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José Sena Goulão / Lusa
During the New Year period, due to the pandemic, circulation between municipalities is prohibited and there is a mandatory curfew from 11 pm on December 31 throughout the continental territory, and street gatherings and public parties are prohibited. .
According to the Government’s measures for the New Year period, circulation between municipalities in the continental territory is prohibited between 00:00 on December 31 and 05:00 on January 4, 2021, that is, between Thursday and Monday. “Except for reasons of health, urgent urgency or other specifically foreseen”.
The curfew, in which traffic on public roads is prohibited, applies to the entire continental territory, on December 31 from 11 p.m. and on January 1, 2 and 3 from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. the following day.
On Thursday, December 31, New Year’s Eve, “from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. on January 1, 2021, the prohibition of circulation in public spaces and roads is applied throughout the continental territory. , or in private spaces and roads similar to public roads ”, according to the decree of the Council of Ministers.
For the new Year “Public parties or parties open to the public” are prohibited. And, like Christmas, roadside gatherings with more than six people are not allowed.
Government measures reinforced in the New Year
Initially, on December 5, the Government said that on New Year’s Eve the curfew would be at 2 a.m. and only for municipalities considered to be of extreme and very high risk of transmitting the new coronavirus, but the measures were revalued on December 17. December and suffered an aggravation.
“Contrary to what we announced 15 days ago […], we have to cut the New Year’s celebrations completely, ”said then-Prime Minister António Costa, at the end of the Council of Ministers meeting.
With the relaxation of the restrictions at Christmas, the Government decided to “adopt maximum containment measures” during the New Year period, to prevent the “greater risk” of Christmas celebrations from multiplying in an exponential growth in the transmission of covid- 19.
With the change of curfew on December 31 and January 1, and the weekend of January 2 and 3, restaurant hours were also changed.
Thus, throughout the continental territory, on December 31, restaurants will have to close until 10:30 p.m. and on January 1, 2 and 3 until 1:00 p.m., “except for home deliveries.”
New business hours
Regardless of the list of municipalities by level of risk of transmission of covid-19, throughout the continent, retail and service establishments, including supermarkets, can be open only Between the From 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. from January 1 to 3, that is, from Friday to Sunday.
According to the updated list of risk levels, which will remain in effect until January 7 under the state of emergency, there are 30 counties at extreme risk of contagion, 79 at very high risk, 92 at high risk and 77 at moderate risk.
In Madeira and the Azores the same rules do not apply Mainland Portugal, but regional governments also decided to apply special measures.
In madeira, crowds of more than five people are not allowed, the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages on public roads is prohibited, except on duly authorized terraces, and restaurants can only operate until 11 pm, but exceptionally it is allowed to close at midnight December 30 and at 1 in the morning from December 31 to January 1.
The region, as usual, will have the end of the year fireworks display, having defined “scholarships” (areas limited to a maximum of five people in different observation areas. However, the Regional Government requested that people watch the show at home, through the Internet and television.
In the Azores, the measures in force until January 7 determine that all beverage establishments and similar, with dance spaces, are closed, and bars and other beverage establishments, with or without a show and with or without terrace service, must close until 10pm.
