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Portugal will receive around 22 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines from six manufacturers, the first of which will arrive in January. The information was advanced by the commentator Luís Marques Mendes who, on Sunday in the SIC, revealed some details about the vaccination plan that will be presented soon. The vaccination process will be free and can begin in January, but must continue through the summer.
According to the information it claims to collect from the responsible entities, the Pfizer vaccine will be the first to arrive, followed by Moderna’s. These are the most advanced processes, but they still need authorization from the European Medicines Agency, EMA, which is already evaluating some of these vaccines. The doses planned for Portugal are the result of contracts signed between the European Commission and various pharmaceutical companies and will be delivered in stages.
- Pfizer: 4.5 million
- Astra Zeneca: 6.9 million
- Johnson & Johnson – Jansen: 4.5 million
- Modern: 1.9 million
- Curevac: 4 million
Most of these vaccines require two doses, the second given three to four weeks after the first.
Marques Mendes also guaranteed that the elderly are one of the groups that will have priority in access to the vaccine. However, when asked about working papers that excluded people over 75, the commenter was unsure, despite justifying this priority with a view to reducing pressure on hospitals and intensive care.
In addition to the elderly, residents of nursing homes, nursing professionals, health professionals, security forces and civil protection agents will be considered a priority.
The campaign will be managed by the National Health Service and vaccines will begin to be given in health centers, having also admitted that campaign pavilions are used. Some of these vaccines require very low temperatures and a single central storage is planned, the location of which, says Marques Mendes, will not be known. There will also be regional warehouses in the six regional health administrations and on the islands.
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