The group “For the construction of a pedestrian bridge to the island of Cabanas” launched an online petition almost a year ago, that proposes the creation of a wooden crossing that connects Cabanas, in Tavira, and the barrier island of Ria Formosa located in front of the village, with an aim to "avoid long lines" for maritime-tourist vessels that connect the two points, a spokesman told Lusa.
The coordinator of the task force for the vaccination plan against Covid-19 anticipated again today that 70% of the population will have at least the first dose of vaccine by late July or early August.
Pró Barrocal Algarvio (PROBAAL) Group of Environmental Defence is calling for an end to the prospecting of 200 hectares of land to build a solar panel farm, which they believe will be harmful to the environment, destroying aquifers, fauna and flora.
The project for Mobile Vaccination Units against Covid-19, initiated in the North, now extends to the rest of the country to reach people with less access to vaccination centres more quickly, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation have announced.
The “Vaccines Report for Covid-19” by the National Medicines Authority (Infarmed), released at the end of last week, shows Portugal has seen no deaths as a result of having the Covid vaccine, but 34 deaths after inoculation.
The Portimão Judiciary Police (PJ) have arrested a 36-year-old man on strong evidence of two acts of rape, one of them attempted rape, carried out last week.
A 53 years old woman was rescued from the mud at the weekend by the National Maritime Authority (AMN) on the Boina stream, one of the tributaries of the Arade River, in Portimão.
It has been announced that from 17th May, Portugal will be on the Englands' Green List for travel. The transport secretary said the UK's approach was "necessarily cautious", but the travel industry has said it is too cautious and called it a reopening of air travel "in name only".
