Bank Holiday Covid bulletin: 17 deaths and highest total of new cases since last February
Focus once again is on the daily DGS Covid bulletin which today sees the highest number of new cases detected in a 24-hour period since last February: 4,670 positive tests
Garcia de Orta A&E closure “is not outbreak of Omicron”, stresses PM
As Portugal officially enters a new State of Calamity today – with all restrictions outlined during the prime minister’s press conference last Thursday click here – Lisbon hospital Garcia de
Airline passengers from Schengen countries to receive ‘wristbands’ when Covid paperwork in order
Reports on the press conference called at Lisbon’s Humberto Delgado airport this afternoon – to present the latest raft of pandemic-led restrictions click here – have revealed that passengers on
Airport arrivals halls in Lisbon, Faro and Porto closed due to new restrictions
This is the headline in Diário de Notícias this afternoon following a joint press conference called to present new restrictions coming in at all Portugal’s main airports. Rui Alves, director
Government programme to lure citizens into interior registers ‘no takers’
The programme “Chave na Mão” (literal translation: key in the hand) announced by prime minister António Costa with the objective of taking homeowners from coastal areas to the interior has
Civic movement demands end of public consultation process for lithium exploration in Serra d’Arga
Civic movement SOS Serra d’Arga is demanding an end to the public consultation process opened over lithium mining planned for the hillsides due to changes in the law designed to
Switzerland brings in new flight controls on passengers from Portugal
Irrespective of vaccination status, anyone flying into Switzerland from Portugal from today must present a negative test for SARS-CoV-2 infection and complete a 10-day period of quarantine. The decision follows
Pandemic reduces life expectancy: pensionable age to drop in 2023
Mortality caused by the Covid.-19 pandemic has reduced life expectancy from the age of 65. Consequently, the legal retirement age needs to be recalculated. A provisionary estimate published yesterday by
Portugal’s State of Calamity to run for four months
Portugal’s State of Calamity arriving at midnight tonight is set to continue to March 20, 2022. The date was not announced last week when PM Costa laid out the new
‘Get tough’ land border controls in Portugal start from tomorrow
In line with new ‘get tough measures’ coming in from tomorrow to combat the generalised rise in Covid infections in Portugal (click here), land border controls are also being tightened.