More than 70 thousand people were vaccinated this Friday against the flu and covid-19, almost 52 thousand with a booster dose, also registering the vaccination of 51 children aged between 5 and 11 years.

According to the most recent data from the daily report of the Directorate-General for Health (DGS) on vaccination against covid-19 and the flu, in mainland Portugal, 70,045 people were vaccinated today.

Among those vaccinated, 51,618 received a booster dose of covid-19 vaccine, while another 4,350 completed the primary vaccination and 14,026 were inoculated with the flu vaccine.

During the day, 51 children aged between 5 and 11 years were also vaccinated.

Among the total number of people who have already taken the booster dose of the covid-19 vaccine, data from the DGS revealed that 88% of people aged 80 and over have already had the booster, an identical percentage (87%) among people with aged between 70 and 79 years.

The low percentage in the age group 60 to 69 years, in which 62% of the total people have already taken the booster dose, lower even more in the age group 50-59 years, where the percentage is only 26% of the total.