Covid-19, Portugal becomes the world’s most vaccinated country

Covid-19, Portugal becomes the world’s most vaccinated country
AFP
Friday 24 September 2021 - 17:38

Portugal became the world’s most vaccinated country against the coronavirus, with 84% of the European country’s population now fully vaccinated.

According to figures from Our World in Data, Portugal is followed by the UAE at 80.8 percent, and Singapore at 77 percent.

As Portugal’s vaccination rate rose, the Covid-19 infection and hospitalization rates decreased in tandem, dropping to their lowest for almost 18 months.

Portugal’s goal to fully inoculate 85% of its population is now within the reach, as the country prepares to relax some of the health measures imposed.

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