Cloth masks ‘outlawed’ in France, Austria, Germany: Portuguese experts ‘divided’
Cloth masks – or ‘community masks’ – have been outlawed for use in public spaces in various European countries due to their inability to efficiently block particles of the SARS-CoV-2
Over 10,000 deaths and rising: Portugal’s latest numbers bring new maximums
The pandemic has now cost over 10,000 lives in Portugal. Today’s bulletin showed a new record number of deaths in the last 24-hours (+274) – the majority people over the
Missing nurse found dead in shed outside her home
The desperate appeal for information on missing nurse Célia Paulo ended last night with the discovery of her body in a shed outside her home. The mother-of-three had been missing
South African variant “already circulating in Portugal”
“Unfortunately the national health institute Dr Ricardo Jorge has today detected the presence of the South African variant in Portugal”. This was the announcement given to RTP earlier this evening
Airline passengers entering Germany from Portugal must show ‘double negative test’ from Saturday
Portugal has joined Germany’s ‘countries with high incidence of Covid’ blacklist, meaning anyone flying from Portugal to Germany after 11pm on Saturday (or 00.00 hours Sunday German time) will have
Mayor of Pedrógão Grande accused of seven counts of negligent homicide
Valdemar Alves, Mayor of Pedrógão Grande, is to be tried on seven counts of negligent homicide – and four of causing offences to physical integrity – relating to the ‘killer
Portugal’s bleakest day: 721 dead, 221 from Covid
Wednesday January 20 was Portugal’s ‘bleakest day’ since records began in terms of deaths in a 24-hour period: 721 people died – 221 with Covid-19. This terrible tally more than
Pressure on Portugal’s PM comes from all sides
Portugal’s PM António Costa is facing intense behind-the-scenes pressure over and above the immediate demands of how to tackle the country’s raging epidemic of Covid-19. Opposition leader Rui Rio –
New appeal for information on nurse missing in Lisbon
The daughter of missing nurse Célia Paulo has sent out yet another heartbreaking appeal for information on her mother’s whereabouts. 49-year-old Célia has not been answering her telephone since Monday
Portugal suspends all flights with UK from Saturday
Portugal is to suspend flight connections with the UK from Saturday (January 23). After that date “only flights of a humanitarian nature to repatriate Portuguese who need it, or Britons