Health minister defiant in parliament: offers no apologies for crisis within health service
Government’s ‘contingency plan’ described as ‘sticking plaster for exposed fracture” There is a saying in Portuguese about “a waste of saliva” – and that is exactly what happened in parliament
Health Service crisis: Government authorises hiring of 1,639 doctors
Decisions coming thick and fast ahead of parliamentary grilling of health minister As opposition parties prepare for a parliamentary grilling of health minister Marta Temido tomorrow, Portugal’s government is suddenly
Portuguese women only live 58 ‘healthy’ years
Eurostat: Portuguese women among those that live longest in Europe ‘without health’ With the country in the eye of yet another ‘political/ health service storm’, a new Eurostat report has
Portimão Hospital joins others failing to provide emergency cover for pregnant women
Obstetric/ gynacological A&E closes at 9pm today and stays shut till next Monday Portimão Hospital has joined others up and down the country in failing to provide emergency cover for
“Lamentable”: even with vaccines, Portugal tots up more Covid deaths this year than in whole of 2020
Further indication that Omicron’s B.A5 really could be a ‘variant of the vaccinated’… So far authorities are only accepting one interpretation of the current Covid picture: “Mortality in the first
Portugal still running with highest Covid case count in Europe
… and 2nd highest in the world Portugal remains the European Union country with the largest number of new cases of infection by SARS-CoV-2 per million inhabitants in the last
Vaccines tweaked to Omicron “arriving in September”
2nd generation vaccines only likely to be ready full year later The unspoken pandemic dilemma got a little bigger today – a day when there were more deaths associated with
“I think we all agree on self-responsibility” – health minister
Marta Temido’s comment suggests no new Covid restrictions likely In spite of all the backstage pressure, it looks like Portugal’s government is resolute about moving forwards in terms of the
Marcelo challenges authorities to pronounce ‘once and for all’ about masks
Pressure for return to mask mandates intensifies President Marcelo has said it is time for authorities to decide whether the country should return to mask mandates, or whether the wearing
Covid mixed messaging persists
Experts ‘hang on’ to worst case scenario The extent of Portugal’s Covid mixed messaging has reached a new level today. Yesterday, the Council of Ministers extended the country’s situation of