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At the end of the Council of Ministers in which the measures that will be in force during the state of emergency were approved, which will be in force between 00:00 on Wednesday, December 9 and 11:59 p.m. on December 23, Minister António Costa stressed that the measures related to the Christmas and New Year period will be subject to evaluation on December 18 to confirm the improvement trend of the covid-19 pandemic.
Regarding the restrictive measures for the new state of emergency, António Costa said that the government’s strategy was to extend what is already in force until Christmas, with “less intensity of the restrictions on January 24, 25 and 1.”
Also according to the prime minister, in the week after the new year “the same level of restrictions” that will exist until Christmas must be maintained.
Period between December 9 and 23
“Extremely High Risk” and “Very High Risk” Counties
– Prohibition of circulation on public roads between 23:00 and 05:00 on weekdays.
– Prohibition of circulation on public roads on weekends between 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m.
– General duty of home collection outside the period between 23:00 and 05:00 on weekdays, and from 13:00 on weekends.
– On business days, commercial establishments must close until 10:00 p.m. Restaurants, cultural facilities and sports facilities must close until 10:30 PM (catering establishments can operate until 1:00 AM, but only for home deliveries).
– On weekends and holidays, commercial establishments can only operate between 08:00 and 13:00. The catering can work after that time, but only for ‘take away’ and home deliveries.
“High Risk” Counties
– Prohibition of circulation on public roads between 23:00 and 05:00.
– General duty of home collection outside the period between 23:00 and 05:00.
– Commercial establishments must close until 10:00 p.m. Restaurants, cultural facilities and sports facilities must close until 10:30 PM (catering establishments can operate until 01:00, but only for home deliveries).
“Moderate Risk” Counties
– Commercial establishments cannot open before 10:00 am, with the exception of hairdressers, barbers, beauty salons, restaurants and the like, cafeterias, tea houses and the like, driving schools and vehicle technical inspection centers, as well as gyms . and gyms.
– Most of the commercial establishments close between 8 pm and 11 pm, being able to set the closing time, within this interval, as well as the opening hours, by the mayors of the town halls, with the prior favorable opinion of the authority local health and security forces.
– Restaurants must close at 1:00 am (with new entries until midnight), their capacity is limited to 50% of their capacity. Groups are limited to six people (unless they belong to the same household), except in establishments located less than 300 meters from a school and in the food courts of shopping centers, where they are limited to four people (if not house ).
Native
– Circulation between municipalities is allowed between December 23 and 26
“Extremely High Risk”, “Very High Risk” and “High” Counties
– On December 23, the curfew is maintained between 01:00 and 05:00, except “for people who travel”.
– On December 24 and 25, the curfew will only be from 02:00 until 05:00.
– On December 26 (Saturday) the ban on driving on public roads comes into force only at 11:00 p.m.
– On December 24 and 25, and regardless of their location, restaurants can operate until 1:00 am (public access must be excluded for new entries at 12:00 am) and closing time does not apply to cultural establishments.
– On December 26, the catering establishments can operate, for meals at the establishment, until 15:30.
New Year
– Traffic between municipalities is prohibited between 00:00 hours on December 31, 2020 and 05:00 hours on January 4, 2021, “except for health, emergency or other expressly provided reasons.”
– It is forbidden to hold parties or public celebrations or celebrations open to the public of a non-religious nature on December 31 and January 1, 2021.
– According to the prime minister, on New Year’s Eve “public gatherings for more than six people are not allowed.”
– On December 31, the ban on driving on public roads only comes into effect at 2:00 am.
– On January 1, 2021, the curfew enters into force at 11:00 p.m.
– On New Year’s Eve, restaurants and similar establishments, regardless of location, may close until 1:00 am (public access must be excluded for new entries at 12:00 am).
– On January 1, in regions of “extremely high risk” and “very high risk”, catering establishments and similar establishments may only operate, for the service of meals in the establishment, until 3:30 p.m.
