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The Minister of Health announced this Wednesday that Pfizer has anticipated the vaccine distribution schedule, which means that Portugal will receive a second dose of 70,200 units next Monday, which will be added to those expected (9,750 doses) and that It will begin to be administered on December 27, the day after ‘landing’ in the country.
The national vaccination plan stipulates that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines against Covid-19 will begin to be administered to the population between next December 27 and 29, with the first batch of this drug of 9,750 units and having priority groups for health professionals. The number remains, but 70,200 more will arrive early next week.
“It means that this December we will have an arrival of this new Pfizer vaccine that reaches 79,950 doses, divided into these two deliveries,” said Marta Temido, at a press conference. “As far as we know at this time, the total number of vaccinations in the first quarter will not change,” said the minister, in statements to the press.
Marta Temido said that this update allows, in addition to expanding vaccination, sending these more than 9 thousand doses to the autonomous communities of Madeira and Azores. A Christmas awaits us and a few days of intense work, but of great satisfaction for this opportunity ”, he said.
Following the Council of Ministers meeting last week, Prime Minister António Costa said it was “safer, fairer and more understandable to be able to attribute these from the first batch, which is relatively symbolic, to the start of the operation. , to a universe where it is easier to define: 9,750 people ”.
The coordinator of workgroup The one in charge of outlining a vaccination response against Covid-19, Francisco Ramos, predicts that health centers can vaccinate up to 75,000 people a day, but with the second wave of vaccines now anticipated that figure can also be updated.
News updated at 7:30 pm
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