“Worst numbers ever”: Portugal registers over 4,200 infections in last 24-hours
In another welter of horror-slanted headlines, Portugal’s media today is reporting the ‘worst numbers ever’ as 4,224 new infections have been registered in the last 24-hours. Deaths attributed to Covid-19
Portugal’s looming borough lockdowns “absolutely illegal”, says presidential candidate
Presidential candidate and lawyer Tiago Mayan Gonçalves has told Público and Rádio Renascença this week that the borough lockdowns coming into place at one minute past midnight tonight are “absolutely
Air pollution “may have increased Covid death-toll in Portugal by 11%
Atmospheric pollution may have increased Portugal’s new coronavirus death-toll by 11%, say specialists in a study that puts new emphasis on why the disease appears to have been most prevalent
Call for night-time curfew
Following the seven days between October 20-27 in which Portugal registered more new cases of Covid-19 than during the whole month of September, PS power makers have had no choice.
Portugal’s private hospitals ‘ready to help’ pandemic combat but cite ‘non-existent’ relationship with SNS
Contrary to declarations by Minister of State Marta Temido, the president of the association of private hospitals in Portugal (APHP) claims his sector has a non-existent relationship with the SNS/
PM calls ‘extraordinary meeting of Council of Ministers’ for Saturday to define new measures to combat spiralling pandemic
PM António Costa has called an extraordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers for this Saturday to define new measures to combat the spiralling pandemic. Say reports this morning, he
Portugal registers more cases in last week than for whole of September
Portugal’s virus numbers are rising so exponentially now that warnings about an imminent return to a State of Emergency seem to be everywhere. Today’s figures – another 28 deaths and
Portugal rolls out ‘rapid tests’ to help stem outbreaks in schools and OAP homes
The national strategy for Covid testing determines that in situations of outbreaks in schools, OAP homes or other institutions rapid tests should be used so that ‘adequate measures’ can be
Private hospitals and ‘social sector’ to take SNS non-Covid patients
As the SNS health system focus on the increasing demands of the pandemic, health minister Marta Temido has said private hospitals and the social care system will start taking up
Non-resident foreigners spared Portugal’s five day Bank Holiday confinement
The nationwide ‘borough lockdowns’ starting on Friday and running until 6am next Tuesday come with a relatively wide list of exceptions, and do not apply to non-resident foreigners. People who