Portuguese chefs to debate mental health amid pandemic
As the COVID-19 pandemic wreaks havoc on restaurants and businesses worldwide, a chef in Portugal has organised a congress for restaurant staff to get together and discuss how to deal
Portugal’s government meets Saturday to decide state of emergency measures
The Portuguese government is holding a meeting on Saturday to decide on potential measures it will implement under the state of emergency declared on Friday by the country’s president, Lusa
Portugal government to decide on new lockdown measures
Portugal’s council of ministers are meeting on Saturday to decide on containment measures to control the pandemic. The extraordinary meeting this Saturday comes a day after the country reached record
StayAway Covid app “impossible to enforce” – but Brussels plans something ‘much bigger’…
Prime minister António Costa has today intimated how Portuguese citizens may never end up having to download the contact-tracing app StayAway Covid, because Brussels actually has a European-wide system in
Portugal’s PM declares State health service funding “almost as much as Brussels’ bazooka”
With the debate on the 2021 State Budget going ahead in parliament this afternoon, PM António Costa has announced a new tranche of funding for the beleaguered SNS health service,
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
Almancil health centre to undergo €330,000 expansion project
Almancil’s health centre is due to undergo a €330,000 expansion. The health centre will be expanded to the upper floor, which is currently home to the local parish council services.
Portugal’s first ‘university health centre’, costing €3.7 million, to be built in Loulé
Portugal’s first “university health centre” is set to be built in Loulé, representing a €3.7 million investment. The announcement was made on Friday (May 15) at the Cine-Teatro Louletano. The
Covid crisis: European Parliament votes for ‘recovery bonds’ to rebuild together
The European Parliament has taken a major step towards healing the rift over how the bloc should rebuild economies shattered by the pandemic. It voted today – “by large majority”
University students volunteer to answer phones for SNS24 health service hotline
Over 100 students from the University of the Algarve’s Medicine course have volunteered to answer phone calls for the national health service hotline SNS24 (808 24 24 24). The hotline