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The Council of Ministers will meet this Thursday to review the list of municipalities at risk and strengthen measures to combat the pandemic. The municipalities that in the last two weeks have exceeded the average of 240 new cases per 100 thousand inhabitants can enter this list.
There are currently 121 municipalities where the risk of transmission of new coronavirus It is higher, but this figure is expected to increase due to the increase in cases in recent days.
The Government can also decide on specific measures for each risk zone.
The General Directorate of Health (DGS) announced in the daily bulletin this Wednesday that there are 82 more deaths and 4,935 new cases of Covid-19 in Portugal. In total, the country has registered 3,103 deaths and 192,172 infected by the new coronavirus since the start of the pandemic.
This Monday Portugal entered a state of emergency until November 23, imposing, among other measures, a night curfew in 121 counties with the most cases of contagion.
This measure that prohibits traffic on public roads between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. on weekdays and, for the next two weekends, starting at 1 p.m., is applied in the 121 counties considered high risk of transmission of Covid-19.
These municipalities, which cover 70% of the resident population, include all the municipalities in the metropolitan areas of Lisbon and Porto.
The measure was approved by an extraordinary Council of Ministers held on Saturday night and It provides for exceptions such as commuting to work, returning home, emergency situations, hygienic walking in the vicinity of the house or walking of animals, among others.
CURRENT MEASURES:
1. Body temperature control
In access to:
- Work places
- Educational establishments
- Means of transport
- Commercial, cultural and sports spaces
The Prime Minister assures that no one is being considered school closings, highlighting that the Government intends to preserve the right to study and work, so it concentrates the most restrictive measures on the weekend.
2. Diagnostic tests
- Health institutions
- Houses
- Educational establishments
- Entry and exit from the continental territory, by air or sea
- Penitentiary establishments
- Other locations, as determined by DGS
António Costa affirmed that one of the measures is the “possibility of carrying out diagnostic tests in accessing a set of spaces and / or institutions ”, that is to say, faster antigen tests.
3. Use of health services in the private and social sectors
4. Mobilization of human resources to strengthen detection capacity
- Workers in prophylactic isolation
- Workers in the risk group
- Teachers without a teaching component
- Military Armed Forces
5. Limitation of circulation on public roads in 121 municipalities, between 11:00 pm and 5:00 am, during the week.
6. Limitation of circulation on public roads in 121 municipalities, on weekends from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. the next day.
For the next two weekends, the store will have to close from 1:00 p.m. and the Restaurants will only be able to operate in takeout and home delivery.. But nevertheless, takeaway service can only be available until 1:00 p.m.
Prime Minister António Costa said that the breach of the curfew is not “a criminal matter”, but guaranteed that citizens who do not comply they will be taken by the authorities to their homes.
WHAT ARE THE EXCEPTIONS TO THE CURRENT MEASURES?
Traveling to grocery stores, supermarkets or pharmacies is one of the exceptions to the ban on driving on public roads in the afternoons and nights of the next two weekends, in the 121 counties with the highest risk of being infected by the new coronavirus.
According to the decree that regulates the application of the state of emergency, published this Sunday night in the Diário da República, “trips to grocery stores and supermarkets and other establishments selling food and hygiene products for people and animals”.
In these establishments, the diploma says: “You can also buy other products that are available there.”
However, the permitted trips, which are detailed in 13 paragraphs of the decree, must be made “preferably unaccompanied and must respect the recommendations and orders determined by health authorities and security forces, that is, those relating to the distances to be respected between people.”
It is also possible to go out to short walks with pets, alone or with relatives.
Who needs to leave home for They may do so for reasons of health or force majeure, provided they are duly justified.
Among other exceptions are also outings to work. Will take statement employer or self-declaration if you are self-employed.
Security forces and health professionals do not need justification.
WHAT ARE THE 121 TIPS AT HIGHEST RISK?
| Alcácer do Sal | Odivelas |
| Alcochete | Oeiras |
| Alenquer | Oliveira de Azeméis |
| Customs of faith | Oliveira de Frades |
| Stash | Ovary |
| Almada | Palmela |
| Amadora | Coura Walls |
| Amaranth | Walls |
| To love is | Penacova |
| Arouca | Penafiel |
| Arruda dos Vinhos | Weight of Régua |
| Aveiro | Pinhel |
| Azambuja | Ponte de Lima |
| Baião | Porto |
| Barcelos | Póvoa de Varzim |
| Barreiro | Póvoa do Lanhoso |
| Battle | Round |
| Beja | Ribeira da Pena |
| Belmonte | Rio Maior |
| Benavente | Tasty |
| Fight | Santa Comba Dão |
| Braga | Santa Maria da Feira |
| Braganza | Santa Marta de Penaguião |
| Basto headboards | Santarem |
| Cadaval | Santo Tirso |
| Caminha | São Brás de Alportel |
| Cartaxo | São João da Madeira |
| Cascais | São João da Pesqueira |
| White Castle | Sardoal |
| Paiva Castle | Seixal |
| Celorico de Basto | Sesimbra |
| Singe | Setubal |
| keys | Sever do Vouga |
| Cinfães | Breasts |
| Constancy | Sintra |
| Covilhã | Sobral de Monte Agraço |
| Espinho | Tabuaço |
| Wife | Tondela |
| Estremoz | Trancoso |
| Fafe | Trofa |
| Figueira da Foz | Voucher from Cambra |
| Algodres ovens | Valença |
| Fundão | Valongo |
| Gondomar | Viana do Alentejo |
| Look | Viana do Castelo |
| Guimaraes | Vila do Conde |
| Idanha-a-Nova | Vila Flor |
| Lisbon | Vila Franca de Xira |
| Loures | Vila Nova de Cerveira |
| Macedo de Cavaleiros | Vila Nova de Famalicão |
| Mafra | Vila Nova de Gaia |
| Maia | Vila Pouca de Aguiar |
| Canaveses frame | Royal village |
| Matosinhos | Vila Velha de Ródão |
| Cold Table | Green ville |
| Mogadouro | Vila Viçosa |
| Moimenta da Beira | Vizela |
| A lot | |
| Mondim de Basto | |
| Montijo | |
| Murça |
