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How the government is preparing for deconfinement in Portugal

&amp;NewLine;<p>After several weeks of confinement in Portugal, the Council of Ministers is preparing for the deconfinement&amp;period; <&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">The government prepares for deconfinement in Portugal <&sol;h2>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>The Council of Ministers has announced which commercial sectors will resume their economic activity in accordance with the health safety standards set for this purpose&amp;comma; decontamination in Portugal will take place on the following dates&amp;comma; May 4 and 18 for the first two and June 1 for the last one. <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;vivreauportugalconsulting&period;com&sol;faire-une-demande-de-pret-a-ihru&sol;">economic sector<&sol;a>&amp;period; <&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>According to the Prime Minister, Friday's meeting was aimed at "&amp;ThinSpace;testing the planned hygiene standards so that everyone feels safe when work resumes&amp;ThinSpace;"&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>All sectors of activity will have to set their own safety standards, which will then have to be validated by the Direction générale de la santé&amp;period; These standards must all be able to be applied when leaving containment&amp;period; <&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>According to António Costa&amp;comma; the decommissioning standards in Portugal will come into force 15 by 15 days&amp;comma; the first on May 4&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;comma; the second on May 18&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;and the last on June 1&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;period; Be careful though&amp;comma; it seems that not all sectors of activity are included&amp;period; <&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>Consequently&amp;comma; on April 30&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;april&amp;comma; after the Council of Ministers&amp;comma; the government will announce the activities concerned by the resumption of activity, and of course these resumptions of activity will be subject to very precise rules&amp;period; <&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>António Costa stated that the executive's objective&amp;comma; with this phased decontamination schedule&amp;comma; will be to measure the health impact and ensure that the "&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;full&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;" resumption of activity in Portugal is feasible and allows citizens to work in low&amp;period safety conditions; <&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p><strong>This meeting was also attended by the hairdressers' association<&sol;strong>&amp;comma; in order to better study the "&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;sanitary&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;" rules to be put in place for both customers and professionals in the sector&amp;period; <&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>Antonio Costa&amp;comma; also reminded us that there will be no normality until a vaccine against <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;portobeautiful&period;com&sol;covid-19-au-portugal-point-sur-la-situation&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" aria-label&equals;"covid-19 &lpar;opens in a new tab&rpar;" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" class&equals;"rank-math-link">covid-19<&sol;a> and that we must all quickly assimilate the sanitary rules in order to limit all risks&amp;period; <&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;

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