Portugal’s national health service investment reaches record high in November
Investment by Portugal’s National Health Service (SNS) grew 96.1%, reaching 242.4 million euros in November, “breaking historical records,” the country’s ministry of finance revealed earlier this week. “Investment in the
More than a third of Portuguese “don’t want Covid vaccination”
More than a third of Portuguese quizzed have said ‘they don’t want to be vaccinated against Covid-19’. This is the message coming from a study undertaken by Eurosondagem for onlines
Portugal reports 3,834 new COVID-19 infections, 87 deaths
Portugal reported 3,834 new COVID-19 infections and 87 deaths in the past 24 hours, according to the latest figures released by health authority DGS on Sunday. Portugal has seen 4,963
Portugal’s president enacts decree to extend state of emergency
Portugal’s president on Saturday enacted a decree to extend the state of emergency until 23 December in an effort to contain the spread of COVID-19, according to an official statement
Vaccine ‘shortage’ means Portugal’s most vulnerable “could be left waiting”
Portugal’s general medical council has reacted to news that there is already a vaccine ‘shortage’ (click here) – warning the country’s most vulnerable will be left waiting, and unprotected. There
Marcelo expected to extend Portugal’s State of Emergency to January 7
President Marcelo will be addressing the nation this evening at 8pm to extend the State of Emergency. Everything points to an extension to January 7. This is legally ‘unusual’, in
Portugal’s confidence in Covid vaccine? It’s rising…
Confidence in the vaccines on their way is not ‘stellar’, but it is rising. Says Público referring to a recent ‘barometer of social opinion’, at the end of October only
Portugal’s vaccination programme opens with 950,000 getting shots between January and February
Vaccination task force coordinator Francisco Ramos has set out Portugal’s ‘programme’. If all goes according to plan (meaning the Pfizer vaccination gets European Medicine Agency approval later this month), Phase
Portugal will see ‘low number’ of COVID-19 infections if it continues restrictions – ECDC
Portugal will see “very low levels” of new COVID -19 infections if it maintains its current restrictions, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said on Sunday. “In
Loulé’s “university health centre” will be first in Portugal
Loulé Council has launched a €5 million public tender for the construction of the borough’s new public health building, which will bring together several health services including Portugal’s first “university