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The curfew during the week at night and on weekends in the 121 most affected municipalities is one of the measures announced by the Prime Minister, António Costa, for the state of emergency, which comes into effect this Monday, the 9th, to Combat the new coronavirus pandemic.
STATE EMERGENCY MEASURES:
1. Body temperature control
In access to:
- Work places
- Educational establishments
- Means of transport
- Commercial, cultural and sports spaces
The prime minister assures that nobody is being considered school closings, highlighting that the Government intends to preserve the right to study and work, so it concentrates the most restrictive measures on the weekend.
2. Diagnostic tests
- Health institutions
- Houses
- Educational establishments
- Entry and exit from the mainland, by air or sea
- Penitentiary establishments
- Other locations, as determined by DGS
António Costa affirmed that one of the measures is the “possibility of carrying out diagnostic tests access to a set of spaces and / or institutions “, that is, antigen tests, of a faster nature.
3. Use of health services in the private and social sectors
4. Mobilization of human resources to strengthen detection capacity
- Workers in prophylactic isolation
- Workers in the risk group
- Teachers without a teaching component
- Military Armed Forces
5. Limitation of circulation on public roads in 121 municipalities, between 11:00 pm and 5:00 am.
6. Limitation of circulation on public roads in 121 municipalities, on weekends from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. the next day.
For the next two weekends, the store will have to close from 1:00 p.m. and the Restaurants will only be able to operate in takeout and home delivery.. But nevertheless, takeaway service can only be available until 1:00 p.m.
Prime Minister António Costa said that the breach of the curfew is not “a criminal matter”, but guaranteed that the citizens who do not comply They will be taken by the authorities to their homes.
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Costa maintains that “everything must be done” to control the pandemic
During the press conference, after the extraordinary Council of Ministers, the Prime Minister defended that “everything” must be done to control the covid-19 pandemic, stating that the measures taken so far and the behaviors have not been enough.
“We cannot have the slightest doubt that everything possible must be done to control the pandemic”
António Costa justified the new measures with the figures of the covid-19 in Portugal.
On limiting circulation, the head of government said:
“We have a clear notion that social interaction has a very important contribution to dissemination” contagion and that the spread develops in the post-employment period.
High risk counties
There are 121 municipalities in mainland Portugal that have been in partial confinement since last week, following the criterion of having “more than 240 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days” or due to the proximity to another municipality in this situation.
The list of municipalities will be updated every 15 days. The next review will take place on Thursday.
Alcácer do Sal, Alcochete, Alenquer, Alfândega da Fé, Alijó, Almada, Amadora, Amarante, Amares, Arouca, Arruda dos Vinhos, Aveiro, Azambuja, Baião, Barcelos, Barreiro, Batalha, Beja, Belmonte, Benavente, Borba, Braga, Bragança, Cabeceiras de Basto, Cadaval, Caminha, Cartaxo, Cascais, Castelo Branco, Castelo de Paiva, Celorico de Basto, Chamusca, Chaves, Cinfães, Constância, Covilhã, Espinho, Esposende, Estremoz, Fafe, Felgueiras, Figuenosira da Foz, Forz de Algodres, Fundão, Gondomar, Guarda, Guimarães, Idanha-a-Nova, Lisboa, Loures, Lousada, Macedo de Cavaleiros, Mafra, Maia, Marco de Canaveses, Matosinhos, Mesão Frio, Mogadouro, Moimenta da Beira, Moita, Mondim de Basto, Montijo, Murça, Odivelas, Oeiras, Oliveira de Azeméis, Oliveira de Frades, Ovar, Paços de Ferreira, Palmela, Paredes de Coura, Paredes, Penacova, Penafiel, Peso da Régua, Pinhel, Ponte de Lima, Porto, Póvoa de Varzim, Póvoa do Lanhoso, Redondo, Ribeira da Pena, Rio Maior, Sabrosa, Santa Comba Dão, Santa Maria da Feir a, Santa Marta de Penaguião, Santarém, Santo Tirso, São Brás de Alportel, São João da Madeira, São João da Pesqueira, Sardoal, Seixal, Sesimbra, Setúbal, Sever do Vouga, Sines, Sintra, Sobral de Monte Agraço, Tabuaço, Tondela, Trancoso, Trofa, Vale da Cambra, Valença, Valongo, Viana do Alentejo, Viana do Castelo, Vila do Conde, Vila Flor, Vila Franca de Xira, Vila Nova de Cerveira, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Vila Nova de Gaia, Vila Pouca de Aguiar, Vila Real, Vila Velha de Ródão, Vila Verde, Vila Viçosa and Vizela.
116 beds for covid patients contracted to private hospitals in the north
The State, through the Northern Regional Health Administration (ARS-N), has already contracted with the private and social sector the use of 116 hospital beds to care for patients with covid, said the prime minister.
The use, “preferably by agreement”, of hospital beds in the private and social sector is one of the measures.
“At this moment, by agreement, we already have 116 covid beds contracted in the ARS-N, with the Fernando Pessoa Hospital, with the Trofa Hospital, with CUF Porto and with the Portuguese Misericórdias União,” said the first. -Minister.
The General Directorate of Health (DGS) announced in the daily bulletin this Saturday that there are 56 more deaths and 6,640 new cases of Covid-19 in Portugal. In total, the country registers 2,848 dead and 173,540 infected by the new coronavirus.
In the last 24 hours, there are 26 more patients admitted to the Intensive Care Units, totaling 366.
As for hospital admissions, 2,420 people are hospitalized, five less than on Friday.
DGS reveals that there are 72,945 active contagion cases, 2,591 more than on Friday. Also in the last 24 hours, 3,993 people were recovered, totaling 97,747 since the start of the pandemic.
Health officials now have 11,661 people under surveillance, 91,350 more than in the past 24 hours.
