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The regional secretary of Health of the Azores has said that the executive has yet to decide on vaccinating children from 12 years of age against Covid-19, due.
Posted on 21 January 2021.
Portugal is registering the world’s highest COVID’19 infections and death rates due to the faster-spreading of a more contagious variant form of the virus first detected in Britain.
The country has now the highest seven-day average rate in the world of new cases per 100,000 population and the second-highest rate of new deaths after the United Kingdom, according to data by Johns Hopkins University.
Portugal also has the highest number of coronavirus cases in Europe per capita over the last seven days, according to a tracking website supported by Oxford University.
Prime Minister António Costa told the press Thursday that, “The risk of this virus spreading through society has increased,” adding, “We have seen that, in the space of a week, the variant has spread significantly,” and that “The spread has jumped from 8% last week to 20% this week and may reach 60% in coming weeks,” he said.