Coronavirus

A second Portuguese crew member of the Covid-19 blighted cruise ship Diamond Princess is under observation in a Japanese hospital “for indications related with the new coronavirus”, as the Azores

DGS health chiefs have today emitted advice while balking at imposing entry-restrictions on anyone returning to Portugal, or indeed visiting, from an area affected by Covid-19. But just as this

With a global pandemic at the door – and the list of countries affected in Europe increasing by the day – Portugal has wasted no time in preparing for Covid-19,

Three students in their 20s studying at ETIC Algarve are being pulled out of the Erasmus+ exchange that they’re on in Turin, Italy, due to concerns over the spread in

Stories are emerging of a Portuguese national, employed on the coronavirus-blighted Diamond Princess cruise-ship, who was removed by authorities over 10 days ago after developing a high fever which developed

The effects of Covid-19 – the potentially deadly strain of Coronavirus that has triggered a global public health emergency – is now starting to seriously impact on Portuguese businesses. Explains

The Portuguese government is considering asking Chinese citizens travelling to Portugal to fill in a form to establish whether they have been in contact with anyone infected with the deadly

The first suspected case of coronavirus infection in a child in Portugal has been reported this afternoon by the national health board (DGS). In a statement, DGS says the child,

Portugal remains coronavirus-free but is “preparing its hospitals for the worst-case scenario” should the deadly virus make its way here. Reports Expresso, the national health board (DGS) will be sending

Seven people holding Portuguese passports are among thousands of passengers currently held in ‘coronavirus quarantine’ on cruise-ships in the ports of Hong Kong and Yokohama, Japan. The news specifically stresses