President of Pediatric College under attack for position on child Covid vaccinations
A concerted attack has been launched on Jorge Amil Dias, president of the College of Pediatrics within the general medical council (Ordem dos Médicos) following his backing of calls for
Faro opens new vaccination centre near sports pavilion
A new vaccination centre equipped to vaccinate over 500 people per day was unveiled on Tuesday (February 1) in Faro. It is located in a tent near the Penha sports
Covid may not be reason 13-month-old baby “fighting for life in hospital”, warns doctor
Coinciding with the latest weekend for the vaccination of children aged 5-11 comes a story of a 13-month-old baby ‘fighting for life in hospital’ in Porto with myocarditis. The little
Risk of hospitalisation from Omicron 75% less than Delta
Over two months since this message was transmitted loud and clear from South Africa (where it was officially identified), the Omicron variant has finally been classified by Portugal’s DGS health
End of isolation for asymptomatic positives ‘under analysis’
Moving albeit at snail’s pace in comparison with other countries, Portugal’s DGS health authority has finally admitted that an end to the enforced isolation of asymptomatic positives for SARS-CoV-2 is
Around 40,000 children who received first dose of Covid vaccine unable to receive second on time, due to becoming infected
The coming weekend is the next ‘big moment’ in Portugal’s programme for vaccinating children aged 5 to 11 against Covid-19, and by all accounts, very few will be turning up.
Over 8,000 fewer deaths in January than same month last year: time to shed restrictions, say experts
For all the focus on daily Covid bulletins and rising case numbers, the reality is that there were over 8,000 fewer deaths this January than recorded in the same month
All change for airline passengers with Covid Digital Certificates … but not in Portugal
According to new EU ‘rules’ (which are essentially recommendations), today is the moment that airline passengers with valid Covid Digital Certificates can fly anywhere in community space without being bound
Portugal ‘4th in world and 3rd in EU for number of new contagions’
Further proof today that the vaccines have no effect on the high transmissibility of Omicron: Portugal is being classified by national media as the fourth in the world, and third
Over 39,000 ‘recoveries’ from Covid virus in 24-hours as DGS forced to insist its numbers are reliable
Sunday’s Covid bulletin shows that in 24-hours another 29 people in Portugal have died with Covid-19, while 39,396 have ‘recovered’ from testing positive, albeit slightly more (45,335) have taken their