Portuguese family doctors sound new alert about Covid tunnel vision
A second group of doctors in Portugal has published a new warning about authorities’ Covid tunnel vision. After the appeal just over a week ago from specialists to “recover the
Third dose of Covid vaccine? “Doesn’t look like necessity” … but probably “inevitable”
With vaccination policy clearly in the hands of politicians (as witnessed this week with the issue of vaccinating children click here) immunologist Luís Graça has told SIC television news that
Government prepares to ‘alleviate’ Portugal’s Covid restrictions
This is the positive message coming out of popular tabloid Correio da Manhã today, and it ties in with the speech given earlier in the week by prime minister António
Over 4,450 ‘recover’ in Portugal from Covid-19 in last 24-hours
Portugal’s Wednesday bulletin is being characteristically highlighted for all the ‘bad news’. But one positive coming out of it is that the last 24-hours have seen 4,451 people recover after
DGS “asks for two more weeks to define position on vaccinating Portugal’s children”
Despite experts recommending against the mass-vaccination of Portugal’s children, the government seems to have different ideas. Público yesterday explained that the vaccine technical commission (of experts) has presented its recommendations
Portugal’s Covid vaccine technical commission “only advises vaccinating 12-15 year olds with health problems”
In the wake of another topsy turvy week in which the education minister ‘echoed the wishes of the health minister that all children aged 12 and over would get vaccinated
“Total liberation of society by September” with tourism on a roll, pledges Portugal’s PM
Portugal’s prime minister António Costa has pledged “total liberation of society” by the end of the summer, with prospects for the recovery of tourism riding high. Talking at Lisbon’s Belem
North of Portugal has more cases than Lisbon for second consecutive day
Portugal’s latest Covid bulletin shows that for the second consecutive day new case numbers are higher in the north than they are in Lisbon/ Vale do Tejo – the area
Hundreds demonstrate in Lisbon and Porto against Portugal’s continuing Covid restrictions
The main surprise about yesterday’s substantial, colourful, determined protests bringing together people of all ages was that neither seem to have been given anything in the way of publicity by
“Portuguese can holiday in Algarve in safety”, guarantees Secretary of State
The Catch-22 of clickbait headlines has finally put authorities ‘on the spot’ when it comes to the situation of Covid-19 in the Algarve. After last week’s ‘doom and gloom’ coming