Slight increase in hospital admissions as President signals end for Portugal’s State of Emergency
Today’s Covid bulletin sees a slight increase in the number of people being treated in hospitals up and down the country, and in ICUs, but Portugal’s president has said the
Covid outbreak among Algarve construction workers “a real problem”, says expert
Óscar Felgueiras, the mathematician involved in establishing the government’s slow plan for deconfinement, has explained why the outbreak of Covid-19 in Portimão’s construction sector is ‘a real problem’. The bottom
World Health Organisation appeals for ‘new restrictions’ as Portugal prepares for step two of deconfinement
The World Health Organisation has appealed today for ‘further restrictions in Europe’ to combat the increasing wave of Covid infections as here in Portugal government ministers are expected to agree
New cases up – but numbers in Portuguese hospitals continue to fall
Today’s Covid bulletin is being described as showing ‘the highest number of new cases for the last two weeks’. But it could also be a reflection of the ‘weekend effect’,
Portugal registers another 1,654 ‘recoveries’ as new cases total just 388
It has been another ‘excellent day’ for numbers as Portugal inches closer to the moment when cafés and restaurants can reopen to tables outside. The countdown to April 5 is
Portugal and Iceland ‘only European countries not vaccinating people who have had Covid and recovered’
Portugal and Iceland are the only countries in Europe currently holding back on vaccinating people who have contracted Covid-19 and recovered. A report published by the ECDC (European Centre for
Wheelchair-bound mafioso ‘on run from life sentence’ discovered in Lisbon Covid ward
A wheelchair bound Italian, described as ‘on the run’ from a life sentence since 2019, has been found in a Lisbon Covid ward. Francesco Pelle, 44, used to be “one
Algarve hoteliers want tourism workers among vaccination priority groups
The Algarve hoteliers’ association (AHETA) wants hotel and restaurant workers to be included in Portugal’s vaccination priority groups, “similarly to other rival tourist destinations”. Says the association, “the human factor
Portugal cracks down further on foreign visitors at airports and land borders
Portugal is cracking down on the arrival of foreigners from at risk countries – requiring quarantine for 14-days as well as the presentation of negative Covid tests. The announcement has
German ‘Covid specialists’ “a magnificent gesture of European solidarity”
The teams of German ‘Covid specialists’ who arrived in Portugal in February when health services were ‘on their knees’ have finally ‘gone home’ as numbers in hospitals have fallen dramatically.