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DGS report reveals an increase in the number of deaths.
Home News Portugal registers excess mortality Portugal registers excess mortality The Directorate-General of Health (DGS) and the National Institute of Health, Dr. Ricardo Jorge (INSA), revealed that Portugal has experienced excess mortality since the first week of December.
The Directorate-General for Health (DGS) is monitoring this rise in Mpox nationwide and told Antena 1 that a 'growing trend' is being observed.
Home News Flu vaccination campaign close to target Flu vaccination campaign close to target Another 14,066 people were vaccinated against the flu last week, bringing the total number immunized since the start of the campaign to 2,492,594, almost reaching the target set by the DGS (Directorate-Gen
Portugal's first COVID-19 vaccination campaign began five years ago and since then more than 32 million vaccine doses have been administered in Portugal, according to data from the Directorate-General of Health (DGS). In an interview with the Lusa news agency, the president of the Portuguese Society of Public Health (SPSP) and former Director-General of Health, Francisco George, said ...
Lisbon, 23 December 2025 (Lusa) — More than 51,000 people were vaccinated against influenza in the past week, bringing the total number of people immunised since the start of the seasonal vaccination campaign in September to 2,477,875, according to data from the DGS released today.
Data from the DGS goes up to the end of November. The majority of cases are among men up to 45 years old.
Portugal has recorded 20 cases of measles since the start of the year, nine of which were in unvaccinated individuals, announced the General Directorate of Health (DGS) today.
With this measure, eligible children can now be vaccinated in hospitals or clinics in the private and social sector that are authorised vaccination points, in addition to SNS units.
