img decoding=”async” loading=”lazy” src=”http://algarvedailynews.com/images/news2/19158.jpg” alt=”Dr Photo – PORTUGAL REACHES FIVE MILLION VACCINES ADMINISTERED” width=”160″ height=”107″ style=”margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; float: left;” />Today, the official source of the task force for the vaccination announced that, on Saturday, Portugal surpassed five million vaccines administered against the Covid-19.
span>According to the communication office of the task force, the number covers mainland Portugal and the regions of the Azores and Madeira.
span>In the specific case of mainland Portugal, the five million vaccines administered are expected to be reached on Monday evening or Tuesday, the same source said.
span>In mainland Portugal, the total number of vaccines administered was, at 4:30 pm on Sunday, about 4,939,000, of which about 3,358,000 first doses and close to 1,581,000 with complete vaccination.
span>On Saturday, the coordinator of the task force for vaccination against Covid-19, Gouveia e Melo, said that on August 8th, 70% of the population will have had at least one dose of the vaccine.

span>“If everything goes well, if the vaccines arrive, so we have the vaccines that we think we have available, on August 8th, we will have 70% of the population with at least one dose,” said Vice Admiral Gouveia e Melo, in Leiria.
span>In Portugal, 17,017 people have died from 845,224 confirmed cases of infection, according to the most recent bulletin from the Directorate-General for Health.
em style=”color: #ffffff;”>Original article available in Portuguese at http://postal.pt/