In Portugal, 56,426 cases of COVID-19 were confirmed yesterday, a new record since the outbreak of the new coronavirus pandemic, with the total number of recorded cases reaching 2,059,595. During the same period, another 34 patients succumbed to complications of COVID-19, with the pandemic toll rising to 19,447 deaths by March 2020 at this stage, […]
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Portugal: The number of coronavirus patients at the highest level since March 2021
The Portuguese General Directorate of Health announced on Sunday that another 80 patients with COVID-19 had to be admitted to hospitals, bringing the total number of people being treated to 1,813, a level that is the highest since March 3, 2021. In addition, five more patients needed to be admitted to intensive care units (ICUs), […]
Portugal-poll: The Socialists are expanding their lead
Portugal’s ruling Socialists expanded their lead in a new poll on Sunday, two weeks before the snap elections, widening their gap with the main opposition Social Democrats, Reuters reported. The poll, conducted by Aximage for the newspapers Jornal de Noticias, Diario de Noticias and the radio station TSF, gave incumbent Prime Minister Antonio Costa’s Partido […]
The Socialists in Portugal want autonomy
In Portugal, too, the pre-election televised debate is a tradition and a self-evident sign of respect for the rules of parliamentary democracy. On Thursday, the two main contenders for the presidency came face to face: on one side Socialist Prime Minister Antonio Costa, who is running for re-election, and on the other Hui Chiu, leader […]
Portugal: Many cases on a cruise ship bound for Lisbon for the Canary Islands
About 3,000 passengers of a cruise ship, mostly Germans, disembarked today in Lisbon, instead of continuing their journey to the Canary Islands, as several cases of Covid-19 were found among themselves. The first passengers, who tested negative, started disembarking at dawn today and were transported by buses to Lisbon airport to return to their countries, […]
Outbreak in Portugal: New record with 26,867 infections
Portugal announced a new record of 26,867 coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours on Wednesday, a sharp increase from 17,172 the previous day, although daily deaths fell. DGS recorded 12 deaths, up from 19 on Tuesday, while the number of patients in intensive care units was stable at 151. At the end of January, […]
Portugal: Case record, with 17,172 infections in the last 24 hours
Portugal today recorded more than 17,000 new cases of Covid-19 in 24 hours, an absolute record since the beginning of the pandemic, according to data released by health authorities. The Directorate-General for Health announced 17,172 new, confirmed infections. The previous record, with 16,432 cases, was set on January 28, when Portugal was swept by the […]
Portugal: Omicron mutation predominant – Deaths and hospitalizations stable
The Omicron variant became the dominant one in Portugal, at a time when the country recorded a record number of new cases of Covid-19 since the end of January, the General Directorate of Health announced. “The Omicron variant is already predominant in Portugal” with an estimated incidence rate of 61.5% on December 22, according to […]
Portugal is preparing for a record number of cases due to Omicron
Portugal’s health minister predicted on Wednesday that the Omicron variant would cause a record number of infections in the coming days, as authorities announced today almost 9,000 new cases, the highest number recorded since early February, while 5,754 cases were recorded yesterday. . Although the country has one of the highest COVID-19 vaccination rates in […]
Portugal: Vaccination of children aged 5-11 started today
Portugal, one of the countries with the highest vaccination rates in the world, is now launching a vaccination campaign for children aged 5 to 11, following in the footsteps of other European countries as the Omicron coronavirus variant spreads. Nearly 80,000 children, of whom about 640,000 are in this age group, have made an appointment […]
