– Lusa
The Government will not give a tolerance for a point on Carnival Tuesday, the 16th, because the country is in general confinement due to the covid-19, without public festivities.
“Point tolerance aims to allow people to participate in festivities and celebrations that this year will not exist in view of the country’s current context,” said the same government source.
Next week, the state of emergency in Portugal should be renewed for another 15 days, extending until March 1st, and everything indicates that the general duty of retention and the closure of a wide range of activities to contain the spread of the new coronavirus.
On the other hand, according to the Government, on the 16th, distance learning should be underway in a period that is usually of academic interruption.
Since António Costa is prime minister, this will be the first time that there will be no point tolerance on Tuesday of Carnival.
The current general confinement in Portugal has been in place since the 15th and the state of emergency since November 9th.
On Thursday, Portugal recorded 225 deaths related to covid-19 and 7,914 cases of infection with the new coronavirus, according to the Directorate-General for Health (DGS).
The DGS bulletin also indicated that 6,496 people were hospitalized on Thursday, 188 less than the day before, of which 863 were in intensive care units, 14 less.
Since the beginning of the covid-19 pandemic, 13,482 people have died in Portugal, in a total of 748,858 confirmed cases of infection.
