Lisbon.
The Prime Minister explained this Saturday that the Government’s strategy was to prolong the restriction measures until Christmas, and then there was less intensity on the 24th, 25th of December and 1st of January, then resuming the level of limitations.
At the press conference to present the new restrictive measures due to the pandemic and the plan for Christmas, António Costa explained that it is essential to maintain the effort so that one can “achieve the goal of reaching Christmas with the least number of infected people possible” since “the less infected, the lower the risk of transmission”.
Municipalities with a very high and extreme risk of transmitting covid-19 are again banned from driving on public roads from 1 pm and until 5 am on the weekends of December 12 and 13 and December 19 and 20 .
“The strategy we have adopted for this month is a strategy to extend the measures currently in force until the 24th and 25th, with less restrictions on the 24th, 25th and 1st of January and still maintain the level of restrictions in the period later “, synthesized.
CHRISTMAS
The exceptions presented today for Christmas will be reassessed on December 18 to confirm the improvement trend and to see if it will be necessary to “apply the emergency brake”. From 23 to 26 December, circulation between municipalities is allowed.
The Government will not impose a limit on the number of people at Christmas . “Our understanding is that the State should not meddle in the organization of families’ lives: families today have enough information to know that meetings are moments of risk.
Circulation on public roads:
- Night from 23 to 24: only allowed for those in transit
- 24th and 25th: allowed until 2:00 am the next day
- Day 26: allowed until 23:00
Restaurants can work:
- On the nights of 24 and 25 until 1:00 h
- Day 26 at lunch until 3:30 pmNEW YEAR
Circulation between municipalities is prohibited on New Year’s Eve between 12 am on December 31 and 5 am on 4 January. On New Year’s Eve, circulation is only allowed until 2:00 am. All public parties or open to the public and gatherings with more than six people on the public road are prohibited.
Circulation on public roads:
- On New Year’s Eve it is allowed until 2:00 am
- On the 1st of January until 23:00
Restaurants can work:
- On the night of 31 until 1:00 am
- On the 1st of January at lunch service until 15:30 hours
On Friday, with the favorable votes of the PS, PSD and the non-registered deputy Cristina Rodrigues, the Assembly of the Republic approved the renewal of the state of emergency – a diploma opposed by the PCP, ENP, Chega and Liberal Initiative, and the abstentions from Bloco de Esquerda, PAN, CDS and the non-registered deputy Joacine Katar Moreira.
This presidential decree that renews the state of emergency until December 23, with a reference in the introduction to its “foreseeable” extension until January 7, has content identical to what is in force, namely maintaining the rules that allow restrictive measures to contain the covid-19 by groups of municipalities, including a ban on circulation in certain periods or days of the week.
