“There is no crisis” but “we have to do everything to avoid 4th wave”, says Portugal’s president
After another politically complicated week, President Marcelo took the opportunity when visiting an old people’s home in Lisbon today to talk to the press and say ‘there is no crisis’.
Covid outbreak among Algarve construction workers “a real problem”, says expert
Óscar Felgueiras, the mathematician involved in establishing the government’s slow plan for deconfinement, has explained why the outbreak of Covid-19 in Portimão’s construction sector is ‘a real problem’. The bottom
Saturday Covid bulletin: Hospitals with lowest number of Covid patients in over six months
Portugal’s hospitals are currently treating the lowest number of Covid patients in six-and-a-half months. In the last 24-hours numbers have reduced to 512, of which 126 are in intensive care.
PSP agent risks life to save drowning man from Tejo waters
A Lisbon PSP agent risked his life last night jumping into the Tejo river to rescue a drowning man. The man had ‘fallen into the water accidentally’ near the Ribeira
Brexit small print threatens fines for ‘tens of thousands of UK resident Portuguese, Brits with second homes in Portugal’
A little known ruling as a result of Brexit has left tens of thousands of Portuguese resident in UK – as well as Brits with second homes in Portugal –
Good Friday Covid bulletin: Portugal’s Rt ‘moves up to 0.97’
Today’s Covid bulletin (as the country ‘celebrates’ Good Friday) has seen the national Rt number inch towards 1. With the incidence rate up slightly to 62.9 cases per 100,000 (65.6
‘Social support costs’ skyrocket in Algarve borough’s most dependent on tourism
Albufeira, Portimão and Loulé – all of them boroughs currently under threat of not moving forwards in the next phase of deconfinement – are also the areas where social support
GNR ‘reinforced’ with €2.3 million for coastal control and vigilance
In the wake of new undocumented ‘arrivals’ from Morocco (click here), the government has approved a project ploughing €2.3 million into reinforcing coastal vigilance and control. Explain reports, 75% (€1.7
CASA reports homeless numbers have risen 73% during pandemic
Homeless support association CASA reports that the pandemic has seen a 73% increase in the number of people it is now trying to support. Requests for help have increased by
Super and hypermarkets can return to selling toys and clothes
From Monday April 5, supermarkets and hypermarkets can return to selling clothes and toys (up till now ‘taped off’ from sale, due to Portugal’s Covid-led restrictions).