Portimão “reopens with sense of responsibility”
Portimão Council has put out a statement today celebrating the municipality’s “reopening,” which it says is going ahead with a “sense of responsibility.” “Following this good news, Portimão Council wants
New drive-through testing centre opens in Faro
A new Covid-19 drive-through testing centre has opened in Faro. Located on Avenida Cidade de Hayward which links the town hospital’s roundabouts to the Pena sports complex, the testing centre
Portugal registers over three Covid deaths every hour
Since the beginning of this month Portugal has been registering an average of 3.4 deaths from Covid-19 every hour. This is one of the dismal headlines today as Sunday’s figures
Portugal’s Christmas plans “could see Covid mortality skyrocket”
New studies flagged by the media today warn Portugal’s Christmas plans could see Covid mortality skyrocket. Expresso carries a full page under the grim headline: “Without care at Christmas, an
VRSA businesses lament “worst Christmas in last 35 years”
Businesses in the border town of Vila Real de Santo António say this Christmas season has been and will likely continue to be “the worst of the last 35 years”.
Portuguese judges “won’t be disciplined” over controversial ruling highlighting doubts over Covid test reliability
The two Portuguese judges whose 34-page ruling over a case of illegal confinement of German tourists in the Azores created ‘ructions’ for authorities’ ‘official narrative’ will not be ‘disciplined’ by
“Save Algarve tourism”: Hotels desperate for grants to avoid “economic and social catastrophe”
Hoteliers in the Algarve are once again urging the Portuguese government to provide grants – funds they will not have to pay back – in order to “save the Algarve’s
“Light at end of tunnel”: vaccines on their way
With Christmas round the corner, Portugal appears at last to have some reason for festive cheer: health authorities have signed contracts for 22 million doses of Covid vaccines which should
Hunger strikers outside Portuguese parliament ‘left hanging’
Now into their fifth gruelling day without food, the eight men and one woman on hunger strike outside parliament in Lisbon have received cold comfort from prime minister António Costa.
Lowest number of new infections in six weeks: is Portugal turning the corner?
Today’s virus ‘update’ has come in with the lowest number of new infections registered in the last six weeks. With focus nationally on the enormous promise of 22 million doses