Portugal goes back to Calamity: masks ‘obligatory in busy streets’
As of midnight tonight, Portugal returns to a State of Calamity, meaning masks MUST be worn in busy streets, groups of more than five people are prohibited from gathering and
Child sent home from school for sharing snack with friends
A child – age so far unspecified – has been sent home from school for sharing the contents of his ‘snack box’ with fellow pupils. The boy’s behaviour “put the
Open letter to health minister: “There is no tragedy greater than this”
Five former presidents of the general medical council have joined the entity’s current leader in an open letter written to health minister Marta Temida urging her to change the strategy
“We may have to rethink Christmas”, warns Marcelo
“We may have to rethink Christmas”, President Marcelo has warned today as the number of new cases registered in the last 24-hour period has hit a new record (1,394) while
Doctors and Scientists speak out against Covid policies in eight languages, including Portuguese
It has been dubbed the Great Barrington Declaration – for having been signed in Great Barrington, USA, earlier this week by a group of doctors and scientists – and it
Covid proves “blessing in disguise” for Portugal’s bicycle makers
Portugal’s bicycle makers feared for their future when the coronavirus pandemic forced them to shut for two months in March. But 2020 now looks set to be a bumper year
Stayaway app “should have alerted” PSD leader to Covid case in meeting: it didn’t
Britain isn’t the only country struggling with its contact tracing app. After last Thursday’s Council of Ministers heard one member has since tested positive for Covid-19, PSD leader Rui Rio
Pandemic effects ‘worse than originally forecast’, admits minister
Economy minister Pedro Siza Vieira has admitted that original forecasts for Portugal’s post-pandemic recovery were too optimistic. They will need to be ‘revised’ when the 2021 State Budget is ‘delivered’
Covid-19 “close to becoming 2020’s 9th major cause of death in Portugal”
Covid-19 is “close to becoming the 9th major cause of death in Portugal this year” having been cited as the reason for almost 2,000 deaths. The affirmation is being used
Sixty confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Portimão and Albufeira’s gypsy communities
The Algarve’s regional health delegate confirmed in a press conference yesterday that there are 60 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Portimão’s and Albufeira’s gypsy communities. Ana Cristina Guerreiro said it