According to data from the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA), twenty municipalities in mainland Portugal are currently at maximum fire risk, at least until the end of the week.
The PSP in Olhão have detained a 20-year-old and identified an additional two suspects for drug trafficking. The arrest occurred following a normal patrol, when officer became suspicious of the occupants in a moving vehicle.
The Algarve goes from 16 to 30 new cases, according to the records of the last 24 hours oprovided by the DGS. While the national increase was around 7% (573 to 612), the Algarve region registers almost double the number of new cases, but still does not surpass the national average.
Yolanda Hopkins Sequeira has just won a place in the Olympic debut of Surfing in Tokyo, by passing the qualifying final of the World Surfing Games this weekend, in El Salvador.
The president of Turismo do Algarve, João Fernandes, today classified the decision of the United Kingdom to remove Portugal from the “green list” of travel as “political”, meaning quarantine for those who arrive in British territory from Tuesday 8th June.
A British man has died while trying to save his two daughters after they were dragged to sea off a beach in Portugal.
The coordinator of the 'task force' for the vaccination plan against covid-19 has announced that an "open house" will be created, so that people over 70 years old who were left out of the process can be vaccinated without registering.
Portugal will leave the British Government "green list" of international travel, due to the discovery of new variants and the increase in the number of infections in recent weeks, confirmed Transport Minister Grant Shapps.
