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[ad_1] The European Medicines Agency (EMA) approved this Monday the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19 in the European Union, in a meeting that was anticipated after being initially scheduled for December 29. “This is indeed a landmark scientific achievement,” said Emer Cooke, EMA CEO. The vaccine will still …

[ad_1] Preliminary note: The update of the list that divides the municipalities by risk levels, published this Thursday by the Government, will not take effect until December 24. You can check it here. Until then, each municipality remains within the restrictions described in this article. Nacional level Circulation between municipalities …

[ad_1] The Minister of Health, Marta Temido, confirmed this Monday that the vaccination plan against covid-19 in Portugal will begin on December 27, next Sunday, and that priority will be given to health professionals from five hospitals in Lisbon, Porto and Coimbra. “On the 27th we are prepared to start, …

[ad_1] At the moment, the most concerning factor is that the strain is rapidly replacing other versions of the virus: In the UK there are places where this new version is now the most common form of transmission.. Laboratory tests have determined that some of the mutations in this strain …

[ad_1] At the moment there is no evidence that this new variant of SARS-CoV-2 is more aggressive in terms of disease, but the European Center for Disease Control notes that the majority of cases were detected in people under 60 years of age, with less disease. serious, but role in …

[ad_1] Luis Reis Ribeiro (JN / DV) Today at 08:38 The country lost 134,000 assets in less than a decade. The growth prospects are bad. In 2050, the Portuguese would have to work eight more years in addition to 64 for the system to work. Portugal is one of the …

[ad_1] Portugal is one of the countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) where workers will have to work more than 64 or 65 years to maintain the weight of the population of working age compared to the total population. According to an OECD study, In 30 …

[ad_1] Eleven counties in the region registered new positive cases in the last 24 hours. There are 83 more confirmed tests and “only” 48 recoveries. The totals are lower than those of the last days, today is Sunday and there is usually a decrease in the number of tests at …

[ad_1] Hours after the British Prime Minister announced a new lockdown in London and south-east England, thousands of people tried to flee the Bitanic capital and regions that have now entered the maximum level of risk. Boris Johnson announced the new restrictions in mid-afternoon on Saturday, as Londoners rushed out …

[ad_1] Paul Blackwell, 62, and Rose Mary Blackwell, 65, had been married for 30 years and both died last week, hand in hand, minutes apart, at a hospital in Grand Prairie, North Carolina. Texas. The couple became infected with the new coronavirus and was admitted earlier this month, when their …