Covid-19: ECDC says Portugal is not jealous of test data, DGS guarantees it is
The DGS also said that it is awaiting “clarification” from the European Union agency, created in 2005 to strengthen Europe’s defenses against infectious diseases.
The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control says that Portugal is not envious of the reference data for this week, but the Directorate-General for Health guarantees that it has done “the usual procedure”.
According to information on the European Center for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC) page, Portugal did not submit data regarding official tests for the purposes of the last weekly map, a requirement to calculate the 14-day notification rate, weighted by the implementation of the vaccine.
On the ECDC map, updated on Thursday, Portugal appeared in black and last on the list, with the reference “insufficient data available”.
Lusa asked the Directorate-General for Health (DGS) for clarification, which informed the data provided “to the instruction on the European platform, following the usual guidance and without known restrictions” and is awaiting clarification.
The recommendation of the sequence to free circulation, in the pandemic, passed in force on January 25, February 19.
and the European Council of the European Union, Liechtenstein according to an indicator based on the European14-day notification to the vaccine in the region.
The maps are based on data reported by countries and are collected weekly between Monday and Wednesday (for the previous week) and released on Thursdays.
According to the most recent risk analysis) by the National Institute of Health Line (INSA) and the Directorate-General for Health (DGS), released on Friday, around 847,000 SARS-CoV screening tests were changed during the week. -2 in Portugal, a reduction compared to the previous seven days (more than 1.2 million tests).