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From midnight on, circulation between municipalities will be limited until 6 in the morning on November 3. During these five days, the Republican National Guard (GNR) and the Public Security Police (PSP) will carry out a joint inspection operation.
This Thursday, the GNR and the PSP held a press conference in which they clarified the joint operations of the national patrol that will be carried out during this period.
Rui Veloso, GNR’s director of operations, appealed to citizens at the end of the conference: “The order is to stay home. Try to stay at home, avoid unnecessary movements, since this is the only way to contain this pandemic ”.
During the conference, the official explained that “the units will carry out coordinated patrolling, inspection and awareness actions, in order to ensure that the population complies with current regulations and refrains from making unnecessary long trips.”
Regarding the movements, he also stated that “throughout these five days of operation, the workforce will be committed to the movement of people and vehicles, paying special attention to the main daily routes that connect the large cities of the coast, Central and North, interior of Portugal ”.
The director of operations clarified that “they will pay special attention to the places where a greater number of people are likely, that is, in the bus and train terminals” and that they will mainly seek to act in a “line of awareness and pedagogy”, but reiterating that they will not stop “being firm in the face of risky behaviors that could endanger everyone’s safety and public health.”
PSP will compromise “all valences, metropolitan, district and regional commands”, according to Luís Elias, respective director of operations.
In statements to the media, he explained that, in addition to traveling between municipalities, the PSP will also control crowds in large urban centers, particularly at night, as well as the consumption of alcoholic beverages on public roads and the use of masks in the streets. via. public. In addition, the opening hours of the establishments and the respective operating and repopulation regulations and compliance with the mandatory confinement of infected citizens will be controlled.
The PSP’s director of operations also appealed to the common sense of citizens and to limit travel during this period.
“Obviously, here we will have two periods, which will be tomorrow, Friday and Monday, where there will still be many trips for work and study reasons, trips to universities for schools, etc. and the security forces will take these displacements into account, therefore, as long as they are contemplated ”, he warned.
“(…) Given that at this time, by legal diploma and law of the Assembly of the Republic, the use of mask is mandatory, we will increase this inspection of the use of mask. Citizens are also advised to comply with the instructions and advice of the security forces, under penalty of incurring an administrative offense, with the payment of a respective fine, or eventually, and as a limit, in a crime of disobedience or even a crime of falsehood. statements to security forces professionals, ”reiterated the PSP’s director of operations.
Among the prohibitions for the next few days, he stressed that “celebrations and other events that involve an agglomeration of more than five people are not allowed.” Public transportation will also be inspected for compliance with planned capacity.
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