Brazil awaiting 2 million vaccine doses from India
AFP - Brazil - 22/01/2021
The Brazilian government said Thursday that a shipment of two million doses of the British AstraZeneca-Oxford Covid-19 vaccine was finally set to arrive in the country from India.
The delivery Friday would be a much-needed boost to Brazil’s vaccination…
Entry policies in Macau will not change due to new confirmed imported case
Macau News Agency - 22/01/2021
Health authorities today (Friday) indicated that that entry policies will not change due to the new confirmed case reported on a passenger on board of a special flight from Tokyo.
Yesterday, it was revealed that one of the passengers onboard one of the two special Air…
EU member states agree to boost antigen testing
Lusa - Portugal - 22/01/2021
The Member States of the European Union unanimously agreed on Thursday to a recommendation establishing a common framework for the use of rapid antigen tests for Covid-19 and mutual recognition of results throughout the Union.
According to a note released earlier this…
Portugal: Costa announces UK flight ban
Lusa - Portugal - 22/01/2021
The Portuguese prime minister has announced that, as of Saturday, there will be a total interruption of flights between Portugal and the United Kingdom, except for humanitarian flights or to repatriate Portuguese and British citizens.
António Costa announced this measure…
Self-management period added to the already required entry quarantine period
Macau News Agency - 21/01/2021
Health authorities announced that starting from midnight of January 21 people entering Macau and having to undergo medical observations will still have to complete a self-management period at home.
Individuals entering Macau and undergoing medical observation for a period…
Education ministers meet remotely on Friday
Lusa - Portugal - 20/01/2021
On Friday, the ministers of education, Tiago Brandão Rodrigues, and higher education, Manuel Heitor, are to chair the informal Council of Education Ministers of the European Union on the role of education and training in the European social model.
The meeting, which was…
Most local talents overseas want to return
Macau News Agency - 20/01/2021
The majority of local qualified staff who live and work outside Macau want to return to the city, according to a survey of more than 300 people released today (Wednesday) by the Talents Development Committee.
The survey, which was sent to more than 800 qualified…
Whole of portuguese health system 'close to limit' due to pandemic
Lusa - Portugal - 18/01/2021
Portugal’s minister of health, Marta Temido, has warned that the country’s entire health system, including the National Health Service (SNS), private and third sectors and all back office structures, is close to its limit as it struggles to cope with a surge in…
UN agency warns of another bad year for airlines
AFP - International - 16/01/2021
The UN aviation agency on Friday predicted “prolonged depressed demand” for air travel and more financial woes forairlines, following a year of fewer flights and big losses blamed on the pandemic.
Air travel plunged 60 percent in 2020 as nations closed…
World migration down 30 percent due to pandemic
AFP - International - 16/01/2021
The coronavirus pandemic has slowed global migration by nearly 30 percent, with around two million fewer people than predicted migrating between 2019 and 2020, according to a UN report released on Friday
Some 281 million people were living outside their country of…
