According to the joint epidemiological bulletin of the Directorate-General for Health and the National Institute of Health Doctor Ricardo Jorge released today, at national level the incidence rate rose from 86.1 to 92.4 cases of infection per 100,000 inhabitants.
In mainland Portugal, this indicator also increased from 86.5 to 92.8 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
The Rt - which estimates the number of secondary cases of infection resulting from each person carrying the virus - rose from 1.02 to 1.06 nationally and in mainland Portugal.
The Rt data and the incidence of new cases per 100,000 inhabitants within 14 days - indicators that make up the risk matrix for monitoring the pandemic - are updated by the health authorities on Monday, Wednesday and Friday .
According to the Government portal for Covid-19, "the monitoring of the evolution of the pandemic will continue to be carried out based on the indicators of incidence and Rt, adapted according to the evolution of vaccination (alert level is 240, level risk is 480)".
There´s an article written on 24/10/2021, by DW, called ““Vaccination is not a silver bullet”,WHO Chief scientist says”. In it, it says ” Although breakthrough infections remain rare, being vaccinated does not mean a person cannot pass the virus to someone else at higher risk.
"You still see countries today with high rates of vaccination and still having increasing rates of infection," Swaminathan explained. "And the higher the rates of transmission, the danger is that you're generating new variants, which are then going to come back and infect those people, even if you are vaccinated. There's really a strong scientific argument to be made for continuing to use the other measures until everyone around the world is protected."”
By guida from Lisbon on 26 Oct 2021, 05:43
Arrêtons l'invasion britanique,ce sera un premier pas vers un "meilleur"!
By Michel Schuermans from Algarve on 26 Oct 2021, 09:22