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Portugal reports a record for the third consecutive day of 28,659 new cases of COVID-19. The country also reduces the mandatory quarantine for asymptomatic people who test positive from COVID-19 and high-risk contacts to seven days due to concerns about the spread of the Omicron variant.
2021-12-30

Portugal reports its first cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in 13 people associated with Belenenses SAD football club.
2021-11-29

Portugal reports its first six cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant originally detected in India.
2021-04-27

Portugal reports a record 167 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 9,028.
2021-01-18

Portugal reports a record of 10,027 new daily cases, bringing the nationwide cumulative total of confirmed cases to 446,606.
2021-01-6

Portugal reports a record 7,627 new cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 413,678.
2020-12-31

Prime Minister António Costa says that an overnight curfew beginning at 11:00 p.m. will be in effect in the country on New Year's Eve. He also added that people would not be allowed to leave their homes between 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. from January 1 to 3.
2020-12-17

Bolivian president Evo Morales calls the Eurozone for a violation of international law and threatens to close down the U.S. embassy in Bolivia after the episode of having his official airplane being refused to land "en route" to Vienna, amid suspicions of having former NSA employee Edward Snowden on board. Ambassadors of France, Italy, Spain and Portugal are summoned to give full explanations.
2013-07-5

The UN Security Council fails to agree a statement to condemn the killing of Syrian protesters, as Russia and China block a statement proposed by Britain, France, Germany and Portugal that would have condemned the violence, which has led to hundreds of dead, and backed calls for an independent investigation.
2011-05-2