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uPDates about Photo by freepik
coviD-19 vaccine in
n December 3, Portugal’s
government released its PortuGal
Onational vaccination plan
for CoVID-19. In a poll, more than
one-third of the population said
that they won’t take the CoVID-19 them, people living in nursing homes,
vaccine because they don’t believe health professionals that work in
in the effectiveness of it. these facilities, and people over the
age of 50 who have conditions that are
the government has announced susceptible to CoVID-19 aggravation.
that the vaccine will be free of
charge, optional and that the the second phase will cover people
vaccination plan will have three over 65 years old and people over 50
phases. who have conditions like obesity or
diabetes. Phase three will cover the
the groups that will have priority rest of the population. the goal is to
in the first phase, which will start vaccinate 1 million people between
at the beginning of January, are January and april.
frontline health professionals and Photo by freepik
emergency responders. Besides
Sources: https://www.nit.pt/fit/mais-de-um-terco-dos-
portugueses-diz-que-nao-se-vai-vacinar-contra-covid-19
https://www.poder360.com.br/coronavirus/governo-de-
portugal-aprova-plano-de-vacinacao-contra-covid-19/
