Data released yesterday by the Institute of Employment and Professional Training (IEFP) unsurprisingly shows the number of unemployed registered in September this year rose 157.5% in relation to the same month in 2019.

Since 12:00 today, the districts of Évora, Faro and Beja have been put under red warning by the IPMA (Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere), as well as those of Lisbon, Santarém, Setúbal , Castelo Branco and Portalegre, due to the forecast of sometimes heavy and persistent rain.

Initially 46,000 tickets went on sale, but administrator of the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Paulo Pinheiro has suggested that the maximum capacity allowed at the Portuguese Grand Prix of Formula 1, next weekend, should and will be reduced to just 27,500 spectators.

The Portuguese Borders and Immigration Service (SEF) and the British Embassy in Lisbon have today launched a joint information campaign to remind UK nationals who are living in Portugal, or plan to by the end of the year, to register for residence if they have not already done so.

Irish airline Ryanair have announced a 40% reduction in flight capacity this winter in several countries, including Portugal, due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and a drop in air traffic.

A candidate vaccine against Covid-19 being developed in China has been shown to be safe and able to induce an immune response in healthy volunteers in the early stages of the clinical trial, according to the results released today.

Hans Kluge, WHO regional director, says that the number of new daily cases today is "two to three times" higher than what happened in the first months of the pandemic, but the number of deaths is "five times lower."

Yesterday, the Portuguese Prime Minister, António Costa, announced that the level of alert for the country has again been raised to a State of Calamity, beginning 00:00 on Thursday 15th, until October 31st 2020.