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The Council of Ministers will evaluate the evolution of the pandemic this Friday and if there is consensus in the Government, the councils can be eliminated from the risk list.
The Prime Minister admitted that he had removed from the high-risk list the counties with a decrease in cases, taking into account the criteria defined by the authorities.
“As happened last weekend, the municipalities that have had a positive evolution and that no longer have 240 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days can get out of this framework of restrictive measures,” said António Costa. consulted on Declaration of the President of the Republic at the end of the Infarmed meeting.
At that time, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa indicated that the renewal of the state of emergency would come into effect on November 24, but that some measures could already be applied this weekend.
“The draft decree that the President of the Republic presented to the Assembly of the Republic foresees that it will enter into force at 00:00 hours on November 24 and not before,” the Prime Minister began by indicating, insisting that “the measures that are projected will be to go into effect on that date. “
“If there is consensus, we will apply the same rule because we do not want to impose measures on anyone that are not strictly necessary,” António Costa explained.
On the weekend of the 14th and 15th, the most strict curfew and circulation measures were applied as of 1:00 p.m. in 114 municipalities considered high risk, out of the initial 121. Batalha, Mesão Frio, Moimenta da Beira, Pinhel, São João da Pesqueira, Tabuaço and Tondela were removed from the black list.
The list was expanded to 191 municipalities on November 16, with 77 more municipalities.
The President of the Republic sent this Thursday to the Assembly of the Republic the draft decree that calls for the renewal of the state of emergency.
“It is essential to renew the state of emergency, so that certain restrictive measures can also be renewed, but more adapted to the experience of reality and more differentiated according to the situation and heterogeneity of each municipality, hoping that they can soon produce positive effects”, Read in the text of the proposal sent to the deputies for their consideration this Friday morning.
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