Masks in the playground? How ‘recommended’ has morphed into mandatory…
Parents, schools, teachers, children – everyone is confused today by yet another ‘communications failing’ on the part of DGS health chiefs: yesterday the country heard health director Graça Freitas ‘recommend’
Portugal “just days away” from becoming world’s most Covid-vaccinated country
Portugal is just days away from becoming the world’s most vaccinated country against Covid-19. Right now, more than 78% of the country is fully-vaccinated, with 7% waiting for their second
Outdoor wearing of masks: DGS ‘recommends’ school children keep them on in the playground
Just as media reports suggest the government is about to drop the rule about wearing masks outdoors when physical distancing is impossible (click here), DGS health chief Graça Freitas has
China wants airline passengers from Portugal to quarantine three WEEKS before they fly…
China has moved the goalposts surprisingly in terms of pandemic travel restrictions. It wants anyone travelling from Portugal to quarantine for three weeks (or 21 days) before they step onto
Over 80 seniors die following Covid vaccinations – but this could be totally unrelated, says INFARMED
Portugal’s national authority for medication and health products (INFARMED) has published its latest pharmacovigilance report on the safety of Covid vaccines, explaining that the 14,447 adverse reactions in more than
Portugal hits ‘historic moment’: 85% of population with one dose of vaccine
Steaming ahead to the goal of 85% of the population fully-vaccinated by the end of this month, Portugal has already hit a new moment of history in the country’s mass-vaccination
Algarve municipalities lead way when it comes to ‘virus incidence’: nationally situation slowly improves
Municipalities in the Algarve are among those with ‘sky high’ (or “extremely high risk”) incidence levels of SARS-CoV-2 (not to be confused with people who are actually ill). Lagos and
Health chiefs brace for unusually demanding autumn/winter
With summer hurtling towards autumn, a number of very stark realities have come clear: the Covid situation this August is markedly worse than it was last August (before the arrival
Portuguese ‘recovered from Covid’ encouraged to get vaccinated after 90 days
People in Portugal who have recovered from infection by SARS-CoV-2 – or indeed from full-blown Covid-19 – are being encouraged to get vaccinated within 90 days. The news has been
Specialists defend acceleration of Portugal’s next step towards ‘freedom’
Within hours yesterday of a warning by public health expert Tiago Correia that a ‘step back in the deconfinement process’ might be needed, specialists have come forwards to say exactly