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According to the government decree that regulates the application of the state of emergency, it is prohibited to leave the municipality of residence during this period “except for health reasons or other reasons of imperative urgency.”
This prohibition had already been applied last week, between Friday, November 27, and the early morning of Wednesday, December 2.
There are ten exceptions to the prohibition of movement between municipalities in mainland Portugal, namely travel for the performance of professional functions with a declaration issued by the employer or by the employer, in the case of self-employed workers and sole proprietors.
Health professionals and workers of health and social assistance institutions, teachers and non-teaching staff of schools, civil protection agents, security forces, military and inspectors of the Food and Economic Security Authority (ASAE) do not require a employer statement to circulate.
The heads of sovereign bodies, leaders of the social partners and political parties represented in the Assembly of the Republic, and “people with free transit issued in the legal terms”, as well as ministers of worship, personnel of diplomatic missions and consular offices and organizations international companies located in Portugal.
Travel to schools, nurseries, to participate in procedural acts and to attend public services is also allowed, provided that their appointment is proven.
The necessary displacements can also be made to “leave the continental national territory” and of “non-resident citizens to places of proven permanence”, such as “displacements for other imperative family reasons, namely, the fulfillment of shared parental responsibility”.
“Homecoming” is also allowed.
Measures to contain the covid-19 pandemic during the current period of state of emergency will remain in effect until 11:59 pm on Tuesday.
The Government has already announced that on Saturday the measures to contain the covid-19 pandemic will be announced, which will last until the first days of January, including during the Christmas and New Year period.
