Number of recovered cases rose by 300, now totaling 27,505. Portugal today registers eight more deaths caused by covid-19 than on Monday and 229 more infected, about 82% of which in the Lisbon and Vale do Tejo Region, the Directorate-General for Health (DGS) announced today. According to the DGS epidemiologi...
LISBON. The Authority for Working Conditions (ACT) and the Social Security Institute (ISSI) inspected 2,100 companies and more than 16,000 workers between 29 May and 12 June and detected situations with signs of irregularity, such as employees working in its simplified lay-off regime and workers not declared to ...
- Ciro De Luca Italy sent soldiers to restore order in a seaside town near Naples after an outbreak of coronavirus in an apartment block illegally occupied by hundreds of immigrant workers sparked violent clashes with residents. On Thursday, the authorities announced that more than 40 people living in the aba...
LISBON. People in different parts of greater Lisbon will have to return to their homes as of next week, while Portuguese officials deal with a worrying wave of coronaviruses in the city's peripheries, the government announced on Thursday. Residents of affected areas of the capital - which represent a total...
- Lusa. The Prime Minister, António Costa, met this Monday with the presidents of the five municipalities in the metropolitan area of Lisbon that arouse greater concern due to the high number of new cases of covid-19 in recent weeks. New rules were defined, including the maintenance of the state of calamity ...
LUSA. The Sanctuary of Fátima has 16 cases of internal and external collaborators infected with covid-19, the Catholic religious institution said in a statement today. According to the statement, on Friday the Sanctuary of Fátima was informed that a collaborator was infected, so it gave an indication of prop...
LISBON. The number of deaths by coronavirus increased again in Portugal . This Sunday there are two more fatalities , totaling 1530 deaths. There are 39133 people infected with covid-19, plus 292 new cases in the last 24 hours. According to the bulletin released by the DGS, 1826 people are still awa...
Portugal recorded today a total of 1,522 deaths related to covid-19, two more than on Monday, and 37,336 infected, another 300, according to the latest epidemiological bulletin released by the Directorate-General for Health (DGS). In comparison with Monday's data, which recorded 1,520 deaths, today there was an increa...
Auckland. Jacinda Ardern became the first Prime Minister of New Zealand to attend the country's Pride March over the weekend. The Labour Party leader was one of 25,000 people at the colourful event in Auckland. She described it as a "particularly special" experience. Ms Ardern used the opportunity to appla...
Wearing masks in public is already compulsory or recommended for all in several countries, including India, Singapore, France, Spain, Germany and Argentina, among others. . Sanchita Sharma Masks can reduce the growth rate of coronavirus infection by 40%, a paper on the impact of the staggered use of mask...