The distribution of vaccines “will be simultaneous” and depending on the population



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meThis was one of the conclusions announced by António Costa at the end of the extraordinary meeting of the European Council, which was held by videoconference, in a press conference in which he also said that no country defended a strategy to close borders to respond to the pandemic gives COVID-19-19.

Of the points agreed at the meeting of heads of state and government of the European Union, Costa highlighted the decision of the European Commission of “make a distribution simultaneousanea vaccination of the 27 Member States according to their population“.

At the moment, there are three contracts that are already signed and four are in negotiation [para a aquisição de vacinas]. Each batch of vaccines will be distributed equally to all countries according to the population of each”, Stressed the leader of the executive.

At the national level, António Costa later said that each member state “will have to define its own strategy to priorization of how the vaccine will be applied to its population. “We need to have the national vaccination strategy ready next month“, he said.

According to the Prime Minister, in addition to unanimityName Member States to the terrorist attack in Nice and a demonstration of solidarity with France, António Costa stressed that at the meeting all countries expressed a position of concern regarding the evolution pandemic, which will put pressure on all health systems, including those in the richest countries.

The Portuguese executive leader also said that there is a favorable position for the use of computer applications, mainly to “save a lot of work for trackers chains of contagion “.

The European Commission wants to conclude by the end of November gives interoperability of all communications, so that in the circulation between countries all citizens can be protected with their own application“, he said.

The Prime Minister also stated that the meeting decided to “increase the intensity of the exchange of information” among all member states in the fight against pandemic and that the European Commission proposed the constitution of a scientific commission, integrating elements from all countries, in order to deepen knowledge about the COVID-19-19.

There will be a massive use of tests antigen fast as we are going to put activation in Portugal from the next day 9. Mutual recognition of the validity of these different tests was also necessary, with a view to speeding up the tests and the isolation of those who test positive“he added.

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