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The government today determined the prohibition of circulation between municipalities in the extended weekend that will take the All-Saints holiday (November 1), marked by the Catholic tradition of people who travel to cemeteries to honor their dead.
The decision was taken in the Council of Ministers and will be in force in the continental territory between 00.00 hours on October 30 (Friday) and 23.59 hours on November 3 (following Tuesday).
“Each citizen cannot move between municipalities, as happened in the past,” revealed the Minister of the Presidency, Mariana Vieira da Silva. The minister also affirmed that the “security measures” of the cemeteries are the responsibility of local authorities, so it is not up to the government to decree their closure or not.
This measure was taken, for example, at Easter – and at that time the state of exception was in force – a more serious state of exception than the current one, a catastrophic situation.
At Easter, circulation between municipalities would only be allowed “for health reasons or other reasons of imperative urgency.”
The restriction did not apply to health professionals and other workers of health and social support institutions, civil protection agents, security forces and services, military and civil personnel of the Armed Forces, inspectors of the Food Safety Authority and Economic, political office holders, magistrates and leaders of the social partners, “provided that in the exercise of their functions, as well as in the performance of admitted professional activities.”
Any person who has had to move for work reasons must do so with “a statement from the employer that proves that they are in the performance of their professional activities.”
Due to a special incidence of the pandemic, the government has also defined “a set of special measures” applicable to the municipalities of Felgueiras, Lousada and Paços de Ferreira – Measures that will take effect today at midnight and have no end date. “These municipalities that have been the object of additional measures are municipalities that have been under high pressure due to new cases,” explained Health Minister Marta Temido.
These measurements are:
– “HE duty to stay home, and citizens must refrain from circulating in public spaces and roads, as well as in private spaces and roads equivalent to public roads, except for a set of authorized trips, that is, for the acquisition of goods and services, for the performance of activities professionals, for health reasons, to assist vulnerable people, to attend school establishments, to travel to non-closed establishments and services, to enjoy time outdoors, to travel to events and access to cultural equipment, to practice physical activities outdoors, for pets.
– Private vehicles can circulate on public roads, as long as it is to carry out authorized activities or to refuel at gas stations.
– In all the trips made, the recommendations and orders determined by the health authorities and the security forces and services must be respected, that is, those related to the distances to be respected between people.
– As a rule, All retail and service establishments, as well as commercial establishments, close at 10 p.m., except: pharmacies and non-prescription drug outlets; emergency rooms and veterinary health care centers and clinics; funeral and related activities; the rent a car me cargo rental (which can, as long as the respective opening hours allow it, close at 01.00 and reopen at 06.00); service areas and fuel stations.
– Ban on holding celebrations and other events involving a crowd of people more than five people, unless they belong to the same household.
– Prohibition of holding fairs and markets on the rise.
– Mandatory adoption of the teleworking regime, regardless of the employment relationship, as long as the functions in question allow it.
– Suspension of visits to users of residential structures for the elderly, integrated continuous care units of the National Network for Integrated Care and other responses dedicated to the elderly, as well as day care activities.
At a press conference after the Council of Ministers, the Minister of Health, Marta Temido, announced that the government will acquire more than one hundred thousand bottles of the drug remdesivir, between October 2020 and March 2021, an operation budgeted at 35 million euros (each unit costs 345 euros).
Remdesivir is indicated for the treatment of adult and adolescent patients with pneumonia who need supplemental oxygen and was authorized in the European Union for covid-19, recalled Marta Temido.
The acquisition will be carried out through a specific contract to be signed within the framework of the joint acquisition framework contract between the European Commission and the pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences.
