Sitemap - 2021 - Portuguese news in English, for estrangeiros

New restrictions start on Christmas Day // Special measures and testing rules for Christmas and new year

Calls for more restrictions with Omicron to dominate // National Guard officers accused of abusing immigrants

Omicron, boosters and jabs for kids // How Portugal is holding up to latest Covid-19 wave

More Omicron variant cases found in Portugal // New rules spark overwhelming demand for tests

NEW RESTRICTIONS: Masks and vaccine certificates are back // New testing rules even for the vaccinated

Experts call for restrictions to control pandemic // Vaccines saved 2300 lives, 200,000 infection

Portugal's armed forces embroiled in alleged smuggling scandal // Pandemic outlook good for winter

Portugal going back to the polls // Costa skips climate conference, favourite to remain PM

Budget blocked, sparking likely early elections // Pandemic not over, flu circulating in Europe

What’s in store for the pandemic over winter? // Portugal’s first Netflix show is almost here

Booster shots approved for some // Hundreds of trains cancelled as workers strike for better pay

Vaccine leader wants focus on poorer countries, not boosters // New isolation rules for the vaccinated

Most restrictions end on October 1 // Nightclubs open // masks off in small shops and restaurants

Masks set to remain mandatory indoors // Portugal the most vaccinated country in the world // We may hit 85% next week

Vaccination centres open to everyone tomorrow // Masks no longer required outside

Vaccine changes for recently infected and immunocompromised // Next reopening target due this month

Portugal’s Europe-leading vaccine effort // Portuguese with Afghan roots appeal to government to save family

70% fully vaxxed, two weeks early // Restrictions eased on restaurants, ride-share vehicles

Unvaccinated mum, dad and brother die in Portugal in one week // Vaccines open for all teens, walk-ins for all adults

The latest on vaccination // Will we need a third shot?

New reopening plan: No curfew // 2am closing times // Nightclubs in October // Mask changes next month

Curfew hits 80% of the population // Vaccines save lives // Nightclubs might be back soon

70% of the population now under curfew // Rapid tests in supermarkets // Vaccines for 23-year-olds

Negative test needed to eat in restaurants on weekends // Vaccine rollout ramps up, everyone 25+ eligible

UPDATE: New curfew in Lisbon, Porto and dozens more councils // 45 councils now facing restrictions

Lisbon restrictions tighten even further // Tougher measures for another 25 councils

Lisbon Metropolitan Area weekend travel exceptions // Vaccines for over-34s // More restrictions on the horizon for Lisbon

Breaking news: Greater Lisbon shut off from the rest of the country on weekends

Rule relaxations brought forward // Lisbon and Braga held back because of too many cases

New reopening plans and how to get vaccinated

Lisbon on alert as two councils go backwards // British Champions League visitors spark worries in Porto

Those in their 30s may be eligible for vaccine next month // ‘Warning sign’ as cases increase, particularly in Lisbon

Killer confesses to shooting Black actor dead // Portugal opens door to British tourists

Covid-19 outbreak highlights complaints of slavery, human trafficking, worker exploitation // Portugal testing ‘covid passports’ this month

Next reopening stage brought forward to tomorrow // Seven councils left behind // New vaccine approved

Vaccination plan revamped, over-65s can make appointments now // Single-shot vaccine to be used without restrictions

Indoor dining, shopping centres and more schooling open tomorrow // Portimão and three other councils back in quasi-lockdown

Former PM to stand trial but corruption charges dropped // AstraZeneca vaccine not recommended for under-60s

Outdoor dining returns tomorrow // What happens in councils with higher infection rates? // Cheap self-tests available

Local travel ban in place all week, with some exceptions // 150 rapid vaccination sites and 100,000 jabs a day

AstraZeneca vaccine declared safe after blood clot concern // Travel changes for UK, Germany and South Africa

REOPENING PLAN REVEALED: Hairdressers and some schooling from Monday, outdoor dining on April 5

Reopening plan to be released on March 11 // More tweaks to lockdown rules for local and international travel

President speaks to the country: Don't lift lockdown before Easter // Government rejects fake reopening plan

Thousands of lives saved by lockdown // Calls grow for government to define reopening plan

Portugal now eighth-worst in Europe for new cases // More help for working parents, students forced to turn on webcams

Not a ‘light at the end of the tunnel’ just yet // More than 570,000 vaccines administered

UK variant ‘likely’ to be more deadly // Government wants 1.4 million vaccinated by end of April

Lockdown should continue through March, reopening talk ‘premature’ // Coronavirus testing guidelines expanded

‘We won’t have a normal summer’, vaccine chief says // PM wants lockdown extended

AstraZeneca vaccine arrives in Portugal, halted in South Africa // School closures cause problems for parents

We’ve passed peak of new infections, model finds // Vaccine plan head resigns

SEF murder trial: trio plead not guilty to murder // Vaccine delays, updates and controversies

Austria, Germany to help ailing hospitals // Another vaccine approved for Europe // More detail on borders

State of emergency renewed with border controls and some flight bans // School is back online from February 8

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

Marcelo wins re-election but far right surges // Bring proof of address with you when you go for a walk

Schools shut for two weeks with no remote learning // UK variant could soon cause 60% of Portuguese cases, study finds

New restrictions in force from Wednesday

NEW RESTRICTIONS: Weekend local travel ban, restrictions on trading hours and drink sales

State of emergency could be extended until March, new restrictions possible // Appeals to take lockdown seriously as hospitals struggle

PM defends Christmas rules relaxation // UK bans entry from Portugal

MAJOR UPDATE: New lockdown starts on Friday // Schools, universities and supermarkets remain open

Lockdown expected on Thursday // ‘Rapid change’ in disease spread over one week

New national lockdown ‘probable’, PM says // Weekend travel ban for whole country, curfew for most

Christmas and the pandemic across Europe // Lisbon and Porto leave very-high-risk list, but no changes to restrictions

More contagious UK strain detected in Portugal // Concern over effect of Christmas on pandemic