Over 10,000 deaths and rising: Portugal’s latest numbers bring new maximums
The pandemic has now cost over 10,000 lives in Portugal. Today’s bulletin showed a new record number of deaths in the last 24-hours (+274) – the majority people over the
Private schools in Portugal impacted by school closures, no remote-learning
Despite private schools pressuring the government to let them implement remote-learning, the government has decided that all students in the country should be entitled to the same number of face-to-face
South African variant “already circulating in Portugal”
“Unfortunately the national health institute Dr Ricardo Jorge has today detected the presence of the South African variant in Portugal”. This was the announcement given to RTP earlier this evening
Airline passengers entering Germany from Portugal must show ‘double negative test’ from Saturday
Portugal has joined Germany’s ‘countries with high incidence of Covid’ blacklist, meaning anyone flying from Portugal to Germany after 11pm on Saturday (or 00.00 hours Sunday German time) will have
Algarve’s faulty ventilators: Bureaucratic battle stalls €1.3 million refund request
A bureaucratic battle is underway over who should request a €1.3 million refund for the 30 faulty ventilators that were purchased in April and were meant to be used at
New drive-through testing centre opens in Faro
A new Covid-19 drive-through testing centre has opened in Faro. Located on Avenida Cidade de Hayward which links the town hospital’s roundabouts to the Pena sports complex, the testing centre
Portugal’s virus numbers “the worst in the world”
As Portugal registers a tragic new record in virus-related deaths over the last 24-hours, headlines have been proclaiming the country’s virus numbers are “the worst in the world”. SIC television
Vaccination begins at Algarve nursing homes
Regional health authority ARS Algarve has announced that Covid-19 vaccinations have started at nursing homes and long-term care facilities, where residents, patients and staff members are receiving their vaccines. In
Confinement is price to pay for irresponsible behaviour at Christmas, says AMAL boss
Portugal’s new confinement due to be announced on Wednesday is the “price to pay for the irresponsibility” of families at Christmas, said the president of the Algarve municipalities association (AMAL).
Portugal’s looming lockdown “could strip economy of €15 billion” before April
Portugal’s looming national lockdown – due to come into force at midnight on Wednesday (or as the government explains it 0.00 hours of Thursday morning) – could cost the economy