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This Wednesday Portugal counts another 82 deaths related to covid-19 and 4,720 new cases of infection by the new coronavirus, according to the General Directorate of Health (DGS).
Since the start of the pandemic, Portugal has already registered 5,815 deaths and 358,296 cases of infection by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, with 68,762 active cases, 957 more than on Tuesday.
Regarding hospital admissions, the epidemiological bulletin of the DGS reveals that 3,181 people are hospitalized, 25 fewer than the previous day, of which 486 are in intensive care, 20 less than on Tuesday.
Health authorities have 74,290 contacts under surveillance, 282 fewer than Tuesday, the data shows, pointing to 3,681 more recovered patients. Since the start of the epidemic in Portugal in March, 283,719 people have recovered.
DATA BY REGION
Of the 82 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, 30 occurred in the Lisbon and Vale do Tejo region, 35 in the North region, 14 were recorded in the Center region, two in Alentejo and one in the Algarve.
As for the 4,720 new cases, 2,182 are registered in the North region, 1,375 in Lisbon and Vale do Tejo, 840 in the Center region, 177 in Alentejo, 94 in the Algarve, 36 in the Azores and 16 in Madeira.
DATA BY GENDER AND AGE RANGE
Confirmed cases are distributed in all age groups, with the highest number of infections between 20 and 59 years.
The new coronavirus has already infected at least 161,009 men and 197,157 women in Portugal, according to DGS data, according to which there are 130 cases of unknown sex, which are under investigation, since these data are not provided automatically.
Of the total deaths, 3,037 were men and 2,778 women.
The highest number of deaths is still concentrated in people over 80 years old, followed by people between 70 and 79 years old.
Von der Leyen wants 27-year-olds to start vaccination the same day
The president of the European Commission urged the European Union this Wednesday to start “as soon as possible” a vaccination campaign against covid-19, the launch simultaneously in all 27 Member States, to ensure the eradication of the “horrible virus”.
In a debate in the European Parliament on last week’s summit of EU leaders, Ursula von der Leyen stressed that “no one should think they are safe [da pandemia], not when more than 3,000 Europeans die from covid-19 every day, “but noted that” finally there is good news “with the development of vaccines, the first of which should be approved early next week.
Coordinator of the National Vaccination Plan against covid-19 heard in Parliament
The coordinator of the national vaccination plan against covid-19, Francisco Ramos, is heard this Wednesday in Parliament.
The hearing was requested by PSD and CDS and the parties want clarification on the vaccination plan in Portugal.
The vaccine against covid-19, which should arrive in Portugal from January, will be universal, free and optional, and will be made available to the population according to the characteristics approved by the European Medicines Agency.
Francisco Ramos has already explained that a batch is expected to arrive in January and another batch in February (all from Pzifer), and it is estimated that only in mid-January the health authorities must make a decision on the final evaluation and acceptance of the vaccine for Modern.
If all goes well, Francisco Ramos admitted that in January it will also be possible to have access to the vaccines of these pharmaceutical companies, warning however that there is some “uncertainty” citing that, for example, there is still no date for the evaluation of the AstraZeneca vaccine , although there is still “I hope” that there is a decision in January or February.
“It is the best scenario, but there is still uncertainty, that is, regarding the amount” of vaccines available, “he said, reiterating his confidence that the Oxford / AstraZeneca vaccine is expected in February.
