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There are 77 municipalities more willing to enter the list of municipalities with stricter rules to face the advance of the covid-19 pandemic in Portugal. The announcement was made by Prime Minister António Costa on Thursday. Viseu, Faro and Évora are among the counties that enter the new list, starting next Monday. But there are also reliefs. While 77 counties will face tougher restrictions, there is a green light for another seven counties, which will leave the “red list” this Friday. Accounts made, Portugal will have 191 counties signed and will face the strictest restrictions of the state of emergency.
Although the exit of the seven provinces will take effect as of Friday, the entry of the 77 provinces on the list will only occur on November 16 in order to ensure that “everyone has enough time to adapt to the new measures.” explained. the first Minister. However, the situation is serious, warned the head of government. “This does not mean that we devalue the seriousness of the situation in each of these regions. We recommend everyone the greatest prudence, because they already have a high incidence ”, he emphasized.
Government speaks of “serious and more critical situation than in the first phase
Eight months after the arrival of the pandemic in Portugal, António Costa stressed that the country is in a worse situation than it was in the first wave of covid-19. At the end of Thursday’s Council of Ministers meeting, which lasted more than eight hours, the prime minister assesses “widespread” compliance and “exemplary civic behavior.” The prime minister praised the change in schedules of cultural shows and football matches, in order to respect the movement restrictions imposed since the beginning of the week.
António Costa also responded to the criticisms that have been made of the responses designed by the Government. “We have tried to achieve a balance between people’s health and life,” he explained.
The assessment is made on the second day with the most deaths since the start of the pandemic (just behind the 82 deaths reported on Wednesday). The bulletin of the Directorate General of Health (DGS) released this Thursday marked 78 more deaths from covid-19 and 5,839 new cases of contagion registered this Wednesday alone.
The new state of emergency began on Monday and lasts until November 23 (it can be extended for periods of 15 days), with stricter rules for the 121 counties in the country that were the most affected by the pandemic at that time, which already They have their own set of rules as of November 4.
This Thursday, Portugal registered another 5,839 new cases and 78 deaths. It is the second day with the most deaths since the start of the pandemic (just behind the 82 deaths reported on Wednesday), the number of deaths stands at 3,181 (an increase of 2.5%). The total number of infected people has reached 198,011 since the start of the pandemic. The North Region once again concentrates more than half of the deaths and new cases and the Central Region reaches the maximum daily number of infections for the second consecutive day.
