09h24 – German authorities say the situation is not yet under control and are concerned about three variants
09h08 – German Minister of Health said that at least 80 percent of household residents have already received a first dose of the vaccine
08h11 – Hungary plans to start inoculating people with the Russian vaccine as early as next week
The National Association of Public Health Doctors denounces, in a manifest released this Friday, that the specialty has been seeing “several of their labor rights being trampled on”.
“The pandemic context has generated a huge disruption in the lives of the Portuguese and citizens around the world. Public health doctors have been at the epicenter, in a dedication to fighting the pandemic that has been going on for almost a year. They are struggling with a huge asymmetry in the available resources in face of needs, and they have suffered successive attacks on their technical autonomy and attacks on their professional dignity “, writes the structure.
THE manifesto it includes the signatures of more than two hundred physicians and public health physicians.
“Public health doctors will not fail to make their rights prevail, using, when appropriate, all their means at their disposal to defend their rights. his absolute dedication and commitment to the pandemic fight, being with all health professionals and all citizens to try to solve the serious catastrophe in which we find ourselves “.
7h14 – WHO asks for speed in vaccination in the face of new variants
The director of the World Health Organization for the European continent says that Europe should accelerate vaccination against Covid-19, expressing “concern” about the impact of the new variants of SARS-CoV-2 on the effectiveness of vaccines.
“We have to join forces to accelerate vaccination,” said Hans Kluge, WHO regional director, in an interview with France Presse.
Recalling that the immunization campaign in the European Union (EU) had a difficult start, in a scenario of scarcity of vaccines and tensions between Brussels and some manufacturers, the official called on the pharmaceutical companies to work in this direction.
“Pharmaceutical companies, usually competitors, have to work together to dramatically increase production capacity, that’s what we need”, he reinforced.
6h56 – State of play
This Friday, circulation between municipalities between 8 pm and 5 am will be banned again. The measure will be in effect throughout the weekend.
Among the exceptions to the rule are travel to work with supporting documents, to go shopping or for health reasons.
In addition to this circulation restriction, mandatory confinement continues.
Vaccination and immunity
The prime minister says that if there are no delays in delivering vaccines, the country could have 70 percent community immunization by the end of the summer.
In turn, the Minister of Health acknowledged yesterday that it is necessary to implement the necessary tighter criteria to better manage vaccines and avoid leftovers.
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In the North Region, vaccination against Covid-19 should reach 300 thousand people in the coming weeks.
A study by the Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental reveals that 90 percent of about 1,000 health professionals developed immunity after the first shot of the Pfizer vaccine.
The picture in Portugal
Portugal registered 7914 new cases and 225 deaths in 24 hours, according to the most recent epidemiological bulletin from the Directorate-General for Health, released early Thursday afternoon. It is a decrease compared to the figures reported the day before.
Of the total new cases, 50 percent are related to Lisbon and the Tagus Valley, which registered 3993 new infections and 119 deaths. The northern region follows, with 1788 new cases and 41 deaths, the center, with 1118 new cases and 38 fatalities, the Algarve, with 387 new cases and four deaths, and the Alentejo, with 343 infections and 20 deaths.Since the beginning of the pandemic, Portugal has registered 748,858 confirmed cases and 13,482 deaths.
A further 264 new cases were reported in Madeira and 21 in the Azores.
Portugal also observed a decrease in the number of hospitalizations, with 188 fewer patients in the ward and 14 fewer in intensive care. In total, Portugal now has 6496 infected patients hospitalized, of which 863 are in intensive care units.
The country also recorded a total of 573,934 recovered – 10,760 more than the previous day.
The international framework
The Covid-19 pandemic caused at least 2,269,346 deaths from more than 104.3 million cases of infection worldwide, according to the balance sheet that is constantly being updated by the agency France Presse.
The University of Aberdeen pointed to the main reason why the epidemic in China has become a pandemic.
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A university study concluded that the spread of the virus across the planet was mainly due to the decision not to stop international travel.
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