Over 50s will soon be eligible for Covid boosters
Despite the DGS health authority’s previous plan of offering Covid booster shots to the over-60s, the truth is their availability is to be extended shortly to the over-50s. This news
Specialists voice new Covid concerns
Experts with strong links to Big Pharma even warn of “triple pandemic” With what is billed as being a one-off meeting scheduled at Infarmed next week – to give a
Covid-19 boosters for over-75s now available in ‘Open House’ regime
From today, anyone over the age of 75 and resident in Portugal can take advantage of the ‘Open House’ regime to get their Covid booster shots. Official advice is for
Covid-19 pandemic management: CHEGA proposes parliamentary commission
“Several episodes worthy of concern”, says CHEGA leader CHEGA – Portugal’s 3rd political force, and already notorious for ‘pushing the boundaries’ – is proposing the creation of a parliamentary commission
Covid-19 transmission “back up to 0.98”
The transmissibility index (Rt) of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has risen to 0.98 in Portugal, increasing in all mainland areas of the country and Madeira, the Ricardo Jorge Institute (INSA) has
Covid cases, deaths and hospital admissions increase slightly as new Omicron variant is flagged
Covid cases, deaths and hospital admissions have increased slightly with a new Omicron variant identified that is expected to become dominant by December. Experts are described as “concerned by the
European regulator authorises Covid vaccines for babies
WHO continues to rank Covid as “international public health emergency” At a point when uptake of Covid-vaccines in the under 60s in Portugal has tailed off markedly, European regulators have
What to expect from Covid-19 this winter?
Seven (official) answers “to understand where we are in the pandemic” … and one searing question: “When will the media’s pact of silence end?” Expresso this weekend presents an ‘exclusive’
Human rights violations during pandemic? Report is “essential”, says lawyers’ official body
Ordem dos Advogados insists “serious constitutional failings cannot happen again” Bit by bit the justifications for having imposed draconian restrictions on populations in the name of a respiratory virus that
Portugal ends Covid “Situation of Alert”
No more mandatory isolation; no more free tests Portugal is ‘celebrating’ October 1 by no longer being in any kind of ‘alert situation’ over Covid-19. With the wearing of masks