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This Thursday, the Council of Ministers decreed the prohibition of circulation between municipalities from October 30 to November 3, also announcing a national duel on November 2. Paços de Ferreira, Lousada and Felgueiras now have specific measures, namely the duty to stay at home.
Eight days after the return to the Calamity situation was announced, the Government decided to impose new measures to combat the spread of the new coronavirus in the country. So, Between October 30 and November 3, the weekend corresponding to the Day of the Dead, circulation between municipalities is suspended.
The Minister of the Presidency, Mariana Vieira da Silva, also announced that the Council of Ministers decided to declare the November 2 as a national day of mourning “as a form of tribute to all the deceased, especially the victims of the pandemic.”
It is also worth mentioning a set of special decisions applicable to the municipalities of Felgueiras, Lousada and Paços de Ferreira, which are facing an exponential increase in new COVID-19 infections. António Costa met with the three mayors this Wednesday and dismissed the need to resort to a sanitary fence or confinement, announcing “consensus among all” on the strategies to adopt.
Among the measures, which They will come into force at midnight this Friday and for 15 days, this: ” duty to stay home, and citizens must refrain from circulating in public spaces and roads, as well as in private spaces and roads equivalent to public roads, except for a set of trips that are authorized, that is, for the acquisition of goods and services, for the performance of professional activities. and school and for health reasons. “
It should also be noted that private vehicles can drive “as long as it is to carry out authorized activities or to refuel at gas stations. “
In these three counties of Vale do Sousa, all commercial establishments will close at 10 pm, with the exception of pharmacies and places for the sale of non-prescription drugs, doctors’ offices, clinics and veterinary medical attention centers with emergencies, service areas and gas stations.
The Council of Ministers also decided ban events with more than five people, “unless they belong to the same household”, and of all the fairs and markets.
Another measure is mandatory adoption of the teleworking regime provided that the corresponding functions allow it. Finally, the Visits to nursing homes and day care centers are suspended..
Mariana Vieira da Silva recalled that these measures are similar to the guidelines previously applied to the 19 parishes in Lisbon that registered a greater number of cases of infection.
At the meeting of the Council of Ministers it was also agreed that the General Directorate of Health will acquire between this month and March 2021 more than one hundred thousand bottles of antiviral drug remdesivir, with the commercial name Veklury, for the treatment of patients with covid-19.
The decision was announced by the Minister of Health, Marta Temido, who explained that “the acquisition of more than one hundred thousand bottles” will cost about 35 million euros, since each one costs 345 euros.
With this purchase, the Government intends to “cover the healthcare needs of our patients (…) between October 2020 and March 2021.”
Remdesivir is indicated for the treatment of adult and adolescent patients with pneumonia who need supplemental oxygen and was authorized in the European Union for covid-19, recalled Marta Temido.
The acquisition will be carried out through a specific contract to be signed within the framework of the joint acquisition framework contract between the European Commission and the pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences.
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