Author: Natasha Donn

CTP, Portugal’s Tourism Confederation, has made a desperate appeal to the government. Either it expands its support to the sector, or there’ll be nothing to save. With zero reservations in

There are now ‘more and more young people admitted to hospital with Covid’ than there have been previously. Specialists heard by Público say that while seniors represent “the largest group

It has taken World Cancer Day (today) for newspapers in Portugal to concede that cancers are killing more than four times as many people as Covid-19. With the nation’s focus

Portugal has received some exceptionally positive news this week as the number of new cases of the virus being registered nationally every day has plummeted. Against a backdrop of media

Portugal has fallen in the Index of Democracy drawn up annually by the Economist. Thanks to restrictive measures imposed during the pandemic, the country can no longer be considered ‘fully

With Portugal’s vaccination programme in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons, vice-admiral Henrique Gouveia e Melo has been swiftly appointed as the replacement national task force coordinator. Hours after

Francisco Ramos, the coordinator of Portugal’s vaccination task force, has resigned after the ‘scandal’ of ‘unauthorised vaccinations’ came just too close to home. Over the weekend, the former secretary of

Portugal’s latest numbers – despite the predictable weekend lag that usually catches up by Wednesday – show the virus ‘peak’ has passed, writes Público today.  But the ‘incidence values’ remain

Portugal has embarked today on what prime minister António Costa and health minister Marta Temido have described as “the most demanding phase so far” of the country’s vaccination programme. With

Portugal’s virus ‘numbers’ are showing signs of improvement. Today’s bulletin has seen the number of people being treated for Covid-19 in hospitals drop (-94) – including 13 less in the