Call to follow other European countries on surgical masks // New state of emergency could give government power to close border

Portuguese news in English on January 27, 2021.

By the numbers

With 6923 new cases on Monday and 10,765 yesterday, things are still dire. More than 11,000 covid-19 patients have died and hospitals are still filling. As Observador points out, Portugal is doing worse than every other country in the world on all the major pandemic measures. It is the only country with an average of more than 1000 infecti…