Did you realise that the DGS - Directorate-General for Health distributes a weekly newsletter with a lot of information highlighted that week?! It's super important that we keep track of this information.
Below we share this week's information they publicised.
DGS Newsletter No. 156 of 2022-01-12
More than 300,000 children aged between 5 and 11 have already started immunisation against COVID-19 in Portugal.
Considering that there are almost 626,000 users in this age group, approximately 48% of children aged 5 to 11 have already been vaccinated. It is emphasised, however, that to date, about 45,000 children are not eligible for vaccination, because they have contracted the disease in the last 90 days. +
The Directorate-General for Health has updated several rules and guidelines in order to adapt them to the current epidemiological situation and the legislation in force, namely the Resolution of the Council of Ministers 2-A/2022, including the Counselling on cultural, sports events and... +
The Directorate-General for Health (DGS) has made changes to the Schools Reference - Control of the transmission of COVID-19 in the school context, following the updates of Standards 004/2020 and 015/2020.
This document defines as high-risk contacts people who live with a confirmed positive case (unless they have the booster dose or have contracted the disease for less than 180 days) or people who live or work... +
The concept of «One Health» Summarises an idea known for more than a century: animal health, human health and environmental health are intrinsically linked and interdependent.
In this sense, throughout January, the Directorate-General for Health (DGS) joins the Directorate-General for Food and Veterinary (DGAV) and the Portuguese Environment Agency (APA) in the... +
The Directorate-General for Health (DGS) and the National Institute of Health Doctor Ricardo Jorge (INSA) release report No. 41 on monitoring of red lines for COVID-19. The report includes the various indicators described in the Red Lines document, including the 14-day incidence and the transmissibility index (R(t)), national and by health region.
From this document, the following points are emphasised: +
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