Since the start of the vaccination campaign, the Installation Commission of the Order of Physiotherapists (CI-OF) has been raising awareness of the right of physiotherapists to be vaccinated in the first phase of the vaccination plan, as health professionals who are at high risk of contracting the disease and spreading it, regardless of the context/sector in which they work.
CI-OF has called on physiotherapists to register on the official platform and has called on the heads of establishments to promote, directly and/or indirectly, registration in the respective vaccination programme. However, we know that it has taken a long time for physiotherapists who work in private practice to be vaccinated.
In this regard, the Installing Committee of the Order of Physiotherapists, without prejudice to the fact that it does not yet hold the collection of Physiotherapists working in Portugal, given that it still belongs to the ACSS, has asked the Task-Force for its best offices so that the vaccination plan for all Physiotherapists can be implemented in the first vaccination phase.
Finally, CI OF has shown its willingness to be a facilitator in the whole vaccination process for Portuguese physiotherapists, but has not yet been contacted for this purpose.