By Andrea Hargraves 
This must be explained, so that there is no misconception that the vaccine is not useful. We have to vaccinate and vaccinate more, there is an important vaccination campaign underway and for this reason it is good that the Portuguese do not have any doubts,” Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa told reporters at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon.
According to the head of state, it is necessary to explain to the Portuguese “why a person leaves Portuguese territory, despite being vaccinated for more than a month with a certificate allowing him to travel through Europe and the world, is subject to the same obligation of quarantine or preventive isolation for ten days as the unvaccinated person or with only one dose of the vaccine.”
“You have to explain yourself well, so that doesn’t look like a discount on the vaccine,” he emphasized.
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa defended this explanation “it is up to the health authorities” and should be made public: “If you are a Portuguese who was vaccinated more than a month ago with a full vaccination, you have to explain to yourself and the family why. Here, as prime minister, I think it is important to explain The Portuguese have the reason.
“I think this explanation is important, otherwise people will get confused, and state power means credibility, and credibility means that people believe in those who make the rules, because if they stop believing, they get into a state of distrust, and it doesn’t have to deal with organized distrust.” .