Coronavirus

With admissions for people suffering complications from Covid-19 increasing by the day, authorities admit they are “prepared to increase the number of hospital beds in infirmaries and intensive care units”.

Good news and bad over the last 24-hour period tracking the development of Covid-19 in Portugal: the number of new cases appears to have ‘stabilised’, again coming in below the

Portugal’s struggle with the virus has seen a further 17 deaths in the last 24-hour period, with a further spike in hospital admissions. That said, a positive spin on today’s

Still on his visit to the rural borough of Aljezur – and a long way from arriving at the footbridge which has seen activists in place since 8.30am this morning

A combination of the newly-declared State of Calamity, and suspension of work at the refinery of Matosinhos, has seen the issue of the nation’s supply of oil suddenly ‘put at

In another major u-turn, prime minister António Costa has told journalists that he ‘cannot exclude the possibility’ of another lockdown due to the rising number of new coronavirus infections. Talking

President Marcelo has this afternoon admitted that if MPs are uncomfortable forcing citizens to download and use the StayAway Covid contact tracing app, he will send the ‘draft law’ proposed

The government’s move to make the health authority’s StayAway Covid contract tracing app ‘mandatory’ has been labelled a “grotesque antidemocratic intrusion”. Digital protection association Associação D3 is considering a legal

As every region of the country has been ‘press-ganged’ into a State of Calamity – irrespective of rates of infection or serious consequences suffered – the truth about areas like