Medical experts to meet with government on Wednesday re ringing Covid changes
The long-awaited meeting between the government and the medical advisors who have been leading response through the pandemic has been scheduled for Wednesday morning, and is expected to see a
Doctors rally to defence of pediatric specialist targeted for ‘disciplinary action’ over stance on child Covid vaccinations
Yet another Open Letter (see below) has ramped up the war within the medical profession over the sense, or otherwise, of vaccinating healthy children against Covid-19. Yesterday, Miguel Guimarães, president
Faro opens new vaccination centre near sports pavilion
A new vaccination centre equipped to vaccinate over 500 people per day was unveiled on Tuesday (February 1) in Faro. It is located in a tent near the Penha sports
Covid may not be reason 13-month-old baby “fighting for life in hospital”, warns doctor
Coinciding with the latest weekend for the vaccination of children aged 5-11 comes a story of a 13-month-old baby ‘fighting for life in hospital’ in Porto with myocarditis. The little
Doctors up the ante, saying hospitals at risk of collapse – due to staff in isolation
No sooner had health director Graça Freitas suggested measures to control the pandemic will be coming “in the next few months” (click here), than doctors have upped the ante –
End of isolation for asymptomatic positives ‘under analysis’
Moving albeit at snail’s pace in comparison with other countries, Portugal’s DGS health authority has finally admitted that an end to the enforced isolation of asymptomatic positives for SARS-CoV-2 is
Around 40,000 children who received first dose of Covid vaccine unable to receive second on time, due to becoming infected
The coming weekend is the next ‘big moment’ in Portugal’s programme for vaccinating children aged 5 to 11 against Covid-19, and by all accounts, very few will be turning up.
Over 8,000 fewer deaths in January than same month last year: time to shed restrictions, say experts
For all the focus on daily Covid bulletins and rising case numbers, the reality is that there were over 8,000 fewer deaths this January than recorded in the same month
Portugal ‘4th in world and 3rd in EU for number of new contagions’
Further proof today that the vaccines have no effect on the high transmissibility of Omicron: Portugal is being classified by national media as the fourth in the world, and third
Over 39,000 ‘recoveries’ from Covid virus in 24-hours as DGS forced to insist its numbers are reliable
Sunday’s Covid bulletin shows that in 24-hours another 29 people in Portugal have died with Covid-19, while 39,396 have ‘recovered’ from testing positive, albeit slightly more (45,335) have taken their