Rt dips below 1: Portugal’s 5th wave recedes rapidly
Portugal’s 5th wave of Covid infections is rapidly receding. Today’s Covid bulletin marks the 3rd consecutive day in which the number of new infections has been below the number of
‘Bitcoin Family’ sets sights on creating crypto community in Algarve
In a story likely to trigger a lot of new ideas at the Portuguese finance ministry, American news channel CNBC has announced that “the patriarch of the so-called Bitcoin Family
30 million diagnostic tests “just didn’t get done” due to pandemic
30 million diagnostic tests just didn’t get done by the Portuguese national health service due to the pandemic. The situation, reported today in the context of a conversation with Miguel
Requirement for ‘passenger locator forms’ reinforced for incoming airline passengers
Just as incoming airline passengers have been dispensed with providing negative tests for SARS-CoV-2 when they enter Portugal – as long as they can present a valid Covid Digital Certificate
Horror of headless mountain goats exposes dubious Spanish hunting practices
The macabre discovery of the headless carcasses of two protected Iberian ibex goats in Portugal’s Peneda-Gerês national park has prompted a major investigation. Authorities are convinced the two males were
A1 motorway ‘Operation Stop’ results in tailbacks of 7kms
A four-hour intensive operation mounted by traffic police on the A1 motorway last night resulted in tailbacks of 7kms as drivers were siphoned off the highway to a fuel service
GNR mounts ‘Operation Stop’ on A1 motorway near Santarém
Breaking news this evening is that GNR traffic police have mounted a motorway version of ‘Operation Stop’, diverting southbound traffic on the A1 motorway to a service station near Santarém
Portuguese exports to UK down by 15%; imports hammered by 56%
For the first time since Brexit, Portugal’s economy minister Pedro Siza Vieira has opened up about the economic damage it has caused Portugal. In an interview with The Times –
Airline passengers will no longer have to provide proof of negative test if flying on Covid Digital Certificates
The moment for dropping the need to show a negative test for SARS-CoV-2 comes from midnight on Sunday night (to Monday) for people flying into Portugal with valid Covid Digital
Generalised use of Covid digital certificates: it’s time to stop, says specialist
Another hint that life could be on its way back to normal came today when public health doctor Bernardo Gomes told SIC it’s time to start lifting certain measures put