Alert over false ‘you must isolate’ text being sent to people’s mobile phones
Hackers have discovered a new way to complicate everyone’s lives today, producing a ‘fraudulent message’ purporting to come from the Ministry of Health and informing people that they have tested
Formal request for extradition of João Rendeiro received by South African authorities
A formal request for extradition of ‘fugitive from Portuguese justice’ João Rendeiro has been transmitted, via diplomatic channels, to authorities in South Africa. Portuguese media reports this afternoon say the
DGS discounts need for Covid booster shots for children
Portugal’s DGS health authority has updated its orientation for the country’s Covid vaccination campaign to exclude, “for now” the need for booster shots for children. Pediatrician Paula Vara Luiz has
Portuguese Covid vaccine stymied through lack of funding
A little like the ‘miracle’ of a repurposed drug to reduce the effects of Covid-19, Portuguese scientific solutions to the pandemic continue to be sidelined by authorities. Today, Bruno Santos,
TAP to close (loss-making) maintenance and engineering offshoot in Brazil
Impelled by Brussels, TAP has announced that it will be closing its loss-making maintenance and engineering operation in Brazil. In making the announcement today, CEO Christine Ourmières-Widener said the decision
Former minister’s motorway death nightmare deepens
The trials and tribulations of former interior minister Eduardo Cabrita since his ministerial car hit and killed a worker on the A6 motorway have deepened this week. The Associação de
INEM doctor who refused transport to critically ill patients suspended by official body
INEM doctor António Peças – a health professional exposed for repeatedly refusing or procrastinating over doing his job (see link to full story below) has been suspended for a year
Super Tuesday: 43, 513 recover in last 24-hours; 33,340 new cases
Portugal’s Covid swings-and-roundabouts continues today with the uplifting news that over 10,000 more people ‘recovered’ after testing positive than were sent in isolation for the same reason. Numbers in hospital
Almost 2,500 Portuguese nurses seek leave to emigrate since start of pandemic
Another stark indication that the government is not doing enough to keep the healthcare staff that it has has come today with publication by the nurses official body (Ordem dos
Profound sadness: PM reacts to death of European parliamentary President David Sassoli
Prime minister António Costa has joined other European leaders today in expressing his “profound sadness” over the death of president of the European parliament David Sassoli whom he described as