Sources: DGS
Portugal begins administering COVID-19 vaccines for children between the ages of 5 and 11 years. 2021-12-18
Portugal imposes a curfew from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. in 19 "very high risk" municipalities, including Lisbon and Albufeira, and 26 "high risk" municipalities, due to the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant. 2021-07-2
Portuguese authorities announce that restaurants and non-food shops in Albufeira, Lisbon and Sesimbra will close on weekends at 3:30 p.m. while supermarkets and other food outlets will close on weekends at 7:00 p.m. as part of measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in the region. 2021-06-24
The United Kingdom adds Turkey, the Maldives and Nepal to its "red list" of countries, where travellers will be required to quarantine in a hotel for 10 days upon their return to the UK at their own expense. Twelve countries are also added to the government's "green list", including Portugal and Israel. This new "traffic light system" will take effect on May 17, when international travel is no longer illegal. 2021-05-7
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 155 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 8,080. 2021-01-12
Portugal reports a record 91 new fatalities, bringing the nationwide death toll to 3,472. 2020-11-16
Portugal reports a record daily increase with 3,960 new cases, bringing the cumulative counts to 128,382 confirmed cases and 2,395 deaths. 2020-10-28
Portugal reports 963 new daily cases, bringing the cumulative total to 78,247 confirmed cases and 1,995 deaths. Ever since the end of national lockdown in May, this has been the seventh time that the country has registered some record increases in new cases, with all other six records occurring during the month of September. 2020-10-3
Portugal reports 646 new cases and three new deaths. It is the biggest daily increase in new cases since the national lockdown was lifted in May, bringing the cumulative totals to 61,541 confirmed cases and 1,849 deaths in 191 days since the first infections were identified. 2020-09-9