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Before declaring a state of emergency for a period of 15 days, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa listened to the Government, which issued a favorable opinion on Thursday, and was authorized by the Assembly of the Republic, which was given on Friday, with votes in favor. . in favor of PS, PSD and CDS-PP, abstentions of BE, PAN and Basta and votes against PCP, ENP and Liberal Initiative.
The state of emergency, which had never been applied in democracy in Portugal, was in force between March 19 and May 2, with two consecutive renewals, for a total of 45 days.
On this occasion, unlike the previous ones, the decree of state of exception does not include mandatory confinement and, according to the Prime Minister, António Costa, presents “four dimensions”, the first of which allows to restrict travel again ” that is, in the municipalities with the highest level of risk “and” during certain periods of the day or certain days of the week.
Under the current state of emergency decree, it is also allowed to impose body temperature controls and diagnostic tests for the new coronavirus to access certain locations, and to mobilize workers and the Armed Forces and security forces to strengthen the authorities of security. health in epidemiological surveys and contact tracking.
In accordance with the decree of the President of the Republic, public resources, means and establishments of the private, social and cooperative sector may be used by public authorities, “preferably by agreement” and “for just compensation”, for the treatment of patients with Covid-19. or other pathologies.Steps taken so far
Last Saturday, the Government also met in the Council of Ministers to then approve a set of measures to reinforce the prevention of Covid-19 and during which the Prime Minister announced that he would propose to the President of the Republic a hearing for the declaration of the state of emergency.
Last Monday, António Costa, after being received at the Belém Palace, asked the President of the Republic to declare a state of emergency, in a “preventive” manner, to face the effects of the covid-19 pandemic and eliminate doubts legal. on government action.
This Friday, first thing in the morning, in an interview with Antena 1, the prime minister stressed that the measures included in the state of emergency decree will not have to be adopted all simultaneously.
“The limit (the state of emergency) can be reached until the end of the pandemic, but that does not mean that the measures, in particular, last permanently. We can have measurements that last for a weekend, as happened last week, and then disappear“he mentioned as an example.
Also on Friday, but at the beginning of the night, in his communication to the country, the President of the Republic affirmed that the state of emergency “will be reassessed at the end of November, on its existence, its scope and its content“without taking its renewal for granted.
