Marked drop in number of new virus cases in Portugal – but deaths and hospital admissions still ‘way too high’
The last weekend in January has registered a marked drop in the number of new ‘positive cases’ of Covid-19. It is potentially ‘good news’ and a sign that lockdown measures
AstraZeneca vaccine arrives in Portugal on February 9, with doubts swirling over who should take it
Portugal will be receiving the first doses of the AstraZeneca/ Oxford vaccine on February 9 as doubts are swirling in Europe over who should take it. Germany and Italy are
Austria and Germany step in to help Portugal’s Covid crisis
Austria and Germany have today pledged to step in and help Portugal through its spiralling Covid crisis. Intensive care patients are to be transported to Austria announced the country’s chancellor
Economists warn ‘more unemployment is on way’ for Portugal
Economists in Portugal warn there is more unemployment on the way for Portugal – with official figures currently being touted having little bearing on reality. Talking to Correio da Manhã,
Experts propose widening interval between vaccine shots in bid to tackle Portugal’s “avalanche of people arriving in hospitals”
Health authority experts on the technical vaccination commission have recommended widening the interval between administering current two-dose Covid vaccines ‘so that more people can be protected in a short period
British variant will account for 65% of all Covid cases in Portugal within three weeks
“We estimate that in three weeks time, around 65% of all cases of Covid-19 in Portugal will be caused by the British variant”. This is the opinion given to a
22 cases of Covid-19 detected in Monchique old people’s home… two days after residents receive vaccine
In a surprise announcement last night, Monchique mayor Rui André brought his thousands of followers the ‘lamentable news’ that he ‘didn’t want to bring and had hoped very much wouldn’t
“Everything depends on the next few weeks”: Portugal’s president appeals to the nation
“We need to act fast and drastically”. President Marcelo has given another of his brief, succinct and dramatic addresses to the nation that have peppered Portugal’s experiences so far with
Portugal’s frontiers ‘close’ as Covid numbers scale new heights
The debate in parliament preceding the vote renewing Portugal’s State of Emergency has heard that frontiers are now closed for the next two weeks (see update below). Interior minister Eduardo
“Open or Die”: campaigning Lisbon restaurant organises new protest
O Lapo, the café restaurant in the capital that refused to shut under the terms of Portugal’s renewed State of Emergency (click here), held a new protest last night, attracting