Masks back in force at two Lisbon hospitals due to rising cases of Covid-19
Masks are back in force for patients, staff and visitors at Lisbon’s Santa Maria and Pulido Valente hospitals due to a rising number of cases of Covid-19. The decision follows
Covid vaccine goalposts change yet again
New vaccine to be single dose for adults (irrespective of vaccine history) EU regulators have recommended authorising an updated COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech which targets
Madeira’s ADN party blames Big Pharma and government for excess mortality
ADN campaign “warns about adverse reactions to Covid-19 vaccines” At a point where ‘internationally’ rumblings have already begun about ‘new potentially dangerous Covid variants’; the possibility of a return to
Covid: ‘new, more infectious variant arrived in Portugal a month ago’
‘Covid infects 300 people a day; long Covid affects 336,000 in Portugal’ Suddenly focus is returning to Covid-19. Ostensibly this is because “a new more infectious variant arrived in Portugal
Covid mandates: father-of-three finally gets his day in court
Gilad Shub felt impelled to question legality of measures that rode roughshod over civil rights Over 17 months since the grey days of Covid restrictions, father-of-three Gilad Shub has finally
Portuguese petition launched to opt out of WHO’s polemic Pandemic Preparedness Treaty
Aims to reach 60,000 signatures; calls for referendum A little-publicised petition has been launched in Portugal to try and draw people’s attentions to the World Health Organisation’s Treaty on Pandemic
Portugal trashes 3.5 million doses of Covid vaccines
Uptake “increasingly scarce”: Brussels tries to renegotiate contracts Portugal was forced to dispose of around 3.5 million doses of vaccines against Covid-19 last year, because they had passed their ‘use
Azores tea reduces infectious nature of Covid-19 – researcher
Foundation hopes to market pill based on tea by 2025 Researcher José António Batista, with a doctorate in analytical biochemistry, hopes that a pill, based on green tea from the
Use of face masks in health facilities no longer compulsory
The use of masks and visors is no longer mandatory in health establishments and services and in residential/ care facilities for the elderly and vulnerable populations, according to an ordinance
Post-Covid challenges to be discussed in Loulé
A conference entitled ‘Public Health: The post-Covid challenges’ will be held at Loulé’s town hall on Thursday (April 13) at 9pm. The event will be moderated by Rui Portugal, the