Portugal’s Covid vaccine technical commission “only advises vaccinating 12-15 year olds with health problems”
In the wake of another topsy turvy week in which the education minister ‘echoed the wishes of the health minister that all children aged 12 and over would get vaccinated
Hundreds demonstrate in Lisbon and Porto against Portugal’s continuing Covid restrictions
The main surprise about yesterday’s substantial, colourful, determined protests bringing together people of all ages was that neither seem to have been given anything in the way of publicity by
Covid Digital Certificates and testing “just for the summer”
News from Expresso today is that the use of Covid Digital Certificates and testing to give diners access to restaurant interiors (as well as other venues) should only be for
Council of Ministers extends no-go restaurants rules to 90 municipalities – 14 in Algarve
Just as predicted, today’s Council of Ministers far from reining in on unpopular measures introduced last week has extended them. There are now 90 municipalities in which restaurant interiors will
Delta variant accounts for every detected case in Algarve
The Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus accounted for every detected case in the Algarve and Lisbon and Vale do Tejo regions between June 28 and July 4, according to
“It’s almost impossible to book a test in time for restaurants this weekend…”
This is the conclusion of research done by Expresso (Portugal’s ‘most read’ weekly newspaper) following the government’s announcement yesterday about restaurants in high-risk boroughs needing ‘proof of Covid vaccinations or
Restaurants in 60 boroughs off-limits at weekends without Covid Digital Certificates or negative tests
Portugal’s Council of Ministers has just announced that restaurants in 60 ‘high-risk’ boroughs up and down the country – nine of them in the Algarve – will be allowed to
Covid-19: More than 3,000 cases and eight deaths in 24-hours
Today’s Covid bulletin has been one of the worst for a long time in terms of cases in a 24-hour period (3,285) and deaths (+8, all but one in the
Algarve and Lisbon regions with slowest vaccine roll-out
New data from the national health board (DGS) revealed on Tuesday shows that the Algarve and Lisbon and Vale do Tejo are the regions suffering from the slowest vaccine roll-out
Courts in Portugal “are freeing citizens from serving Covid-enforced isolation”
This is one of the headlines this morning in Diário de Notícias which explains how courts are pulling authorities up on draconian measures of combat against Covid-19. The issue is