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Luís Marques Mendes maintains that the Government should take advantage of the extraordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers, called for Monday, to make an assessment of the current confinement. “I recommended that the Government evaluate the exceptions it created much more rigorously and reduce them because people are having very creative interpretations,” he defended this Sunday, warning of a “dramatic” situation in the country. “There are no miracles and this is tearing the seams. I hope that tomorrow the government will be more strict. “
The SIC commentator also left two other negative notes to the government’s actions: “facilitism” during the Christmas period by easing restrictions and “Waste of time in decision making”, that “could have been taken in the previous week,” he defends. “The measures were ready”, he says. “In terms of health, this time is an eternity. [Esperar] one week are deaths that could have been prevented and were not ”.
However, the former Social Democratic leader praised the government for the decision to go ahead with the confinement and agreed with the decision not to close schools. “I think this exception is positive “He stressed, pointing out as reasons the impact that the closure of schools has in educational and social terms. “Stopping schools for two years in a row is fatal. And for many children and young people, being in school is the opportunity to have a decent meal ”.
Given the gravity of the situation and the pre-catastrophe scenario experienced in many hospitals, Marques Mendes also highlights the need for “civic responsibility” for each person. “People have a duty to fulfill and not to facilitate or relax.”
Governments in the vaccination plan
Marques Mendes confirmed that Vaccination against covid-19 will be completed by the end of February in homes and long-term care units.. “At the end of this month 128 thousand more doses of Pfizer will arrive, although with reduction, and 11 thousand of Moderna,” he said, recalling that AstraZeneca has already sent results of the latest clinical trials to the European Medicines Agency, an important step towards that the vaccine will be distributed.
The commenter also argued that the The President of the Republic, the President of the Assembly of the Republic, the Prime Minister, the Minister of Health and other ministers must be vaccinated as a matter of priority. “It is not a question of privilege, it is a question of normality. Health professionals were prioritized because they are at the forefront, ”he explained. “I would appeal to the Director General of Health to make this decision quickly in the technical vaccination plan. It will be providing a service to the country ”.
