The Minister for Health, Marta Temido, presided over an informal video conference with European Union Health Ministers on 13 January.
Also taking part in the meeting, which was based in the headquarters of the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, were the European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella Kyriakides, as well as representatives of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and the European Medicines Agency.
At the end of the meeting, Minister Marta Temido and Commissioner Stella Kyriakides held a joint press conference. The Minister for Health began by underlining the importance of the meeting, which resulted in the sharing of opinions on the COVID-19 vaccination process, currently underway in all the Member States.