Portugal kicked off its vaccination rollout for children aged 5 to 11 on Saturday, following in the footsteps of other European countries experiencing a rapid surge of the Omicron variant.
Nearly 80,000 children, of the estimated 640,000 in this age group have registered in order to receive their first shot of Pfizer’s pediatric vaccine this weekend.
Calling for vaccination, Prime Minister Antonio Costa explained on Friday that the spread of the new variant mostly occurs among unvaccinated children and their parents.
COVID-19 infections are increasing in Portugal, with 4,346 new infections reported on average each day, representing 34% of the peak, according to the latest Reuters’COVID Tracker on December 19.
Many countries in the EU have begun vaccination rollout in recent days in order to curb the spread of the new variant and boost protection, including Germany, and the Netherlands.
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