Yesterday, Portugal registered more than 602 cases of infection with the new coronavirus and nine deaths attributed to Covid-19, together with a slight increase in hospitalisations, including in intensive care.

The construction projectof the new health services building in Loulé has been awarded more than 4.6 million euros, with an execution time of approximately two and a half years.

Earlier this week, renovations began on the auction house building in Portimão, with a municipal investment of 960,000 euros and is due to be completed within 6 months.

There are still many complications, much confusion and lots of uncertainty, but here’s the nitty-gritty of what’s known about the prospects for tourism from abroad. Foreign holidaymakers are expected to start arriving in Portugal in significant numbers in May and June.

The Prime Minister has announced, having met with the Mayors of the seven high risk Portugal municipalities by video conference, that inspection by security forces will be reinforced in those municipalities with the highest incidence of cases of Covid-19.

This Thursday, at 11 am, Jonathan Silva, activist and member of the DiEM25 movement, will, along wth other Lagos citizens, deliver an open letter signed by more than 300 citizens and people of relevance to the city to the Lagos Chamber, requesting the Mayor to prevent the development of private construction projects near the cliffs of Ponta da Piedade, and to conduct a public consultation.

Twenty-six counties in Portugal are above the Covid-19 incidence risk threshold, and may not advance in the deconfinement plan if the situation remains, according to the epidemiological bulletin released yesterday.

The new Government Decree defines the rules of the 14th state of emergency and establishes what can be reopened from today, and the places that still can't function during the next 15 days, in this second phase of the deconfinement. The measures are valid, for now, for the whole country.