Albufeira purchases four ventilators for regional health services
Albufeira Council has purchased four ventilators, costing €65,000 in total, to improve regional health services’ response during the coronavirus pandemic. Three of them are portable ventilators and have already been
Summer music festivals cancelled, with tickets already purchased ‘guaranteed’ for better days
Instead of announcing the cancellation of festivals as their moment approaches, the government has taken the bull by the horns today and finally cancelled every single event planned in Portugal
Foreign workers confined to warehouse in Vilamoura after man tests positive for Covid-19
Another group of foreign workers has been discovered living in poor conditions inside a warehouse, this time in Vilamoura’s industrial area, after one of them tested positive for Covid-19 last
Beach ‘confusion’: what can we do, and what remains off-limits?
The move from State of Emergency to Situation of Calamity has created a number of grey areas, not least when it comes to the nation’s beaches. Some remain strictly off-limits,
Portimão delivers kits containing masks and alcohol to local businesses
Portimão Council is delivering kits with 12 masks, 12 pairs of gloves, two protective visors and a bottle of alcohol to local businesses in a bid to help them reopen
Lisbon friends make ‘Hoods with Love’ for frontline workers
Two friends from Lisbon are making protective hoods to keep health professionals, first responders and others on the frontline of the Covid-19 fight safe. Calling the project ‘Cógulas com Amor’
Beach restrictions lifted as Portugal eases back to work under ‘situation of calamity’
Port authorities are expected to remove ‘editais’ (notices) prohibiting groups of more than five people from going on the beach together. Under Portugal’s new ‘situation of calamity’, this number has
First under-30s Covid death: young man from Bangladesh ‘with two underlying pathologies’
Portugal has registered its first ‘Covid death’ in a patient under the age of 30. The 29-year-old from Bangladesh had two underlying pathologies – one of them being high blood
Portimão Council sings ‘Happy Birthday’ to local citizens
Spending your birthday alone or closed indoors can be a dispiriting experience, especially at a time when many people have been forced to spend weeks at home due to imposed
Covid-19 survivors encouraged to donate plasma to help save patients on critical list
As of this week, survivors of Covid-19 are being encouraged to take part in clinical trials involving the donation of plasma which will then be used to help treat patients