More than three million people, equivalent to about 30% of the Portuguese population, already have the European digital certificate, but the first people vaccinated in the country, at the end of December 2020/ January 2021, mostly health professionals, were the first to realise that the Digital Vaccination Certificate expires.
The Digital Covid Vaccination Certificate, available from the sns24.gov.pt website 14 days after your vaccination course is completed, is valid for 180 days, then needs to be renewed, which is apparently done very easily.
In recent days, the first people to have received their vaccinations have received an alert message on their mobile phone, sent by the number 2424, with the following text: “Covid-19: The seal on your vaccination certificate has expired."
Note that this validity is not related to the full validation of the document 14 days after taking the last dose of vaccine against Covid-19. They are different deadlines and exist for different reasons.
With the digital certification system in operation since July 1st, just over a month ago, the validity period exists to achieve immunity and thus maximum protection. It is not possible for the vaccination certificate, at this time, to have a validity period of more than six months, when the validity period of the vaccines that we are making has not yet been defined.
Everyone must renew their digital certificate as soon as they receive the alert message and, according to the Ministry of Health, it is a simple process. “To renew the certificate, simply request a new one through the SNS 24 application or the SNS 24 portal at sns24.gov.pt . Everyone who consulted their certificate in the app or on the portal since the 21st of July automatically obtained a certificate valid for 180 days from the date of that consultation.”
For more details on the Covid-19 Digital Certificate in Portugal, CLICK HERE
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Doctor David writes: 'Natural immunity lasts for life.' Well of course. Nobody has ever had more than one cold or dose of flu. Ever.
Grow up Steve. This is serious.
Anticipated ≠ Reality.
Nowhere I said that these shots prevent infection, so not sure where you coming from. Although since this shot has been registered as a vaccine it should prevent infection and transmission of the disease it claims to stop. That is the definition of a vaccine. Not surprising it doesn't work, vaccines don't really do much against respiratory illnesses.
Quoting Reg:Might?? You sound desperate. Sorry Reg it does not prevent transmission either. Let's just call it a shot or injection.
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The vaccine prevents you from dying ... I wouldn't call that a joke.
Steve where did you read it "fully prevents infection"? The anticipated efficacy of the various vaccines has been widely publicised. It also does not "prevent" but might reduces transmission.
My daughter caught Covid about 1 month after her second jab. She felt tired and tought she had a summer cold. After 2 lateral flow tests at home which were positive she took the family for a PCR test only she showed up positive. The whole family had to isolate for 10 days. She lost her taste and smell but nobody got infected which included two unvaccinated teenagers. So yes you can get Covid but are unlikely to end up in hospital like her friend who required hospitalisation and oxygen in December last year.
Yes it has. They do not fully prevent infection in most individuals and don't prevent transmission either, making the certificate a scam and joke.
The only thing that hasn't been defined is the long term side effects of the cells in your body creating a synthetic viral protein.