The Portuguese government issued an order prohibiting the sale or providing of the so-called fast food and others classified as "products harmful to health", in public schools.
This afternoon, SITEU - the Independent Union of All Nurses will take to some of the main beaches of the Algarve, with the nurses of the Hospital de Faro asking to be excused from responsibility due to the lack of working conditions and staff shortages.
The leader of the Left Block (Bloco de Esquerda) this weekend accused entities in Olhão of continuing to send untreated sewage to the Ria Formosa, despite the recent inauguration of a Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP).
The rules foreseen for the second phase of the government's deconfinement plan come into force today, with the exception of the end of the mandatory use of masks in public spaces, which remains in force until September 12th.
Online learning has permeated education with enormity not witnessed before. Schools, universities and online training colleges have leveraged developed 5G infrastructure. Recent research has unveiled that emerging technologies will eliminate most barriers and scale access to online education.
A 20-year-old young man has suffered serious injuries, with "first and second degree burns" over 40% of his body, while trying to save his grandfather's van at Várzea das Pedras, in the municipality of Odemira.
Around a quarter of young people between 12 and 15 years old in Portugal will be vaccinated against Covid-19 during the weekend, the first of two dedicated to this age group.
The fire that has been raging since yesterday (Wednesday) in the municipality of Odemira, Beja, has already reached Monchique and is threatening to spread to the municipality of Silves. Fighting the flames are hundreds of firefighters.
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