The balance of the number of patients admitted to hospitals in the Algarve points to the significant increase in younger age groups in cases of Covid-19 infections in recent weeks. The chairman of the board of directors of the Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Algarve (CHUA) says that the trend is to get worse, stressing that there are “a greater number of young inpatients who are ill, who are not known if they will fully recover, or if they are going to have reoccurences”.

The epidemiological situation has worsened again in the country, meaning new rules such as a digital certificate or a negative test being needed to enter restaurants, hotels and tourist establishments in the high and very high risk municipalities.

The Portuguese Tax and Customs Authority (AT) are warning about the circulation of fraudulent emails, allegedly coming from the Finanças Portal, requesting recipients to access malicious pages.

After a meeting of the Council of Ministers last week, there are changes to safety measures in the high risk municipalities, suchas limited circulation and opening hours, but there is some confusion about what these are and where they apply.

The municipalities of Portimão, Silves, Loulé, São Brás de Alportel and Tavira, are on maximum risk of fire over the next few days, according to the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA), with temperatures set to reach 38 degrees Celsius.

A 59-year-old kite surfer died yesterday afternoon at the Alvor estuary, in Portimão, after suffering a cardiorespiratory arrest while kite surfing.

Lambda, the new variant of Covid-19 virus, was first identified in Peru, where its spread has grown exponentially. It has already been detected in 29 countries, with at least two cases in Portugal. A recent study, still in pre-publication, suggests that it may also be more resistant to vaccines.