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Here we follow all the developments on the Covid-19 pandemic in the country and in the world.
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9h16 – The health protocol for the return of football is almost completed
The prime minister said on Friday that the clubs of the First Soccer League offer “all the conditions” to guarantee the safety of the players, and stressed that the health protocol is about to be completed.
8h50 – Drastic loss of income for the most fragile
A quarter of families living with values of up to 650 euros a month lost all income during the pandemic. The conclusion is a survey carried out by the National School of Public Health published this Saturday.
Among those who earn more than 2,500 euros, only 6% lost their income.
The economic study warns that the economic consequences of Covid-19 and the closure will mainly affect those who were already more fragile in terms of employment and reduced sources of income.
More than half of the Portuguese respondents (52%) say that they have not had any loss of income, but in households that had between 650 and 1,000 euros available, the percentage falls to 44%.
“Preliminary data seems to indicate that Covid-19 infection is markedly uneven, affecting more municipalities and countries that already have a more precarious socioeconomic profile and may even exacerbate pre-existing socioeconomic vulnerabilities at the individual level,” the study highlights.
8h37 – The Prime Minister admits the celebration of the Avante party
In an interview with the Porto Canal, António Costa said that the political activity of the parties “is not prohibited” and that is why the Avante party can be held, as long as it complies with the guidelines of the General Directorate of Health.
8:10 am – United States. More than 1600 dead in the last 24 hours.
The United States has recorded 1,635 deaths from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths in the country to more than 75,000 since the epidemic began.
Another 29,079 new cases of covid-19 have been identified in the last 24 hours, while some 200,000 people have been declared cured.
The United States remains the country most affected by Covid-19, both in terms of the number of deaths and the number of cases diagnosed. Since the start of the pandemic, more than 1.28 million cases have been reported in the United States alone.
The situation in Portugal
In Portugal, 1,114 people died out of the 27,268 confirmed as infected, and there are 2,422 cases recovered, according to the latest daily bulletin from the General Directorate of Health on the pandemic.
The country has been in a calamity situation since Sunday due to the Covid-19 pandemic, after 45 days in a state of emergency, which ran from March 19 to May 2. The new context allowed the reopening of some spaces and economic activity.
In economic terms, the IMF predicts a recession in Portugal of 8% and an unemployment rate of 13.9% in 2020.
Brussels, on the other hand, estimates a contraction of the national economy of 6.8%, less severe than the European average, but projects a recovery in 2021 of 5.8% of GDP, below the EU average (6 , 1%) and the euro area (6.3%).
The international framework
The Covid-19 pandemic has already claimed more than 272,000 deaths and infected nearly 3.8 million people in 195 countries and territories in recent months.
Since the disease was first detected in China and later in the rest of the world, the governments of several countries have asked for confinement and have sent more than half of the world’s population to their homes, which also ended trade Not essensial. Air traffic has also dropped dramatically and the world economy has completely paralyzed entire sectors.
In view of the reduction of infections and patients in intensive care, but also of the economic difficulties, in the last weeks there have been several countries that have tried to divert, with plans to reduce the restrictive measures.