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Portugals health care system was on the verge of collapse. Hospitals in the capital, Lisbon, were overflowing and authorities were asking people to treat themselves at home. In the last week of January, nearly 2,000 people died as the virus spread.
The countrys vaccine program was in a shambles, so the government turned to Vice Adm. Henrique Gouveia e Melo, a former submarine squadron commander, to right the ship.
Eight months later, Portugal is among the worlds leaders in vaccinations, with roughly 86% of its population of 10.3 million fully vaccinated. About 98% of all of those eligible for vaccines meaning anyone over 12 have been fully vaccinated, Gouveia e Melo said.
We believe we have reached the point of group protection and nearly herd immunity, he said. Things look very good.
On Friday, Portugal ended nearly all of its coronavirus restrictions. There has been a sharp drop in new cases, to about 650 a day, and vanishingly few deaths.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/portugal-virtually-no-one-left-141101052.html
orwell
(7,765 posts)...who'd a thunk it?
DanieRains
(4,619 posts)Every single person on the transit system / trams / subways / trains / buses etc. were properly wearing a mask. I couldn't believe it.
Amazing what can happen when people really don't want to catch Covid-19.
And down by the waterfront in Lisbon they had a mobile vaccination "trailer" and practically no one was walking up to get the shot. They were almost all already vaccinated I guess.