“We are pleased to note that vaccination coverage in the population aged 65 or over and in chronically ill patients exceeded the target set by the WHO, in line with what had already happened in previous years”, highlighted the president of the Portuguese Association of General and Family Medicine, cited in a statement.

According to Nuno Jacinto, the results obtained continue to show the confidence of the Portuguese in vaccination.

In the fourth and final wave of the Vacinómetro report, which monitors flu vaccination during the 2023/24 flu season, it is indicated that, despite 77.7% of Portuguese people aged 65 or over having been vaccinated, the coverage rate drops to 64.3% in the population aged 60 or over.

“With the sub-analysis carried out, 47.5% were vaccinated on a doctor's recommendation and 30.7% on their own initiative”, he noted.

The data also reveals that coverage rates are above 76% among chronically ill patients, with 82.4% of patients with diabetes vaccinated and 76% of people with cardiovascular disease vaccinated.

At regional level, of the “vaccinated population aged 65 or over, 82.1% are from the North region, 80.1% from the Lisbon metropolitan area, 77.6% from the Algarve, 76.3% from the Alentejo, 70 .6% from the central region, 69.6% from the autonomous region of the Azores and 66.7% from the autonomous region of Madeira”.