What Portugal searched for on 19 October 2026

Most searched in the 24 hours to 06:20: serviço nacional de saúde (5K+), tempestade adam (5K+), greve 19 de outubro 2026 (2K+), metropolitano de lisboa (2K+), gado (2K+), governo (2K+).

• serviço nacional de saúde5K+ searches
  Published 1 November 2026, 15:35

  Today, 19 October, at around 10am, a failure at the data centre of SPMS, the body that runs all the IT systems of the public health service, took down e-prescriptions and electronic patient records across the country for about two and a half hours. Doctors could not prescribe medicines or open patients' medical histories, so hospitals and health centres cancelled appointments, tests and procedures and sent people home. By midday some of the systems were back up. If your appointment was cancelled today or you did not get your prescription, call your health centre or SNS 24 on 808 24 24 24 and ask for a new appointment or for the prescription to be reissued.

  

• greve 19 de outubro 20262K+ searches
  Published 1 November 2026, 15:35

  Today, 19 October, non-teaching staff at schools and nurseries across the country are on a full-day strike: technicians, administrative staff and specialists. The strike was called by a group of unions led by SINAPE, and no minimum services have been set, so some schools and nurseries have not opened or are running without a canteen or supervision. The strikers want a pay rise, as their wages are close to the minimum wage, and a career structure of their own. Before taking your child in, check for a message from your school or agrupamento.

  

• metropolitano de lisboa2K+ searches
  Published 1 November 2026, 15:35

  The Lisbon metro is running normally today: there were brief delays on the yellow line this morning, but service was back to normal shortly after 7am. We don't know why people started searching for it today. The next strikes are on Wednesday 28 October and Friday 30 October: no trains will run from 5am to 10am, and the arbitration panel has not set any minimum services. Workers want more staff to be hired, less overtime and fewer long shifts. On those mornings, plan ahead to get to work or school by Carris bus, train or ferry.

  

• tempestade adam5K+ searches
  Published 1 November 2026, 15:35

  Storm Adam is the name the Spanish weather service gave to the cyclone that flooded Valencia today, killing two people. It only brushed Portugal: on Sunday a yellow warning for thunderstorms and hail was in force in Portalegre, Évora, Beja and Faro, and there are no warnings anywhere in the country now.

  Source: our weather forecast

• gado2K+ searches
  Published 1 November 2026, 15:35

  Livestock: farmers in the north of the country are complaining about wolves attacking their herds and are demanding protection from the government; Correio da Manhã ran an investigation into this at the weekend.

• governo2K+ searches
  Published 1 November 2026, 15:35

  Government: ministers met public sector unions today to discuss pay for 2027 and agreed to bring forward the review of the general civil service career structures to December and to review travel allowances from January 2027; a further pay rise will be agreed later.

  Source: observador.pt

• adoção1K+ searches
  Published 1 November 2026, 15:35

  Adoption: in Portugal the process takes about five years, and almost 6,000 children are living in care homes. We don't know why people started searching for it today.

• lei1K+ searches
  Published 1 November 2026, 15:35

  Law: a general word, and we don't know why people started searching for it today. Today the Diário da República published a law extending the ISP fuel tax discount until the end of the year, and the government is preparing amendments to the rental law.

• cimeira1K+ searches
  Published 1 November 2026, 15:35

  Summit: a general word, and we don't know why people started searching for it today; no summit taking place at the moment changes anything for people living in Portugal.