Booster shot self-scheduling for over-45s opens on Monday
Portugal’s booster shot campaign is moving swiftly through the cohorts, with 89% of the over 80s and 70s already covered; 74% of the over-60s and 38% of the over-50s. While
Less than 50% of Portugal’s 5-11 year olds turn up for Covid vaccinations
Following the intensive campaign to encourage Portuguese parents to vaccinate their 5-11 year olds, less than half appear to have been convinced. Parents’ doubts as to the real need to
SARS-CoV-2 incidence up to 2,444.5 cases per 100,000
Sunday’s Covid bulletin shows that incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection is at 2,444.5 cases per 100,000 inhabitants – the highest rate ever, thanks to the extreme transmissibility of the Omicron variant
Berry farmer’s tenacity wins through: hunger strike outside PM’s residence called off
Determined berry farmer Luís Dias has called off his second hunger strike – this time outside the official residence of prime minister António Costa – after hearing the government will
Doctors against breaking Covid isolation to allow people to vote
The Association of Public Health doctors is so against any measure to allow people in isolation out of their homes to vote that they have resorted to veiled threats. Association
Government takes ‘unprecedented decision’ to ‘extinguish’ multi-million Berardo (arts) Foundation
The government has started the “extinction process” of Portugal’s Fundação Berardo – in better days revered for its work in promoting the arts until it came horribly clear that its
PS and PSD present election manifestos
Portugal’s ‘leading’ political parties presented their election manifestos late this afternoon. PS Socialists are focused on demographics (the need to boost them), climate change, digitalisation and the combat of inequality.
Golden Visa programme: 2021 saw €60 million pour into Madeira – projections for 2022 ‘even better’
Changes in Portugal’s Golden Visa programme have seen investors – particularly young tech-types – turning their attention towards Madeira. Since the purchase of property in and around Lisbon and Porto
ECDC not happy with (Portugal’s) reduction of isolation for non-vaccinated children and adults
The ECDC (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control) does not agree with the blanket decision (taken by Portugal earlier this week) to reduce time required for isolation as a
Citizens fight sees court grant embargo on ‘riverbank work’ underway in Aljezur
As of yesterday afternoon, all work on a ‘riverbank recovery’ project in Aljezur has been stopped by order of Loulé’s administrative and fiscal court. For local citizens adamant their river