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Speaking to Lusa, the president of PRO.VAR, Daniel Serra, affirmed that the measures approved by the Council of Ministers “are not yet the most serious”, but they bring “additional restrictions”, that is, the closing time, which it will “clearly” have a “negative effect on restoration”.
“Reducing hours [de encerramento] at 10:30 pm we are concerned because a lot of restoration, especially the concept and the experience, will cause a large part of their business to shrink, “said Daniel Serra, adding that this type of measure ends up” discouraging customers from going to restaurants ”, for reducing people’s departures to“ strictly necessary ”.
The Government announced on Saturday that 121 municipalities will be covered, as of Wednesday, by the civic duty of home collection, new hours in establishments and mandatory telework, except for “motivated opposition” by the worker, by the covid-19.
“Today’s measures are a preparation for a strategy that aims to reduce the frequency of people on the streets and in turn in restaurants,” he said, adding that after the Prime Minister’s press conference, several businessmen contacted the PRO.VAR signage. the intention to end the activity.
In these 121 municipalities, commercial and service establishments, as well as those located in commercial establishments, must close until 10:00 p.m. while in restaurants the closing time is at 10:30 p.m.
Likewise, the Government decided that in these 121 municipalities it is mandatory to adopt the teleworking regime, regardless of the employment relationship, provided that the functions in question allow it.
For the entire territory of mainland Portugal, the number of people in each group in restaurants is limited to six, unless they belong to the same household.
The president of PRO.VAR considers that measures have been taken that correspond to the “easiest solutions” that neglect the economic aspect, exemplifying with the prohibition of circulation between municipalities that runs from October 30 to November 3.
“How were people supposed to move? [neste fim de semana], the simplest solution was to prohibit traffic between municipalities ”, which is having an“ impact of millions of euros ”.
“PRO.VAR does not want to interfere in public health matters, what we ask is that, in return, the Government present measures and support that can compensate for the losses that the restaurants will have,” said Daniel Serra. These measures include exemptions from the Single Social Rate, simplified dismissal or non-refundable support, he said.
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