PortimĂŁo “reopens with sense of responsibility”
PortimĂŁo Council has put out a statement today celebrating the municipality’s “reopening,” which it says is going ahead with a “sense of responsibility.” âFollowing this good news, PortimĂŁo 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 hospitalâs 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 Sundayâs figures
Portugalâs Christmas plans âcould see Covid mortality skyrocketâ
New studies flagged by the media today warn Portugalâs Christmas plans could see Covid mortality skyrocket. Expresso carries a full page under the grim headline: âWithout care at Christmas, an
VRSA businesses lament âworst Christmas in last 35 yearsâ
Businesses in the border town of Vila Real de Santo AntĂłnio say this Christmas season has been and will likely continue to be âthe worst of the last 35 yearsâ.
Portuguese judges âwonât be disciplinedâ 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 âructionsâ for authoritiesâ âofficial narrativeâ will not be âdisciplinedâ by
âSave Algarve tourismâ: Hotels desperate for grants to avoid âeconomic and social catastropheâ
Hoteliers in the Algarve are once again urging the Portuguese government to provide grants â funds they will not have to pay back â in order to âsave the Algarveâs
âLight at end of tunnelâ: 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 âleft hangingâ
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 AntĂłnio Costa.
Lowest number of new infections in six weeks: is Portugal turning the corner?
Todayâs virus âupdateâ 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