Masks set to remain mandatory indoors // Portugal the most vaccinated country in the world // We may hit 85% next week

Portuguese news in English on Friday, September 17, 2021.

By the numbers

We’re still heading in the right direction on all counts. Daily deaths are back in the single figures, case numbers are falling and we have fewer than 500 Covid-19 patients in hospital and 100 in intensive care for the first time since June. As far as vaccines go, 87.01% of people have had at least one dose and 81.82% are fully vaccinated,…