VON. German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed concern on Monday about the increase in new cases of covid-19 in Germany, with a meeting with regional leaders to discuss new containment measures. According to information advanced by the newspaper Bild, the German leader questioned, in an internal videoconfere...
- LUSA. At Quinta do Ferro, in the heart of Lisbon, the scenario is described by residents as "scary" and "a misery". In this neighborhood, there are those who live without light and still dump waste on the street as in past centuries. If there are buildings that look good, others are completely dilapidated, e...
LUSA. Temperatures drop and concerns over what will happen to the pandemic increase. These are some of the answers to questions that the first covid-19 winter may raise: What influence do the coldest seasons have on the transmission of viral diseases? Autumn and winter increase the transmission of viruses...
LUSA. About 19 tons of marine litter were collected during the week commemorating the International Coastal Cleaning Day, which featured more than 170 cleaning actions. In a statement, the Oceano Azul Foundation says that the 70 cleaning actions, which involved 1250 people, cleaned up 130 km of Portuguese co...
London. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to win a parliamentary vote on laws which give him the power to break the Withdrawal Agreement struck with the European Union last year. Johnson’s Internal Market Bill aims to ensure Britain’s four nations can trade freely with each other after Brexit. M...
Lisbon. In the last 24 hours, Portugal registered 13 more deaths and 552 new cases due to coronavirus. Covid-19 has so far caused 1,912 deaths and infected 68,577 people. So far 45,596 people have recovered from the disease, 192 more than this Saturday. There are another 14 people hospitalized this Sunday...
Lisbon. Portugal recorded five more deaths and 849 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, a number similar to that reached in early April, a month after the pandemic entered the country. The country so far accounts for 1,899 fatalities and 68,025 confirmed cases. This is the fifth day with the most ...
LISBON. The death toll from Covid-19 increased again in Portugal this Thursday: ten more people died of the disease. Five of the deaths occurred in the North region, 2 in the Center region, 2 in the Lisbon and Vale do Tejo region and one in the Alentejo. According to the DGS bulletin, there are 770 more infe...
Lisbon. The United Kingdom has put Portugal back on the list of unsafe countries that require travelers to comply with a 14-day quarantine. The United Kingdom removed Portugal from the list of safe countries for covid-19 and now requires a 14-day quarantine for passengers coming from mainland Portugal. T...
Lisbon. PHOTO: André Kosters / Lusa Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa announced this Thursday, the measures that will come into force on September 15th. The Prime Minister said that since the beginning of August there has been a sustained growth in the number of new cases. The number of people hosp...