Margarida Tavares was speaking during the presentation of the Strategic Plan of the Ministry of Health: Seasonal Health Response - Winter 2022-2023.

According to the latest information on vaccination, released on the 16th, more than two million people have already been vaccinated against Covid-19 and against the flu in the current autumn-winter campaign, of which 1.5 million received the vaccines simultaneously, announced the authorities.

The seasonal booster campaign, which takes place in several vaccination centres across the country, will last until December, with the priority of protecting the most vulnerable people, and preventing serious illness, hospitalisation, and death.