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“We had warned at the end of the summer of the need to plan booster doses. Unfortunately, we are a few days away from Christmas and this work has not yet been done”, said the vice president of the PSD parliamentary bench, Ricardo Baptista Leite, in statements to Lusa.
For the deputy and doctor, "it is somewhat in the hands of the Portuguese to guarantee" the "best possible way" to respond to the increase in cases of Covid-19 and "other threats in the health system".
Regarding the Covid-19 announcements, Baptista Leite classified as “inconsistent the different measures between restaurants, bars and clubs, especially in relation to testing”.
“There must be clarity in relation to the measures that are taken and there are a series of inconsistencies here and this makes the citizens themselves feel confused after two years of managing a pandemic”, he warned.
He then appealed to the Government to "find alternative mechanisms to speed up vaccination without continuing to withdraw resources from the NHS and health centres", such as including community pharmacies in the plan.
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This Government as act to slow on everything this last 14 years . Shameful. !!!!!
By J from Lisbon on 23 Dec 2021, 17:20
There are 3 covenants that need to be in place here. Even the US got blind sighted by Omicron spreading too fast (yes shameful) and is being accused of being unprepared. There will be more variants and more shots so load up the arsenal.
1.) Involve ALL pharmacies and make it easy for people to get vaxed there by appointment. 2.)Yes, the rules MUST BE CONSISTENT for all to enter inside; masks inside and vax certificates. This would encourage people to get vaxed and so would 3.) Mandate vaccinations and boosters and FINE anyone who takes up any hospital service that is NOT vaccinated. That will reduce the cost and drain on the NHS. Unvaxed people are selfish and arrogant and responsible for spreading the disease which will raise our collective taxes because they only care about themselves "my freedoms!" Make THEM PAY when they get Covid and watch how quickly infections will drop. They can shop for groceries online and order take-out; we don't want their disease when we go to the store or anywhere inside.
By Wesley from USA on 24 Dec 2021, 06:38