New lockdown rules announced By Daisy Sampson, in News · 13-01-2021 19:03:00 · 27 Comments
The Prime Minister of Portugal, António Costa, has addressed the nation and announced the new stricter lockdown rules to be applied across the country.
His primary focus was on highlighting the need for everyone to stay at home whenever possible.
“The fundamental message from the decisions that we have made, is to highlight the need for everyone to stay at home, as was practiced in March and April”, said the Prime Minister.
The rules for the lockdown in general will be the same as were applied in the first phase, which were applied from March to April last year. The only major change for this will be that children will be able to attend schools, with all educational establishments remaining opening.
Schools to remain open in full operation By TPN/Lusa, in News · 13-01-2021 19:30:00 · 4 Comments
Schools will remain open in full operation as has happened so far, announced today the Prime Minister, António Costa. We are going to keep the schools running and this is the only, new and relevant exception, said the Prime Minister, António Costa, at the end of the Council of Ministers meeting, during which the new measures for the new confinement were decided. We will keep all educational establishments in full working order as they have been operating until now , he added, stressing that in this decision parents, guardians and school principals were heard.
Festival plan to be presented to government By TPN/Lusa, in News · 10-01-2021 16:00:00 · 0 Comments
The associations and promoters of shows will present, on the 13th, to the Government, proposals to make feasible the holding of festivals and music events in the context of covid-19.
According to the president of the Portuguese Association of Music Festivals (Aporfest), Ricardo Bramão, the meeting is scheduled for the 13th and will be the first of a series of monthly meetings of representatives of festivals and shows with the Minister of Culture, preparing for the year 2021 of festivals, on rules, procedures, to understand the current .
Mandatory weekend curfew almost everywhere in Portugal By TPN/Lusa, in News · 08-01-2021 12:00:00 · 1 Comments
Most of the counties on the Portuguese mainland, with the exception of 25, will have a ban on travel between municipalities and a curfew between 13:00 and 05:00, this coming weekend as Portugal locks down further.
The Government today decided to extend the rules currently in force in the fight against the pandemic in the continental territory, within the scope of the new state of emergency, also determining a precautionary measure this weekend for the municipalities with the greatest risk.
The 25 municipalities that are considered to be at a moderate risk level, with less than 240 cases of infection per 100 thousand inhabitants accumulated in 14 days, are Alcoutim, Aljezur, Almeida, Arronches, Barra