The deconfinement plan revealed by the Portuguese government yesterday will be slow gradual. The four defining dates are as follows...
March 15th
• Nurseries, pre-school and infant schools
• Hairdressers, manicurists and the like;
• Bookstores, car trade and real estate mediation;
• Libraries and archives.
April 5th
• Junior Schools
• Social facilities for the disabled;
• Museums, monuments, palaces, art galleries and the like;
• Stores up to 200 m2 with a door to the street;
• Fairs and non-food markets (by municipal decision);
• Cafe/Restaurant outdoor terraces (max. 4 people);
• Low-risk sports facilities;
• Outdoor physical activity for up to 4 people and gyms without group classes.
April 19th
• Secondary education;
• University education;
• Cinemas, theatres, auditoriums, concert halls;
• Public offices with live attendance by appointment;
• All stores and shopping centers;
• Restaurants, cafes and pastry shops (max. 4 people inside or 6 on terraces) until 10 pm or 1 pm on weekends and holidays;
• Medium-risk sports facilities;
• Outdoor physical activity for up to 6 people and gyms without group classes;
• Outdoor events with reduced capacity;
• Weddings and baptisms with a 25% capacity.
May 3
• Restaurants, cafes and pastry shops (max. 6 people inside or 10 on terraces) with no time limit;
• All sports modalities;
• Outdoor physical activity and gyms;
• Large outdoor and indoor events with reduced capacity;
• Weddings and baptisms with 50% capacity.
GENERAL RULES
• Telework, whenever possible;
• Opening hours: 9:00 pm during the week; 1 pm at weekends and holidays or 7 pm for food retail;
• Prohibition of circulation between municipalities on 20-21 / 03 and from 26/03 to 5/04 (Easter).
Original article available in Portuguese at http://postal.pt/
