International flights have already started to return to the Algarve. Companies such as Edelweiss, Luxair Tours, Transavia, Lufthansa, Ryanair or Jet2 are some of the companies that are announcing the resumption of some of their connections to Faro.
As the seventh meeting between politicians, epidemiologists, technicians and state advisers at Infarmed drew to a close this evening, the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, said that the beginning of the effects of the first phase of deflation of lockdown are already being felt, with positive aspects but also a main concern.
Prepared by Kantar for Centromarca, the Portuguese Association of Companies, a survey has revealed that “the alert of the Portuguese has been intensifying regarding the negative impact [of the pandemic crisis] on the economy”, namely regarding “the possible collapse of social security structures and job loss”.
Portugal and the UK are in talks to try and secure an air corridor for tourists that would allow British visitors to avoid a COVID-19 quarantine upon returning home from their holidays, two Portuguese sources familiar with the situation said.
The occupancy rates of wards (48.8%) and intensive care units (31.6%) for patients with COVID-19 indicate that hospitals throughout the country were "far from rupture", reveals a survey by the Portuguese Society of Internal Medicine released today.
Two of the three men suspected of torturing a Portuguese rapper known as Mota Jr to death are reportedly being hunted by British police.
As lockdown rules eased further last week, many shop owners eagerly awaited the arrival of customers following weeks of little to no income. Leaning over the golden-plated counter of his shop in the capital, cashier Andre Moureira waited for just a single customer to break the boredom of the morning.
The number of Portuguese young people requesting jobless benefits spiked 52% last month from a year earlier, way above the increase for other age groups, amid the coronavirus lockdown, data showed on Monday.
