Portuguese PM Antonio Costa gets Covid-19 vaccine

Lisbon, Feb 16 : Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa has received the first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, the media reported.
Citing Lusa news agency, Xinhua reported that Minister of Health Marta Temido also confirmed that she had been vaccinated.
Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and President of the Portuguese Parliament Ferro Rodrigues were immunized on February 12.
Portugal’s Covid-19 vaccination began late last December, primarily covering health professionals, in addition to the elderly and patients in long-term care units, members of the security forces, and people over 80 years of age.
“To date, 533,070 inoculations have been made, of which 333,000 correspond to first doses and 200,000 to the second,” Temido said at a press conference on Monday.
According to her, Portugal decided to prioritize “professionals of essential services, such as some holders of sovereign bodies”.