Portuguese study discovers why some people react to more seriously than others to infection by Covid virus
Investigators at Porto’s i3S (institute of health investigation and innovation) have discovered why some people develop Covid-19 and go on to be very ill, while others don’t. It’s all in
TAP uncertainty: “Portuguese State will become sole shareholder by end of 2021”
Despite all assertions to the contrary, the Portuguese government insists debt-ridden airline TAP is “absolutely strategic” and must be saved at all costs. These are likely to run to around
Healthy children need doctor’s prescription for Covid vaccine
After weeks of dilly-dallying and mixed messaging, Portugal’s DGS health authority announced last Friday that, “for the time being”, only children in the 12-15 age-group with “serious underlying diseases” should
New Covid outbreak in old people’s home where staff and residents fully-vaccinated
So far only one death has been recorded in a new outbreak of Covid-19 in an old people’s home where all residents and staff have been fully vaccinated (and passed
Syndicates warn president Marcelo: “worst is yet to come”
Syndicate leaders took advantage of a meeting with President Marcelo yesterday to warn “the worst is yet to come” in terms of the social crisis prompted by authorities’ response to
Chega MP André Ventura formally accused of disobedience
Chega MP André Ventura has been formally accused of the crime of disobedience, following a political dinner held in a restaurant in Braga during the State of Emergency last winter.
Wednesday’s Covid bulletin sees Portugal’s Rt and incidence rates reduce
Slowly Portugal’s ‘Covid numbers’ seem to be inching in the right direction: Rt (transmission) and incidence continue to fall (they are pegged at 0.92 and 384.5 cases per 100,000 citizens
Lisbon just got itself a new tourist attraction “for all the wrong reasons…”
Lisbon just got itself a new tourist attraction… for all the wrong reasons. Road renewal works to the Calçada de Ajuda managed to leave some front doors more than a
Portuguese diplomat to head EU delegation in Cuba
Portuguese diplomat Isabel Brilhante Pedrosa has been chosen to lead the EU delegation in Cuba. The 57-year-old has been ‘out of a job’ since February after being declared ‘persona non
DGS publishes list of 10 priorities for vaccination of 12-15 year olds against Covid-19
DGS health orientation on childhood conditions which qualify for vaccination against Covid-19 have finally been ‘published’. But the development has done little to calm rising criticism, largely because it took