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Porto Municipal Theatre (TMP) is back this September, with the shows that were cancelled between March and July 2020, as all the cultural activity is on hold due to the current pandemic.

"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.

The Municipal Assembly unanimously approved, this afternoon, a vote of condolences for the victims of Covid-19. The same session, a vote of honour was given to those facing the pandemic and the National Health Service (SNS), both presented by the president of the Municipal Assembly, Miguel Pereira Leite.

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.

The municipal company Porto Vivo, SRU implemented, as an immediate measure, the full exemption of rentals by tenants of commercial buildings and service operation areas as a support for any losses that directly result from the obligation to close doors.

Staying at home is, these days, as essential as ever to prevent contagion and help fight Covid-19; so, we thought you might like to hear about these #StayHome training sessions with Ágora. #StayHome and stay fit.

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.