2021-07-28 02:06:09 GMT2021-07-28 10:06:09(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
LISBON, July 27 (Xinhua) -- People not immunized or having received only one dose of vaccine constitute 98 percent of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in Portugal, the Portuguese General Directorate of Health (DGS) reported on Tuesday.
The reduction in the risk of hospitalization was obvious among patients who were fully vaccinated, and immunization "reduces by up to three times the risk of death" of the coronavirus, according to Andre Peralta Santos, an expert from the DGS.
Most of the patients hospitalized at this moment in Portugal are over 60 years old, but a significant number of hospitalized people are aged 20-39.