Government tests disaster response as storm proves less severe than forecast
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Officials used the arrival of Storm Charles to test their emergency capabilities, an exercise that became easier when the weather proved less destructive than predicted. Economists are now debating whether the cost of the preventative measures was excessive; the government maintains it was merely correcting for past errors.
The health minister, Ana Paula Martins, reconfirmed the leadership of the Algarve Health Unit despite service failures at a major hospital. While the minister recently dismissed the board in Aveiro, she has retained the head of the Tmega e Sousa unit, who currently faces corruption charges.
A new poll shows the Socialist Party has regained a ten-point lead over the Democratic Alliance. Elsewhere, the retailer Worten was subjected to a cyberattack that accessed customer and service provider data.