DGS wants entire adult population of Portugal to take Covid boosters
DGS health chiefs want the entire adult population of Portugal to prepare to take booster shots of the Covid vaccines. Say reports today, the State health directorate considers two groups
DGS “studies possibility of reducing validity period for PCR and antigen tests”
DGS health chiefs are said to be studying the possibility of reducing the validity period for PCR and antigen tests taken at pharmacies and testing centres due to the Omicron
Mutiny in restaurant sector forces government into hasty u-turn on testing
Hours from the moment new restrictions are due to come in for the festive season, the government has been forced into a hasty u-turn over the kind of tests required
PM lays down measures for yet another Covid-blighted Christmas
Prime Minister António Costa has laid out new measures this afternoon designed to stem the rising tide of Covid infections over Christmas. From midnight on Christmas Day and for the
Algarve reactivates 10 vaccination centres as PM urges parents to get their children vaccinated
Ten vaccination centres have been reactivated in the Algarve, giving the region the capacity to vaccinate an additional 5,000 people per day, the regional civil protection authority has announced. Albufeira,
Nurses in Gaia become latest to “refuse responsibility” for patient care and safety
Nurses in the men’s surgical ward of Hospital de Gaia have become the latest to “refuse responsibility” for the care and safety of their patients. Like so many before them
More than 1,400 passengers and 38 airlines fines for non-compliance with Covid rules for entry into Portugal
MAI – the ministry of internal administration – reports today that more than 1,400 passengers and 38 airlines have been fined for non-compliance since the application of strict new Covid
Pharmacies to ‘open more spaces for free Covid tests before Christmas’
The demand for ‘free Covid tests before Christmas’ is at such a level that pharmacies are preparing to open more spaces. Infarmed is also due to meet with pharmacy representatives
Portugal’s “week of containment” should be brought forwards, warns expert – with no recourse to data
As Europe descends into a spiral of conflicting narratives over Omicron, Portuguese media is giving airtime today to the warning that we should be ‘locking down’ (or sitting-out through what
“Parents avoid vaccine”: Government appeals to doctors to push benefits of vaccinating children against Covid-19
As of early this morning, parents were being described by popular tabloid Correio da Manhã as “running from vaccinating their children”. The headline stemmed from the fact that less than