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Delta variant update: The JM website reports that the regional secretary of Health, Pedro Ramos, said today that, so far, no case of the delta variant in Madeira has yet been confirmed. However, he explained that every month, all samples whose diagnoses do not correspond to the situation that the ............
Both the Guardian and Independent report that travel in and out of the Lisbon metropolitan area is to be banned over coming weekends as Portuguese authorities respond to a spike in new Covid-19 cases in the region around the capital, officials have announced.
AP reports that the ban in the area where ............
The Regional President, Miguel Albuquerque, apparently indicated to journalists during a couple of receptions he attended ............
The Diario reports that there is a woman who has tested positive for COVID-19 isolating in a hotel in Porto Santo. The contagion was not reported by the Regional Directorate of Health (DRS) in the epidemiological bulletin – at least it is not referenced as an active case in Ilha Dourada.
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JM reports that several regional dignitaries were invited today to visit the NEXT hotel, the sixth hotel to be part of the hotel chain with the Savoy Signature brand and which results from the remodeling of the former Madeira Regency Club.
With 166 accommodation units between rooms, suites, and tourist ............
The Telegraph this morning has the headline that double-jabbed tourists could be allowed to holiday in amber list countries without quarantining upon return under new government plans.
Summer holidays abroad will be opened up for vaccinated Britons under plans being considered by the Government, newspaper ............
On the mainland, JM reports online that Portugal recorded, in the last 24 hours, six more deaths associated with COVID-19 and 1,350 infected by the new virus, reported this Wednesday by the General Directorate of Health (DGS). Of the latest contagions identified, 928 are from the Lisbon/Vale do Tejo ............
JM’ in its national edition, reports that the Covid certificates, which should start being issued in Portugal this week, are free, issued in digital format, and can be consulted on the SNS 24 portal, on the SNS mobile application, or sent by email to the holder. This is according to guidance ............