Society

The fund raising campaign "Ligados por um Hospital" (Linked by a Hospital), which was launched on 10th April, with the support of RTP, exceeded 280 thousand euros donated by phone calls or bank transfers of over 40 thousand euros.

The Jack Ma Foundation donated thirty non-invasive ventilators to Porto City Hall, to treat Covid-19 patients. Porto City Hall delivered 15 ventilators to the city's public hospitals. Those add to the 10 invasive ventilators already delivered to the ICU last week.

320 beds expanded to the two building floors at the Super Bock Arena - Pavilhão Rosa Mota, totally equipped with the Comfort and safety required both for patients and health workers.

Love Songs (French: Les Chansons d'amour) is a 2007 French musical film directed by Christophe Honoré, starring Louis Garrel, Ludivine Sagnier, Clotilde Hesme and Chiara Mastroianni. It was one of the 20 films selected for the main competition at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.

"I want to mention in particular two nurses who stood by my beside for 48 hours when things could have gone either way. They're Jenny from New Zealand (...) and Luís from Portugal, near Porto. (...) For every second of the night, they were watching, they were thinking and they were caring and making the interventions I needed."

"Antiga, Mui Nobre, Sempre Leal e Invicta Cidade do Porto" ("Ancient, Very Noble, Always Loyal and Unbroken City of Porto", free translation): this is the phrase al patients will be able to read at the Mission Hospital set in Super Bock Arena - Pavilhão Rosa Mota.

In the past few weeks, several "thank you" notes and acknowledgment messages have been sent to municipal workers that ensure trash collection in the city of Porto.

Over 3.6% of the population of Porto has already been tested for Covid-19 in the screening of retirement homes or at the mobile centre

Researchers of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto (FCUP) and the Interdisciplinary Centre of Maritime and Environmental Investigation (CIIMAR-UP) will work together in the European project M2ex. The M2ex project is aimed at training a new generation of scientists and engineers to develop resource recovery methodologies.

Metro do Porto and PSP (Public Security Police) carry a combined passenger control, between 9th and 13th April, in a joint operation to monitor passenger travels in district borders.