FILE PHOTO: Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa speaks during a visit at the Armed Forces Hospital as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues in Lisbon, Portugal, January 26, 2021. REUTERS/Pedro NunesLISBON (Reuters) -Portugal’s state of emergency, the highest level of coronavirus alert, will end on Friday, the president announced, as infections drop sharply and […]
While most of the Europe Union grapples with new surges of COVID-19 cases and brings back curbs on what people can do, Portugal is going in the other direction. Starting Monday, the Portuguese will be able to go to restaurants, shopping malls and cinemas. Classes will resume at high schools and universities. Schools for younger […]
Portugal has followed the lead of other EU countries and stopped rolling out AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine after reports of “serious but rare” side effects, health chief Graca Freitas said on Monday. The decision was taken “as a precaution” pending advice from the EU’s regulator, said Freitas, head of Portugal’s public health agency the DGS. The […]
Good news about COVID vaccines has been in abundance in the past few weeks. In the meantime, though, the pandemic continues to accelerate globally, with Europe accounting for 34% of new cases worldwide. One country in particular has been hit hard: Portugal. Looking at the last two weeks’ data, Portugal has both the highest case […]
Vogue Portugal has pulled one of the four covers for their upcoming July/August 2020 issue following criticism for how it depicts mental illness and pyschiatric hospitals. The magazine was accused of stereotyping when the image of a woman naked in a bathtub, having water poured over her by two women in old-fashioned nurse uniforms was […]
