Portugal reports record high COVID-19 infections
Portugal registered 21 deaths and 3,669 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, according to the latest figures by Portugal’s Directorate-General of Health (DGS). New cases of COVID-19
Deaths ‘at home’ continue to skyrocket: health chiefs mount investigation
More and more Portuguese are ‘dying at home’. Since the start of the pandemic, there has been a “very abrupt increase” in the number of deaths recorded in people’s homes.
Brussels recalculates Portugal’s Recovery funding, removing €2 billion
A new calculation published today has seen the European Commission reduce grants coming Portugal’s way in post coronavirus recovery funding by €2 billion. Only two months ago, a jubilant prime
Waiting for surgeries in Portugal: roughly 242,000 patients
SNS surgical waiting lists – a feature of the State health system that has always been ‘complicated’ – are worse than ever thanks to the chaos caused by the pandemic.
Lisbon’s Covid-19 contingency measures extended to end of month
Today’s Council of Ministers has extended Lisbon’s virus-led contingency measures to the end of the month, with some minor changes. The rest of the country remains in the slightly lighter
Virus detected in sewers “is eliminated by water treatment plants”, confirms study
A study conducted by Águas de Portugal has shown that traces of SARS-CoV-2 detected in effluent entering water treatment plants are eliminated during the treatment process. This is another indication
First Portuguese baby infected in womb by Covid-19 ‘recovering in Lisbon’
The first baby to have been infected ‘in utero’ with SARS-Cov-2 was born prematurely and in a critical condition at the São Francisco Xavier hospital in Lisbon two weeks ago.
Fingers crossed in Portugal as EU leaders gather for ‘crunch summit’ in Brussels
Fingers are tightly crossed in Portugal today that the first face-to-face summit of EU leaders in months will manage to agree on a post-coronavirus economic recovery package. Reports stress the
Virus accounts for less than half Portugal’s increased number of deaths
Stark proof that Covid-19 is indirectly killing more people than those who contract it seems to have emerged today with new data on the number of ‘additional’ deaths in the
What can we do? Where can we go? Portugal eases back to normal “but people are confused”
In response to a number of queries sent into our offices over the last couple of weeks, the Resident has set out to try and clarify the picture of Portugal’s