Marcelo defends changes to Portugal “risk matrix” to take vaccination into account
Keen to impress the fact that rising infections in areas like Lisbon are not translating into serious illness or pressure on the health system, President Marcelo has made a case
Portugal faces new travel threat
As the Resident went to press, authorities in the Algarve were ‘mobilising’ to try and head off a strike called by border guards for Faro airport. Fears are that just
China suspends direct flights from Portugal after infected passengers detected onboard
Chinese authorities have announced a two-week suspension of directs flight between Portugal and Xi’an after apparently detecting seven cases of SARS-CoV-2 on an incoming flight from Lisbon on May 14.
Unexploded mortar shells discovered on banks of Douro
Two unexploded mortar shells have been found this morning on the south bank of the river Douro, in Avintes, Vila Nova de Gaia. It’s not clear how ‘old’ they are,
Lisbon on alert due to spiralling case numbers
From tomorrow (Thursday) seven new strategies are being put into play in Lisbon to stem the rising tide of Covid infections. The measures are divided into two areas: increasing testing
Digital Covid travel Certificates to be launched on July 1
At the end of the European Council in Brussels today, Portugal’s prime minister António Costa announced that the long-promised ‘vaccine passports’ or Digital Covid Certificates will be coming into force
Elderly woman in Azores dies of Covid after receiving second dose of vaccine
An 86-year-old woman has died in the Azores less than 14-days after receiving the second dose of vaccine against Covid-19. According to regional health authorities, her death can be explained
Cleaning companies investigated for €25 million in tax fraud
Putting a new spin on the expression ‘taken to the cleaners’, public prosecutors and AT tax authority inspectors have been raiding various locations in and around Lisbon today on suspicions
André Ventura ‘refuses to apologise’
André Ventura has refused the court order to apologise to the family he labelled ‘bandits’ during the presidential campaign, saying he plans to appeal the decision as he is “not
Recoveries far exceed number of new cases in Tuesday’s Covid bulletin
The ‘good news’ today is that recoveries have far exceeded the number of new cases (669 ‘recoveries’ (meaning people no longer testing positive for the virus) against 374 new cases