Algarve hotels to light up with hearts in support of those fighting pandemic
Hotels in the Algarve will be lighting up with hearts on Wednesday, April 22 at 10pm in support of everyone on the frontline of the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
Quinta do Lago pledges €500,000 to Algarve hospitals in fight against Covid-19
Quinta do Lago has joined forces with residents at the five-star Portuguese resort to donate more than €500,000 towards the cost of buying essential hospital equipment to fight the Covid-19
Football supports Algarve hospitals with PPE
The Algarve Football Association (AFA) and the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) have delivered personal protective equipment to the medical teams at Portimão and Faro public hospitals. Each hospital received 200
200 companies keen to start producing ‘community face-masks’
Around 200 Portuguese companies are keen to start producing ‘community face-masks’ now that DGS health chiefs have updated their general recommendations on how citizens should be facing the pandemic. The
Immunologist Maria de Sousa – one of Portugal’s “most important scientists” – dies of Covid-19
Maria de Sousa, one of the first Portuguese to be internationally recognised for her scientific discoveries in the area of the immune system, has died a victim of Covid-19. Considered
Schools back – but kids still at home
Today sees the ‘return’ to school after the Easter break with all the nation’s children still at home. The third period will differ from the last two weeks of the
Easter faithful turn out to kiss wooden cross ‘with no protection’
For a country of 10 million people in lockdown, Easter went incredibly ‘well in Portugal’: there were only 117 arrests for the crime brought in by the State of Emergency
Belgian ‘yachties’ trapped in Covid doldrums appeal to President Marcelo
Two Belgian ‘yachties’ trapped in the small print of Portugal’s State of Emergency pandemic response have sent an open letter to the President of Portugal imploring him to free them
Push to re-open Portugal backed by 167 ‘personalities’
PM António Costa’s affirmations that the country must re-open for business in May (click here) has now been backed by ‘167 personalities’ from the worlds of business, tourism, culture, health
Ventilators “made in Portugal” start being tested
Portuguese-made ventilators have reached the ‘test’ phase after an initiative, started by a lone mechanical engineer from Cascais, has ‘moved mountains’. Pedro Monteiro’s ‘project’ has been embraced by experts across