Portalegre: Public health delegate calls for vaccination against extra strong flu virus strain

In Portugal, the Portalegre Public Health delegate, Margarida Silva, warned that the main flu virus that will circulate this winter is of a more aggressive strain, calling everyone to get vaccinated against the flu. Speaking to Radio Portalegre, Margarida Silva stressed the importance of vaccination, adding that health services in the district are 'on constant alert' and are monitoring emergency patients with respiratory and influenza-like illness symptoms