Portugal bans travels between departments between October 30th and November 3rd, lockdown for 3 municipalities
The Portuguese government of Antonio Costa announced this Thursday the ban on movement between each department (concelhos) between October 30th and November 3rd, in order to fight against the spread of the coronavirus epidemic which has already made more than 2,000 deaths since the onset of covid-19 in Portugal. This shock measure aims to avoid travel for the weekend of November 1, a public holiday in Portugal and an opportunity for families to get together. Lisbob, the expatriate assistant, tells you all about the travel ban in Portugal.
Portugal bans traffic between departments between October 30th and November 3rd, lockdown for 3 municipalities
The Portuguese government approved this Thursday a resolution which establishes the ban on movement in the various departments of the continental territory on the first weekend of November, from midnight on October 30th to 11.59 p.m. on November 3rd, "the weekend corresponding to the day. of the dead ”, declared the Minister of the Presidency, Mariana Vieira da Silva.
In addition to this measure which covers the entire continental territory, a resolution was also adopted on Thursday imposing the lockdown in three municipalities of the country, where the pandemic has recorded a greater number of cases: Felgueiras, Lousada and Paços de Ferreira.
Portuguese Minister Mariana Vieira da Silva recalled, during a press conference after the Council of Ministers meeting, that these are the same guidelines previously given to the 19 districts of Lisbon which for a few weeks did not register any decrease the number of covid-19 cases, thus imposing stricter measures.
Since the beginning of October, these three counties have already recorded, together, around 2,000 cases, a number well above the number of infections recorded between the months of March and September (1,341).
This Monday, when the Portuguese General Directorate of Health updated the weekly number of cases per municipality, Lousada (259 new cases) and Paços de Ferreira (565) were on the list of ten municipalities with the most weekly increases. higher. The Portuguese government hopes in this way to make the population react and make them understand that it is up to them to decide how to "fight" against the coronavirus epidemic.