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Manuel Heitor, Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, is infected with Covid-19 and the Government will be tested this Monday to detect new infections. This is the first case of an infected Portuguese executive. THE Renaissance He knows that the case was known this Sunday after all.
When António Costa’s office was asked earlier in the night about the possibility that a minister was infected, he did not respond. Only after the initial news of the Renaissance is that the executive took a position.
“Last night, the Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education was informed that he tested positive for Covid-19. He has no symptoms and is being held at his home. As a result, all members of the Government who participated in the meeting of the The Council of Ministers last Thursday is being tested, even those who have not had close contact with the MCTES, “confirmed the Prime Minister’s office in a statement.” The results of the tests will be known until early in the morning and then they will be released. ”
The Government met on Thursday in the Council of Ministers in person for the approval of the State Budgets. This Sunday there was again a Council of Ministers, but by digital means to formally approve the document that must be delivered to Parliament this Monday.
The infection status of a member of the Government and the need for testing and possible prophylactic quarantines may, however, make it impossible for the Finance team in Parliament to deliver in person, as usual. And you can also bring changes to the usual press conference to present the document.
In addition to the meetings of the Council of Ministers and the negotiation meetings with PCP, Bloco and PAN, which have been taking place in recent days, several members of the Government were on Saturday at the Spanish-Portuguese summit in Guarda, with almost two dozen members. of the Spanish Government, starting with the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez.
The Portuguese delegation, led by António Costa, was made up of the Minister of State, Economy and Digital Transition, Pedro Siza Viera, the Minister of State and Foreign Relations, Augusto Santos Silva, the Minister of Internal Administration, Eduardo Cabrita, the Minister of Labor , Solidarity and Social Security, Ana Mendes Godinho, the Minister of Environment and Climate Action, João Matos Fernandes, the Minister of Infrastructure and Housing, Pedro Nuno Santos, the Minister of Territorial Cohesion, Ana Abrunhosa, and the Minister of Agriculture, Maria do Céu Antunes.
Since the arrival of the pandemic in Portugal, at the end of February, 86,664 infections with the new coronavirus have been diagnosed. The total number of fatalities increases to 2,080 until this Sunday, advances the General Directorate of Health (DGS).
Portugal registered thirteen more deaths and 1,090 new cases of Covid-19, according to the epidemiological bulletin released this Sunday by the DGS.
EVOLUTION OF COVID-19 IN PORTUGAL
