCI), of which 129,519 already have with the second dose, ”added the ministry led by Marta Temido.

The vaccination campaign involved almost 3,000 deliveries on more than 200 routes and 474 delivery points. 1,190 GNR vehicles and 1,471 PSP vehicles and 3,392 PSP agents and 3,571 GNR military personnel participated in this operation, it concluded.



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