News Porto.

The field hospital "Porto." that was set up at Super Bock Arena- Pavilhão Rosa Mota, to handle coronavirus patients a month ago will close by the end of the week but it will be fully operational again if needed.

Municipal Company Ágora - Culture and Sports of Porto releases optimal training exercises, namely cycling, judo, karate, stretches, Latin dances or functional training or even more relaxing challenges as judo, Pilates or yoga on its Facebook page.

"Macbeth" by William Shakespeare is presented at Teatro Nacional São João (TNJS) online, on 15th May. At 10pm. Direction, set and costume design by Nuno Carinhas.

Lufthansa will extend its operations to Porto starting 18th May. The German airliner will operate three weekly flights between Frankfurt and Porto.

Porto City Hall cultural facilities, namely public libraries, the City Museum and the Historic Archive open doors stating 1st June. Due to the new coronavirus pandemic there will be access restrictions and new rules to comply with, in line with the DGS guidelines, like the mandatory use of a mask.

Porto Municipal Theatre, in collaboration with Quintas de Leitura, invites to a special online session devoted to poetry, on 21st May, starting at 10pm. Porto poetic cycle invites to "a luminous and simple exercise, by connecting our hearts and emotions online around Portuguese poetry and the values that sustain our actions; freedom, love and future".

ScaleUp Porto, jointly with UPTEC, promotes circa 250 meetings, gathering established organisations and startups on 14th May. See how innovation happens in Porto.

Reduced scheduled flights by Ryanair includes the Porto-London Stansted route, starting on 22nd May. There will be one daily flight. This daily flight is part of Ryanair's reduced operations, which will be in place til 28th May. In a statement, the airliner recalls that as the majority of EU countries have imposed air travel restriction, "over 99% of its fleet is on ground and will stay that way for the coming weeks". "Ryanair will comply with such restrictions".

"Shop in Porto" is the new online platform to promote traditional trade in the city of Porto. This initiative is part of the Porto City Hall strategy to boost and increase street trading attractiveness.

The Municipal Environment teams of Porto City Hall are developing online educational programes. This is a good way to learn more about what surrounds us, namely plants and animals. This way, we can all keep close to nature and animals in such harsh time, due to the pandemic.