Covid mortality “going to get worse”, warn specialists
Portugal currently leads world in terms of numbers dying from Covid Deaths from Covid-19 are expected to rise in Portugal over the next 30 days, a report by the Instituto
Pharmacies return to offering ‘free rapid antigen tests for Covid-19’
The galloping number of Covid cases and increasing number of deaths have prompted the government to change its stance on ‘free tests’. These will now be available through selected pharmacies
Current Covid vaccines “won’t protect the elderly next winter”
Experts say updated vaccines are needed Current Covid vaccines are obsolete. This is the message coming from experts just as the 4th dose of these very vaccines is being rolled
Future Covid crisis: government “can count on the military”
Former vaccine Czar joins gathering chorus of “it’s not over yet” Admiral Henrique Gouveia e Melo is the latest figure to join the gathering chorus warning that Covid-19 still poses
Covid-19 prompted “almost 6% of deaths in 2020”
Covid listed as ‘second cause of death last year’ Using headlines that slightly skew the picture, national media has interpreted the latest INE data on deaths in 2020 to say
Covid-19: 5th doses scheduled for October
“But no new restrictions, for now”, assures health minister With the over-80s and all those in old people’s homes starting to receive 4th doses of Covid vaccines from tomorrow (Monday),
“Countries have to be prepared to rapidly reintroduce Covid restrictions”
European health commissioner asks Member States to consider “series of actions for coming months” The pandemic isn’t over. Now is the moment to prepare for increased vigilance. This was the
Out-of-date Covid vaccines: “take them or go on waiting list”
Alentejo health authority ‘offers no alternative’ Various Covid vaccination centres in the Alentejo using batches of vaccine that have exceeded manufacturers’ time limit are “refusing an alternative to patients who
OPINION: Covid-19: Europe relaxes but authorities in Portugal agitate
Rt at 1.7 – “6th wave beginning”. “Masks fell too soon” Wednesday sees a new undercurrent gathering force in Portugal. The last few days have seen multiple soundbites warning of
Transexuals in Lisbon and Algarve to receive specialised health units
Facilities should be open by ‘end of summer’ Transexuals in Lisbon and the Algarve – and those seeking to change sex – are to receive their very own health units,