Philippines adds Portugal to ‘travel ban list’
The Philippines is banning entry by people who have recently travelled to Portugal in an effort to stop the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, the acting presidential spokesperson
“They sent flowers and didn’t want to know about us again”: family sue State over A6 motorway death
The PR disaster that followed the death of motorway worker Nuno Santos after he was hit at high speed by car transporting government minister Eduardo Cabrita has reached a new
Supreme Court saves alleged Indian ‘terrorist’: decision unappealable
Portugal’s Supreme Court has upheld an earlier decision that freed suspected Indian ‘terrorist’ Iqbal Singh from jail, and ensures that he cannot be extradited to India to face charges of
Canteen staff walkout leaves pupils with no school
School rules in Portugal require classes to stop if janitors are on strike, or even staff in the canteens. The latter is the case today, thus thousands of children will
Blood reserves at risk of “historic lows” over festive period
The Portuguese Federation of blood donors (FEPODABES) says it needs an “urgent mobilisation” of donors to avoid a shortage of blood of “really worrying and historic proportions” over Christmas and
DGS extends quarantine period to 14-days; WHO says Omicron “highly unlikely” to dodge vaccine protection
In spite of the good news from the WHO (World Health Organisation) with regard to the Omircon variant, authorities in Portugal are taking no chances. DGS health director Graça Freitas
SNS to receive €745 million ‘reinforcement’ to reduce debt and increase capacity for response
A statement from the Ministry of Health today has announced a €745 million cash injection by the government to meet increased expenditure. The money will be used in part to
Porto announces opening of 18 testing centres for detection of Covid-19
The City of Porto has announced today that by the end of the week it will have opened 18 centres “for the free realisation of antigen tests for the detection
Health minister pressed for reports underpinning decision to vaccinate Portugal’s younger children
Health minister Marta Temido will be facing questions this afternoon from Opposition MPs on how and why authorities came to the decision to roll-out Covid vaccines to Portugal’s children from
Portalegre: latest casualty unit to report lack of doctors
Continuing crises in terms of staffing in Portugal’s SNS State hospitals have seen Portalegre cited as the latest A&E department that is critically low on doctors. Says SIM, the independent