Portugal suffers another ‘record day’ for deaths: 291 Covid patients lose fight for life
Portugal has seen another ‘record day’ for deaths: Tuesday’s bulletin shows that 291 patients died in the last 24-hours with Covid-19, just under half of them in the Lisbon area
Portugal “may need to send patients abroad” as it ranks “worst in world” (again!) for Covid-19
STOP PRESS: As this story went online, the Câmara of Torres Vedras called for international aid in face of a situation it termed “potentially catastrophic”. The municipality’s hospital needs five
Portugal’s health centres “don’t know how people without a family doctor will get vaccinated”
With the vaccination roll-out in Portugal moving into the phase where the over-50s with specified diseases are about to be called in for their shots, “there are still doubts about
Portugal cracks down: proof of address needed for all trips outside the home
Portuguese authorities are cracking down even harder on restrictions in place due to the national lockdown. From now on anyone leaving their homes for a trip to the supermarket, to
Portugal’s Conservatórias move from ‘by appointment only’ to ‘temporarily closed’
Portugal’s Conservatórias e Registos (the government departments dealing with myriad bureaucratic details) are to move from ‘by appointment only’ to ‘temporarily closed’ as a result of the ‘current situation of
New variants see Brussels and UK scramble to bring in new travel restrictions
The virulence of new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes Covid-19 – and the fears that they may render vaccines bring rolled-out less effective – have seen Brussels and
Youngest pupils won’t thrive with distance learning, warn Portugal’s school directors
With education in Portugal ‘suspended’ till February 5, the understanding is that the government will instruct schools to move over to remote learning from the following Monday, February 8. But
Marcelo re-elected, saying: “Portuguese want pandemic dominated as quickly as possible”
Portugal’s head of State Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa won yesterday’s presidential elections hands down, giving a stirring victory speech in which he stated the obvious: “The Portuguese want the pandemic
Mutiny: Portugal’s private schools and colleges vow to thwart government’s prohibition on distance-learning ‘no matter what’
Portugal’s private schools and colleges have quietly resolved to ‘carry on regardless’ – irrespective of the government’s prohibition on distance learning, ‘sneaked in to’ the rules after schools were closed
Three more doctors die of Covid in Portugal says General Medical Council
On another terrible day for Covid fatalities in Portugal, the General Medical Council (Ordem dos Médicos) has announced the deaths of three more doctors from the virus. President Miguel Guimarães