The government will continue to make teleworking mandatory in all municipalities in Portugal until 13 June, coinciding with the extension of the state of.
Covid-19 state of emergency to end Friday
The state of emergency will end on Friday as infections drop sharply and the country prepares to substantially ease a strict lockdown imposed more than three months ago.
Declared in mid-January to tackle what was then the world’s worst increase in infections, the state of emergency allowed the government to impose tough measures to suspend people’s rights and freedoms.
Portugal will now transition to a state of “calamity”, which still allows the government to impose some measures to reduce the risk of contagion but the rules it can put in place are more limited and must be justified.