The European Commissioner for Health, Stella Kyriakides, underlined today that the pandemic situation in Europe is still “fragile”, giving the example of the evolution of COVID-19 in Portugal to maintain that it is necessary to remain vigilant.
The president of the Algarve Tourism has said this Friday that Portugal was “penalized for speaking the truth” in relation to the number of new cases of Covid-19, one of the criteria that led to the country's exclusion from an air corridor with the United Kingdom.
The Portuguese government announced on Thursday, that it reached an agreement with TAP Air Portugal private shareholders, to hold 72.5% of the airline’s capital for 55 million euros, after a resolution by the Council of Ministers recognizing the public interest of keeping the airline in operation.
The PAN political party is pushing Albufeira City Council to take over the Algarve’s last bullring, with the objective being to rehabilitate the space to accommodate associations and communities in the municipality that do not yet have a physical headquarters and to create a new auditorium for concerts and open-air shows, in addition to 40 controlled-cost rental flats.
“If we applied to the world the criterion that some Member States are applying to Portugal - which is the number of new cases reported by the authorities in the last 15 days - we would have opened borders to North Korea tomorrow, which has no reported cases. It is absurd reasoning, but it serves for the spectators to understand well the lack of foundation” declared Augusto Santos Silva, in an interview to SIC Notícias this week.
Iberian neighbours Spain and Portugal reopened their border on Wednesday to all travellers after a three-month closure to prevent the spread of coronavirus, bringing relief to local business owners who have struggled to make ends meet without tourism.
Dozens of countries will be exempted from travel and quarantine restrictions on entry into the UK, but it remains to be seen whether Portugal will be included, British media reported this Thursday.
“A constant debacle”. That is how António Martins, president of the Junta de Freguesia de Alte, classifies the gatherings of people that have taken place at Queda do Vigário, forcing the GNR “to go to the place every day”.
