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The President of the Republic signed this Thursday the Government decree that limits circulation between municipalities from May 1 to 3, a period in which the state of emergency will be transferred to a situation of public calamity.
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa signed this decree “taking into account the signal that we intend to give next weekend, that is, in the transition between the state of emergency and the period that will begin, that the beginning of the gradual social and economic recovery the The economy cannot jeopardize the steps taken by the Portuguese to contain and control the outbreak, “reads a note published on the website of the Presidency of the Republic.
This decree regulates the state of emergency and the state of calamity in the period between the holiday this Friday, Labor Day and Sunday and was approved today by the Government.
According to the communiqué of the Council of Ministers, “the movement of citizens outside the municipality of habitual residence is limited in the period between 00:00 on May 1, 2020 and 11:59 p.m. on May 3, 2020, except for health reasons or other reasons of urgent urgency. “
The head of state also issued a decree law also approved today by the Government that “alters the regime for the organization and operation of the XXII Constitutional Government with the aim of guaranteeing better coordination of the services of the central administration at the regional or district level and adequate supra-municipal articulation. “
“For this purpose, a flexible structure is foreseen for the articulation and dialogue between the decentralized structures of the State, local authorities and entities of the social sectors,” is mentioned in the communiqué of the Council of Ministers.
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa issued this diploma “taking into account the urgent need for coordination of regional or district bodies for direct and indirect administration of the State, in periods such as the Covid-19 pandemic, thus filling a void left by the extinction of the civil governors “, according to the note published on the website of the Presidency of the Republic.
The Covid-19 pandemic affected 195 countries and territories, with more than 230,000 people dead and more than 3.2 million people infected worldwide, with approximately 908,000 patients considered cured, according to the AFP news agency.
In Portugal, 989 people died in a total of 25,045 infected people and 1,519 patients recovered, according to the General Directorate of Health.
Covid-19 is a disease transmitted by a new coronavirus detected in late December in Wuhan, a city in central China.
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