Yesterday's strike by public administration workers had a significant turnout, with 90% of schools without classes and health services "completely paralysed", according to the Frente Comum Trade Unions.
Joining the strike in the public administration in the district of Faro caused the closure of several schools and left some hospital services "practically.
Emergency care at the Centro Hospitalar Universitário do
Algarve (CHUA) increased by 42.8% in the first half of this year, with 291 more
emergency calls per.