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Background: Managing communication during a health crisis is essential to meet the population's needs. Therefore, regarding the COVID-19 outbreak, the National Association of Pharmacies (ANF) developed, since the beginning, a strategy of communication in order to support such needs. Purpose(s): To support the management and communication of a health crisis. Method(s): Several documents were developed: On January 24th 2020, while there weren't cases in Europe, ANF published a CEDIME Informa (Scientific and Technical Information, headed to the pharmacy team);On January 30th 2020, after the first cases were described in Europe, it was released an updated CEDIME Informa and an iSaude (leaflet addressed to the population), and, the following day, an action flowchart for pharmacies (adapted and translated by FIP into six languages). In February 2020, two new iSaude and Guidelines were published: 'Preventive Measures' and 'Pharmacy Intervention Towards a Suspected Case';-On March 4th 2020, after the first case was confirmed in Portugal, a Contingency Plan for pharmacies was released. Since then, six new CEDIME Informa and one iSaude were released, and it was constantly assured that the population was informed, through digital media. Result(s): The progressive delivery of accurate information allowed a reality-adjusted response to the pharmacies and population's needs. Conclusion(s): Crisis management and communication are essential in situations like this outbreak. With a 2,750 pharmacies' network and about 3,517 inhabitants per pharmacy, it is time we question: wouldn't the integration of pharmacies in the health system be a means to ensure timely credible and understandable communication between health authorities and the population?
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In the last decade, the tourism sector in Portugal registered a strong growth, with sustained and con-tinuous rises in tourism arrivals and receipts. However, the COVID-19 pandemic abruptly stopped the travel sector in Portugal, immobilizing the movement of people, resulting in significant changes in tou-rists’ behavior, decisions and planning. A sample of more than 300 tourists in Central Portugal, one of the most diverse tourism destination, allowed to conclude that the current pandemic had a significant impact on travel plans, decisions and tourist consumption. On the other hand, it was also possible to assess the change in behavior and the acceptance of the new safety measures imposed in the context of the pandemic. The results of the study allowed the indication of strategies for destination managers to recover tourist attractiveness in a Post-COVID scenario. © 2022,Revista Portuguesa de Estudos Regionais.All Rights Reserved
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This article offers a theoretical reflection on how the First Portuguese Football League is preparing to return to competition, after the suspension and mandatory confinement, as well as the security measures adopted in response to the pandemic caused by the new coronavirus. Despite the paper is descriptive and theoretical, our discussion draws particularly on documentary analysis of mass media/journalist reports, official almanacs, and academic works. A first purpose of this paper, therefore, is to address the way in which professional football is financially exposed and vulnerable to the main sponsors, who seek to exert power and influence. Second, we seek to explore the increasing asymmetrical power relations of the broadcaster's rights that are increasingly using strategies for wielding power than act a business partner. The implications arising from the study are considered for sport-governing bodies and clubs, in addition to future research directions.