Yesterday afternoon, a Portuguese Red Cross ambulance transporting non-emergency patients on the Via do Infante, crashed, leaving one of the six occupants in a serious condition and the vehicle destroyed.
The Minister of Health spoke this morning about Portugal reaching a new phase of the covid-19 pandemic and suggested there may be some further lifting of measures, with a new testing policy and a review of masks being mandatory.
The covid situation in Portugal has dropped from a critical level to an alert level in the pandemic assessment indicator of the Instituto Superior Técnico and the Ordem dos Médicos, meaning less pressure on health services and the potential transition from pandemic to endemic.
The lack of rain in the Algarve is a huge problem for agriculture in the region and is already affecting traditional rainfed crops, such as almonds or carob, the regional director of Agriculture and Fisheries has warned.
A group of what is rumoured to be between two and five hooded men entered The Funky Dogo bar, in the Hotel Olympus building in Vilamoura yesterday evening, doused it with petrol and set it on fire.
The Algarve can expect an influx of British tourists in the UK's half term week between the 21st and 25th of February, according to the president of the Região de Turismo do Algarve, João Fernandes.
An earthquake measuring 3.8 on the Richter scale was felt this morning in the municipalities of Lagoa and Portimão, but caused no personal or material damage, according to the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA).
After the cyberattack on Vodafone earlier this week, the Germano de Sousa group also suffered a cyberattack, which took place in the early hours of yesterday, Thursday 10th February.
