2009 swine flu pandemic in Portugal

On 4 May, there was one confirmed case in Lisbon, Portugal, but it did not represent any concern, because the risk of transmission was no longer present at that time.

[1] On 1 June, Ana Jorge, the Portuguese Health Minister, confirmed the second case in Portugal, a 33-year-old man who travelled from the United States, first landing in Frankfurt, Germany.

[3] The first known cases resulting from human-to-human transmission were reported on 4 July (one in Azores, and the other one in Lisbon).

[7] Government officials stated that the worst-case scenario in Portugal would be 25% infection with a mortality of 0.1%, i.e. 8700 deaths.

[8] The outbreak started to spread more rapidly in September; on the 13th, Portugal had 9618 cases officially confirmed.