Earlier this month, following an increase in people working from home during the coronavirus pandemic, the Portuguese government passed new labour laws which include a ban on bosses contacting employees outside of working hours.
Prime Minister António Costa has called for a meeting of specialists and politicians this Friday at Infarmed, concerning the evolution of the epidemiological situation of Covid-19 in Portugal.
To improve the communication process with the emergency medical services in case of a serious accident, Association Safe Communities Portugal (SCP) has developed an Emergency Medical ID card for tourists and foreign residents.
This weekend in Portugal, nearly 45 thousand over 65's received their booster dose of the vaccine against Covid-19, bringing thet total to more than half a million booster doses administered, according to the General Directorate of Health.
The City Museum in Lisbon is the home for Europe's first rotating vertical vegetable garden measuring six metres high, with close to 900 plants, enough to feed 40 people a day.
Vaccines are synonymous with needles, however, a team of researchers from the Polytechnic Institute of Porto (IPP) decided to break the rules and produce an edible Covid-19 vaccine, in the form of yogurt and fruit juice.
With a "weak track record" in public investment, especially in the years of the Troika and the PSD-CDS until 2014 and the PS until 2019, Portugal can now move up in the ranking: going from last to fifth worst next year, says Brussels.
Vice Admiral Henrique Gouveia e Melo does not welcome his return to the Covid-19 task force, for fear of being seen as a modern day Dom Sebastião, which he says would be unhealthy for the country.
