One million vaccines from Portugal should reach Portuguese-speaking countries in the second semester
Portugal will allocate one million vaccines against covid-19 to the PALOP and Timor-Leste, which are expected to start reaching countries in the second half of 2021, announced the Minister of Foreign Affairs on 24 February.
Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe and Timor-Leste are the beneficiaries of the plan.
"I means ensuring one million vaccines since our global purchase is in the order of 20 million doses", added Augusto Santos Silva, after, on Tuesday, the Prime Minister, António Costa, announced that Portugal would redirect 5 percent of its vaccines against covid-19 to African Portuguese Speaking Countries (PALOP) and Timor-Leste.