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The Government on Thursday increased the list of counties considered to be at high risk of transmission to 191. After the Council of Ministers was held, the Prime Minister affirmed that “the situation is serious.”
We have a frankly higher evolution of new cases than we had in the worst phase of the first wave. We have significantly more hospitalized people than the first vacancy. We have a number of people hospitalized in intensive care more than the first wave “, said.
Given the constant increase in cases, António Costa says that the first days of the new state of emergency, which came into effect on November 9 and applies to high-risk counties, are marked by compliance with the measures by the population.
The Prime Minister again referred to the need to face the pandemic and to limit restrictions on the life of the population to a minimum: “The responsibility of those who have to decide is to find the balance that ensures that the necessary measures are taken” .
Watch the list of 191 municipalities with high risk of transmission.
Although the situation is more serious, António Costa points out that the measures applied by the Government are less intense and are aimed mainly at weekends.
Despite this, and according to the Prime Minister, “it is clear that the effort [do Governo] it generated misunderstandings and opened the door to an excess of concentration on the exceptions and a devaluation of the rule ”.
We’ve seen a kind of ‘Where’s the exception for not following the stay-at-home rule?’ Contest. “, he stated.
According to António Costa, the Government was thus forced to eliminate misunderstandings, explaining that all establishments will only be able to open between 08:00 and 13:00 next weekends, with the exception of pharmacies, clinics and offices, bombs. gas stations and food stores with doors to the street and up to 200 square meters.
Faced with the manifest desire of non-compliance, we simply have to adopt a strict rule, and the rule is: at 1 pm, everything is closed “, he reiterated.
The decree-law of the state of emergency is in force until November 23, but the prime minister said that the next Council of Ministers could appreciate an extension of the situation, if that is the will of the President of the Republic, since it will have to be Marcelo. Rebelo de Sousa requesting this extension.
At this point, António Costa affirms that “it is unthinkable not to think about a new state of emergency”, reiterating that the measures are “less intense”, but that they may be “longer.”
Although the measures apply to all municipalities in force, which are now 191, the Prime Minister explained that the Minister of Health will request the General Health Directorate to program, considering that the figures presented in the municipalities are disparate, with cases in which the criterion is exceeded by very little and others that far exceed the limit of 240 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants in the last 14 days.
Clearing up the aforementioned “misunderstandings”, the prime minister said that restaurants can only operate from 1:00 pm for home delivery.
António Costa also announced that there will be a 20% support loss of income from restaurants in both weekends compared to the average of the 44 previous weekends (from January to October 2020).
