Covid deaths hit dramatic new maximum: 218 in last 24-hours
Another 218 people have died with Covid-19 infections in Portugal in the last 24-hours. It’s a dismal new maximum and the first time the country has ever registered over 200
Rapid Covid tests to start in schools in worst affected areas of Portugal from tomorrow
Rapid Covid tests will be conducted in secondary schools in areas of ‘extremely elevated risk’ from tomorrow (Wednesday). Say reports, the campaign will include private schools as well as State-run
First doses of Janssen vaccine could be available in Portugal from April-June
The first 1.25 million doses of the Johnson&Johnson-Janssen vaccine could be available in Portugal during the second trimester (April – June), Janssen’s medical director Manuel Salavessa has announced. First results
Confusion over claims that Portugal is showing ‘worst global virus numbers per million inhabitants’
Tuesday has seen numerous sources query the rush of headlines yesterday proclaiming that Portugal had basically ‘the worst virus numbers in the world’. The assertions started coming over the weekend.
Portugal imposes even tougher restrictions as virus deaths hit new daily record
Portugal’s Socialist government has tightened lockdown restrictions after just three days into a new period of national confinement. Prime minister António Costa reacted to the two days over last weekend
Portugal’s virus numbers “the worst in the world”
As Portugal registers a tragic new record in virus-related deaths over the last 24-hours, headlines have been proclaiming the country’s virus numbers are “the worst in the world”. SIC television
Portugal starts immunising 30,000 with second dose of vaccine
With countries like UK changing vaccine protocols in order to give more people their first shots than would otherwise be possible, Portugal has stuck to the pharmaceutical guidance and is
Shambolic control as quarter of a million Portuguese cast early votes for presidential elections
Sunday January 17 saw Portugal’s organisational ability at its worst. Almost a quarter of a million citizens turned out in various parts of the country to cast their early votes
O Lapo café restaurant flies flag of resistance for Portugal’s hundreds of thousands “left in sea of scientific inconsistencies”
Lisbon’s O Lapo café restaurant – the one small business that stood up against the tide of enforced lockdown closures on Friday (click here) – now faces a fine of
GALP’s closure of Matosinhos refinery “an economic and social crime”
GALP’s closure of its Matoshinhos refinery in the north has left a minimum of 350 workers without jobs. The fuel company that recently entered ‘the race for lithium’ has justified