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Portugal’s Health Department has confirmed that five people have died of swine flu in 24 hours. The Minister for Health, Ana Jorge, also confirmed to the television news station TVI

By CHRIS GRAEME chris.graeme@mmspublishing.com A second pregnant woman vaccinated against the A (H1N1) vaccine has lost her baby. The woman, who was 34 weeks pregnant, was admitted to the Lisbon

Statistics revealed by Portugal’s National Health Service on Wednesday, November 11, show that a total of 14,111 cases of the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu were recorded between

By CHRIS GRAEME chris.graeme@mmspublishing.com Portuguese health authorities have appealed for calm following the death of a child in Lisbon last week. The sudden death of the 10-year-old boy was confirmed

The first wave of vaccinations against the A (H1N1) virus began on 5,000 health professionals on Monday. Over the next two weeks, 54,000 people in Portugal from a total of

By CHRIS GRAEME chris.graeme@mmspublishing.com Portugal’s Ministry of Health is keeping the location of the first batches of the flu vaccine, Pandemrix, effective against the A (H1N1) virus, cloaked in secrecy.

By CHRIS GRAEME chris.graeme@mmspublishing.com Portugal could enjoy its best year in terms of wine exports since 2000 if the first six months of the year are anything to go by.

Swine flu has claimed its third fatality in Portugal. An Angolan woman, aged 32, died in Lisbon’s Curry Cabral Hospital on Monday of pneumonia and organ failure. The woman, 31

By ELOISE WALTON eloise.walton@mmspublishing.com Tucked away in a secluded spot along the river Arade, just a stone’s throw away from the city of Silves, a new winery is producing fine

The H1N1 virus has claimed its second death in Portugal as the Portuguese Directorate-General of Health admitted over the weekend that statistics showed that between 20 and 40 per cent