Portugal says goodbye to 173 days under “State of Emergency”
President Marcelo confirmed this evening that Portugal is saying goodbye to the State of Emergency that has been in force twice during the pandemic, but most recently for 173 consecutive
Almost 1200 ‘recoveries in Portugal in 24-hours’: Covid wards continue to thin out
Coinciding with the ‘positive results’ of today’s meeting of experts at Infarmed (see briefly news column), Tuesday’s bulletin brings further reason for cheer: in the last 24-hours almost 1,200 people
Zero Covid deaths registered in Portugal on Sunday – only 2nd time this has happened…
It’s the good news in today’s bulletin. The last 24-hours have not seen one death from Covid-19 in Portuguese territory (including the archipelagos). This is only the second time this
Anger and frustration as Portugal’s next deconfinement evaluation looms
Tomorrow (April 27) sees the next ‘evaluation’ of the virus outbreak situation in Portugal. With 43 boroughs’ current ‘day-to-day’ on the line (click here), there is enormous frustration at how
15.5% of Portuguese ‘already have antibodies against Covid virus’
15.5% of Portuguese already have antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes Covid-19. This has come from the second phase of the national serological inquiry (conducted by health institute Dr
Portugal’s pandemic switch to ‘teletrabalho’ causes irritable bowels and quite a bit more…
It’s another unexpected and far from ideal downside of Portugal’s response to the pandemic. By jettisoning so many office workers into ‘teletrabalho’ (remote working from home) – for many weeks
Portugal “with less than 100 in ICUs”, Rt and incidence levels stabilising
Portugal’s Friday Covid bulletin shows that numbers in hospital continue to fall; the Rt number has stabilised below 1 – and incidence levels are falling. It’s a ‘landmark day’ for
“May will be very different. Summer will be practically normal”, predicts virologist
Portuguese virologist Pedro Simas – an internationally renowned expert who has become almost a household name (if not face) here during the pandemic – has given a hugely uplifting press
DGS announces all those who have recovered from Covid-19 “will only receive one dose of vaccine” no matter what type
Portugal’s DGS health authority has announced that all citizens who have recovered from Covid-19 infection will receive just one dose of vaccine “regardless of whether it is a vaccine that
Portugal’s Covid hospital numbers fall below 400 for first time in months
Good news today: Portugal’s Rt is suddenly back below 1 (at 0.98 nationally); hospital numbers are the lowest they have been for months (only 397 people) and only one person