Last night, the Albufeira GNR seized a bottle of nitrous oxide, known as "laughing gas", from an Albufeira nightclub.

More than half a million vaccines against Covid-19 were administered in the last week in Portugal, which has 34% of the population with the first dose taken, said today the Directorate-General for Health (DGS).

The Government have announced that they will accelerate vaccination against Covid-19 "at a national level", and not just in Lisbon, extending it to people over 40 from June 6th, and over 30 years old from June 20th.

57 taxi drivers from Albufeira have received training in Basic Life Support using Automatic External Defibrillation (SBV-DAE), at the Voluntary Fire Station, Albufeira.

Yesterday afternoon, the GNR of Loulé arrested a 28-year-old man for theft after they received the report of a robbery at a food and beverage establishment in Loulé.

Today, the official source of the task force for the vaccination announced that, on Saturday, Portugal surpassed five million vaccines administered against the Covid-19.

The National Road Safety Authority (ANSR), GNR and PSP launch a campaign on Tuesday that, until the end of the month, will alert drivers to the sometimes fatal consequences of using a mobile phone while driving.

Albufeira, Lagoa, Tavira and Vila do Bispo are on alert. The country is "clearly in the green zone", but the minister warns that the Rt that has been oscillating and that is now above 1 - it is "a warning sign."