Surveillance and high vaccination coverage: how Portugal overcame the collapse and regained control of the pandemic

Author:

Barros Sandra Garrido de1ORCID,Cruz Denise Nogueira1ORCID,Souza Jamacy Costa1ORCID,Silva Livia Angeli1ORCID,Guimarães Maria Clara da Silva1ORCID,Rezende Morena Morais1ORCID,Paim Jairnilson1ORCID,Vieira-da-Silva Ligia Maria1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil

Abstract

Abstract The uncertainties about COVID-19 require evaluating national responses to identify successes and failures in the pandemic control. This article analyzes Portugal´s response, particularly the contribution of its health and surveillance systems in dealing with the pandemic. An integrative literature review was conducted, including consultations of observatories, documents, and institutional websites. Portugal´s response was agile and showed unified technical and political coordination, including surveillance structure using telemedicine. The reopening was supported by high testing and low positivity rates and strict rules. However, the relaxation of measures as of November/2020 resulted in an increase in cases, collapsing the health system. The response involved a consistent surveillance strategy with innovative monitoring tools, which, combined with high population adherence to vaccination, led to overcoming that moment and kept hospitalization and death rates at new disease waves at low levels. Thus, the Portuguese case discloses the risks of disease resurgence with the flexibility of measures and the population´s exhaustion in the face of restrictive measures and new variants, but also the importance of articulation between technical coordination, the political sphere, and the scientific committee.

Publisher

FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

Subject

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Health Policy

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