The Association of Commerce and Services of the Algarve Region (ACRAL) today asked the Government for immediate measures "to save what remains of companies and jobs" in the region, which are experiencing severe declines due to the covid-19 pandemic.
The American pharmaceutical group Pfizer and the German company BioNTech confirmed today that they will deliver an application for approval for the commercialization of the vaccine against covid-19, that they have developed, this Friday to the competent American authorities.
The results of a recent policy review includes changes to the way S1s will be issued for those in receipt of some exportable benefits. Below is a letter from the Head of the DHSC Regional Healthcare Network that explains this policy change.
The Minister of Health in Portugal, Marta Temido, announced yesterday that the priority groups to be vaccinated against covid-19 will be known in December, with vaccines said to arrive in January.
The coordinator of the Center for Planning and Intervention of Homeless (NIPSA) in Faro, Vanda Balaia, announced today that he number of homeless people is increasing, with a “significant increase in foreigners” in this situation over the last few months within the municipality.
"41% of Catering and similar companies consider going insolvent and 19% of tourist accommodation goes in the same direction ”, said AHRESP.
The PAN (People Animals Nature) Political Commission in Faro, announced in a statement that "condemns the decision by the Municipality of Lagoa to authorize a permit for construction in a subdivision in the ecosystem of the Wetlands of Alagoas Brancas and that it will destroy habitats and remove species there existing".
Nurse Susana Poeta, who is infected with the new coronavirus, reported on social media this weekend that she was "forced" to work "without being able to leave", in a nursing home in Ourém.
