Portugal sets up taskforce to prepare COVID-19 vaccine distribution


  • World
  • Wednesday, 18 Nov 2020

FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing a protective mask speaks with a driver of a tram during the coronavirus outbreak in Lisbon, Portugal, October 31, 2020. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante

LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal has set up a taskforce to come up with a COVID-19 vaccination strategy and hopes to be prepared to start distributing shots as early as January, Health Minister Marta Temido said on Wednesday.

Temido said experts were working to decide which groups should get the vaccine first as well as distribution logistics from transport to storage.

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