Unvaccinated could be ‘banned’ from cafés, restaurants, gyms and supermarkets
Today (Thursday) will see the Portuguese government taking a new approach towards controlling the pandemic and opening up the economy. Everything points to the patchwork of restrictions and nighttime curfew
Restaurants losing €5 billion this year say “NO” to Covid Digital Certificate and testing
As Portugal wakes up to yet another day in which ‘new measures to help curb the spread of SARS-CoV-2’ are to be announced by the Council of Ministers, restaurant association
Police syndicates reject government’s latest offer for ‘risk subsidy’
Already in the third round of negotiations, police syndicates have today rejected the government’s latest offer to increase pay in recognition of the daily risks they run. Antero Luís, Secretary
Operation Red Card delivers new blow to former football boss
Luís Filipe Vieira, former Benfica boss now facing multiple charges in the Operation Red Card investigation (click here) appears to have suffered a new blow: the judge who set his
Technical glitch scuppers use of Covid Digital Certificates in restaurants
Even before their use has been extended into citizens’ ‘day-to-day’, Covid Digital Certificates are running into technical glitches. SIC television news reports that “various restaurants complain the documents are considered
Portugal’s shrinking population: roughly 50% live in just 31 municipalities
The first results of Portugal’s recent census show that the country’s population continues to ‘shrink’ with only Lisbon and the Algarve going in the opposite direction. Since the 2011 census,
Portugal’s Rt down; over 3,264 ‘recoveries’
Portugal’s Covid swings and roundabouts reporting continues today with reports of 13 further deaths in the last 24-hours and 3,452 new cases. As always, no mention is ever made of
Portugal ponders banning unvaccinated from cafés, restaurants and supermarkets
This is the bottom line coming out of yesterday’s meeting between government ministers and health experts at Infarmed. It is seen as the easiest way to get the one in
Infarmed meeting: Specialists propose four-point plan towards release of pandemic restrictions
Specialists have proposed a four-point plan towards Portugal’s easing of pandemic led restrictions. Today’s meeting between members of the government, virologists, epidemiologists and mathematicians at Infarmed saw specialist Raquel Duarte
Parliamentary leader says it’s time to differentiate between ‘vaccinated’ and ‘non-vaccinated’
Parliamentary leader Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues has suggested two new approaches to outlining Portugal’s virus data. Addressing the closing stages of this morning’s meeting with experts at Infarmed he said he