The Minister of Health said today that the vaccine against covid-19, which may arrive in Portugal as early as January, will be free, optional and administered by the National Health Service (SNS).
“It will obviously be a free vaccination, optional and to be carried out at the National Health Service”, said Marta Temido about the vaccination plan against covid-19 that will be presented on Thursday.
The minister spoke to journalists in Lisbon, at the end of a meeting attended by the Prime Minister, António Costa, the coordinator of the task force created by the Government to design the vaccination plan and the ministers of State and the Presidency , Mariana Vieira da Silva, Internal Affairs, Eduardo Cabrita, and National Defense, João Gomes Cravinho.