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With this update, a total of 191 municipalities are now covered by the measures of the state of emergency, which runs until November 23, including the prohibition of driving on public roads during the week, between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. , and next weekend. week between 1 pm and 5 am.
Among the 18 counties of the district capital in mainland Portugal, Leiria It is the only one that remains outside the list, in which Viana do Castelo, Braga, Vila Real, Bragança, Porto, Guarda, Aveiro, Castelo Branco, Santarém, Lisbon, Setúbal and Beja were still identified and Viseu, Coimbra were included , Portalegre, Évora and Faro.
Reevaluated every 15 days by the Government, the list is defined according to the general criteria of the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) of “more than 240 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days”, and considering the proximity to another municipality in this situation and the exception of foci located in low-density municipalities.
You can consult the restrictions and the group of territories covered, which continues to include all the municipalities of the metropolitan areas of Lisbon and Porto. here.
The seven counties that are no longer included on Friday are Moimenta da Beira, Tabuaço, São João da Pesqueira, Mesão Frio, Pinhel, Tondela and Batalha.
Clarified restrictions
Regarding the measures applied to the areas of greatest risk, The Government decided to “put an end to the errors”, determining that, during the weekend, the opening of the business will be from 8 am and the closing at 1 pm, except for pharmacies, clinics and offices, establishments that sell food up to 200 meters squares with door to the street and gasoline pumps, among other cases.
With the authorization of the mayor of the territorially competent municipality with the favorable opinion of the local health authority and security forces, “establishments whose opening hours are prior to 8 in the morning may continue to practice their usual opening hours”, read in resolution. of the Council of Ministers.
“In the case of establishments authorized to operate 24 hours a day, they are authorized to reopen after 8:00 am,” determined the Government, noting that the suspension of activities in commercial establishments in high-risk municipalities “is a special rule and prevails over the other provisions of this regime that provide otherwise ”.
During the weekend, starting at 1 in the afternoon, the catering in these municipalities can only work for home delivery, said António Costa, announcing 20% support for the loss of income from restaurants on the weekends. week when they have to close for the average of the previous 44 weekends (January to October 2020).
Mandatory telework
In addition to the curfew, municipalities with a high risk of transmission of covid-19 have the duty to stay at home, mandatory telework, the closure of commercial establishments until 10 p.m. and restaurants until 10:30 a.m. night, and a ban. events and celebrations with more than five people, unless they belong to the same household.
These special measures are in force within the scope of the declaration of the calamity situation throughout the continental national territory, which was extended until 11:59 p.m. on November 23, according to the resolution of the Council of Ministers no. 96-B / 2020., published on Thursday in Diário da República.
According to the decree that regulates the application of the state of emergency, effective from November 9 to November 23, and which is applicable throughout the national territory, in the municipalities with the highest risk identified in the declaration of the situation of calamity, the ban applies. on public roads, a measure that provides for a set of 13 exceptions for authorized trips.
Exceptions include the performance of professional functions such as health professionals and civil protection agents, obtaining medical care, trips to food and hygiene establishments, assistance to vulnerable people, exercise of freedom of the press and short walking tours. .
