Portugal creates world’s first mask proven to inactivate new coronavirus – for just €10
For just €10 Portugal is plugging its ‘reusable MOxAD-Tech mask’ now proven capable of inactivating the new coronavirus for up to 50 washes. The MOxAD-Tech mask has been ‘on the
Immunity testing brings down Portugal’s Covid lethality rate from 3.5% …. to 0.6%
Immunity testing in Portugal – conducted in May and June – showed that roughly 3% of the population has antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, the novel strain of coronavirus that causes Covid-19.
British bilge trashes Portugal’s summer – comment
Our foreign affairs minister held his calm this afternoon and said very quietly and firmly that the British government’s decision to blank Portugal from its vast and rather bizarre list
Minister says UK “can’t explain political or technical reasons” for blanking quarantine-free travel to Portugal
Reacting to Portugal’s continued exclusion from the UK’s ‘safe travel green list’ Portugal’s minister for foreign affairs Augusto Santos Silva has said “there is no known or even public facts
British Embassy’s official statement: UK GOVERNMENT’S REVIEW OF TRAVEL ADVICE AND BORDER RESTRICTIONS
The UK Government announced today that existing UK restrictions on travel between the UK and Portugal (including the autonomous regions of Madeira and the Azores) will remain in place for
State of the Nation debate: “once there was a country and then … Covid”
Eyes today are on the State of the Nation debate in parliament which has all parties bristling with questions, demands and (naturally) criticism. Explains Rádio Renascença “unemployment is skyrocketing, exports
UK’s anticipated ‘air-bridge u-turn’ “won’t be enough to rescue Algarve’s shattered economy”
As more and more media sources predict the British government will be lifting restrictions on travel to Portugal any day now, the stark reality is that the granting of an
Irish “will keep coming to Algarve” despite ‘quarantine decision’
Algarve tourism boss João Fernandes has reacted to the latest ‘air bridge rejection’ – this time by the Irish government – saying he doesn’t believe it will make much difference.
First Portuguese baby infected in womb by Covid-19 ‘recovering in Lisbon’
The first baby to have been infected ‘in utero’ with SARS-Cov-2 was born prematurely and in a critical condition at the São Francisco Xavier hospital in Lisbon two weeks ago.
British experts ‘reach out’ to Algarve lab carrying out money-saving mass-testing for Covid-19
British government officials have been in touch with Portuguese scientists at the Algarve lab that has been using an ingenious ‘mass-screening’ Covid-19 test which works out at five times cheaper