Borough lockdowns back in place as country approaches end of 3rd State of Emergency
Borough lockdowns are being imposed for the long weekend that coincides with the end of Portugal’s 3rd State of Emergency. Say reports, prime minister António Costa says citizens have to
Businesses have no right to take employees temperatures, says data protection agency
The national commission for data protection (CNPD) considers that businesses have no right to take the temperatures of their employees in spite of the situation of Covid-19 pandemic and the
Alentejo “has everything to attract the tourist” once lockdown is over
Rural Alentejo – the Portuguese region with the least number of Covid-19 cases and so far only one death, of an 87-year-old with ‘underlying pathologies’ – has been dubbed as
Covid-19 ‘can reach brain’: Porto scientists evaluate effects on survivors
Covid-19 has been seen to ‘reach the brain’ – thus scientists in Porto want to discover if this will cause damage further down the line. “We know the virus can
‘Exceptional measures’ allowing restaurants to reopen ‘will involve taking clients temperatures’
Among ‘exceptional measures’ being drawn up to ensure the safe return to business of all sectors is the requirement to take the temperatures of staff and clients in restaurants. Expresso
“Catapult or bazooka?” Costa pushes EU on extent of Covid recovery ‘firepower’
Today (Thursday) sees another ‘crucial’ meeting, this time of the European Council, towards deciding how countries are to be financed through their ‘post-Covid recoveries’. Making no bones about the fact
500 crew remain ‘imprisoned’ on cruise ship docked in Lisbon
500 men and women, hired as staff on the MSC Fantasia which arrived in Lisbon in March with 1,338 passengers on board, remain confined to their cabins, unpaid and with
New changes to lay-off scheme “could exclude many businesses”
The government “doesn’t stop changing the rules of the simplified lay-off scheme” designed to help businesses cope with enforced lockdown. Stress reports, there are now “contradictions between what was promised
Illegal care homes shelter 35,000 elderly “and no one knows where they are”
It’s another ‘headache’ for authorities focused on containing Covid-19 infections within the country’s care home sector. Say reports today, there are 35,000 old people living in 3,500 illegal care homes
Hotels to reopen late June/ early July: tourists ‘counting the days’
President of the association of Portuguese hotels Raul Martins says the majority of hotels will start to reopen in July. “Probably some will open in June”, he added, saying a