Author: Natasha Donn

Portugal’s latest figures for its Covid-19 epidemic show the highest death count yet (221 people in 24 hours), the highest numbers ever in ICUs (702), the highest numbers in hospitals

PM António Costa has put the flesh on the bones of last night’s decision to close the nation’s schools. He explained this afternoon that: all educational establishments will shut (this

Following on from yesterday’s news that blood stocks in Portugal are running low, tabloid Correio da Manhã has revealed that the majority of patients here requiring hospital treatment for complications

Three days into Portugal’s new lockdown, authorities realised people weren’t taking it seriously enough. The weekend sunshine and welcome respite from recent polar cold saw crowds on beach boardwalks, families

In the wake of the decision to close Portugal’s schools from tomorrow, infectious diseases expert Maria João Brito has warned ‘this isn’t enough’. Talking on Rádio Renascença last night she

With the “alarming progression” of the Covid epidemic in Portugal, the government announced the decision to close all schools on the mainland from Friday shortly after midnight last night. It

Blood reserves in hospitals have reached a critical point. Depending on the blood type, there are between four and 19 days before stocks run dry. The most urgent need is

Wednesday January 20 has seen another ‘record’ set in Covid deaths within a 24-hour period, as well as in the number new cases. Deaths today were of 219 patients (one

With national focus on how much longer schools can remain open in face of galloping rates of Covid infections, president of the association of school directors Filinto Lima has described

The teenage children of a nurse who went inexplicably missing on Monday in Lisbon have launched a desperate appeal for information over social media. The call for help has been