Investigator says 3rd dose roll-out “only makes sense with updated vaccine”
Portuguese ‘pandemic expert’ Miguel Castanho has stressed that talk of a potential 3rd dose roll-out can only make sense if the vaccine has been updated to tackle consequences of more
Covid-19 specialist receives €385,000 from big pharma, says Expresso
This is the gist of a story appearing in Portugal’s mainstream after being denounced over three months ago over social media: the nation’s pandemic experts can – and do –
Odemira’s migrant housing problems continue in spite of all government promises
Three months on from the days in which situations of modern-day slavery in Odemira’s agricultural explorations were on everybody’s lips, very little has changed. Situations of “unworthy habitation” continue; the
GNR disperse 600 people after breaking up illegal parties in Albufeira and Vilamoura
Two illegal parties, attended by around 600 people in total, were broken up by GNR police in the Algarve this week. The first party was broken up at a restaurant
Algarve nightclubs owners lament “another lost summer”
The reopening of nightclubs on October 5 announced by Prime Minister António Costa will be “too late” and spell “another lost summer” for the sector, the Association of Algarve and
PM lays out next steps towards recovering Portugal’s freedoms, scotching predictions of ‘vaccine apartheid’
Prime minister António Costa has laid out the next steps towards recovering Portugal’s freedoms – scotching predictions of vaccine apartheid. Focus will be on encouraging people to take up the
Infarmed meeting: Specialists propose four-point plan towards release of pandemic restrictions
Specialists have proposed a four-point plan towards Portugal’s easing of pandemic led restrictions. Today’s meeting between members of the government, virologists, epidemiologists and mathematicians at Infarmed saw specialist Raquel Duarte
Algarve waterparks can finally reopen…
The government has released waterparks from four miserable weeks of enforced closure in the name of controlling the pandemic. As reports have explained, the waterparks never agreed with the decision
“Worst of pandemic has passed” says Marcelo as hospital admissions climb
Hospital admissions for complications with Covid-19 leapt over the weekend; incidence nationally is now running at 325.2 cases per 100,000 inhabitants – but the message coming from Portugal’s president is
Lagoa postpones July cultural events
Lagoa Council has confirmed that all of the cultural events that it was due to organise in July have been postponed due to the borough’s worsening epidemiological situation. The decision