&NewLine;<p>The Council of Ministers announced last Thursday that the whole of mainland Portugal would return to an emergency situation as of September 15&period; </p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Is this a step backwards in view of the increasing number of new cases?</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Portugal prepares for a second wave of Covid-19</h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Several experts claim that there could be a second wave of Covid-19 with the arrival of autumn, and it was this scenario that led the government to announce last Thursday that mainland Portugal would return to emergency status from September 15&period; </p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>From that date&comma; the whole country will be in an emergency situation, as is currently the case in the Lisbon metropolitan area&lpar; AML &rpar; &&num;8211&semi; so that the necessary measures can be defined "in each area to prepare for the start of the school&period; and the return of many Portuguese people to their places of work"&comma; declared the Minister of the Presidency&comma; Mariana Vieira da Silva&comma; at the end of the Council of Ministers&period;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The government also reported that the meetings <a href="https://www.infarmed.pt" target="_blank" aria-label="infarmed (opens in a new tab)" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="rank-math-link">Infarmed</a> will resume at the beginning of September&period; When we consider that the latest meetings were described by the government as "unhelpful"&comma; we can't even imagine in what condition they will resume&period; </p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>As for the measures that the emergency situation will entail&comma; they should be announced in 8 days &lpar;around September 7&rpar;&comma; after the meeting of&rsquo&semi; Infarmed and the&rsquo&semi;approval of the Council of Ministers&period; The second week of September should bring news in this area&comma; and the government may choose to follow up on the measures currently imposed in the AML </p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>As a reminder, the rules are&colon;</strong></p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ul class="wp-block-list"><li>Mandatory home or hospital confinement for people infected with Covid -19 or subject to VIGILA INSTANCE active &semi;</li><li>10-person limit for gatherings&semi;</li><li>No alcoholic beverages allowed in outdoor areas&semi;</li><li>Prohibition on the sale of alcoholic beverages in service areas and service stations&semi;</li><li>The opening hours of commercial establishments may be modified by decision of the mayors of the communes&semi;</li><li>No closing time is imposed for fuel supply services &lpar;they can operate 24 hours a day exclusively for the sale of fuel&rpar;&comma; pharmacies&comma; funeral homes&comma; sports equipment&comma; clinics&comma; offices and veterinarians&period;</li><li>More vacancies in higher education</li></ul>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The country is thus preparing for the possibility of a second wave of Covid-19s, which will coincide with the start of the back-to-school period; the government has also decided that universities and polytechnics will be able to allocate places for international students to candidates in the national competition for access to higher education&period; </p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class="wp-block-heading">The state will pay a subsidy to people infected with Covid-19</h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://vivreauportugalconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/report-des-cotisations-sociales.jpg" alt="report des cotisations sociales" class="wp-image-7149"/></figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>In a further development, the Council of Ministers has announced that the sickness subsidy in the event of infection with the new coronavirus will be paid in full for the first 28 days&comma; The measure had already been approved in the supplementary budget&period;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>In addition to sick pay, employees who must comply with prophylactic isolation also receive the corresponding 100% of reference pay for the same maximum period. The measure is retroactive to July 25;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Justified absence has also been approved for employees with children or dependents in prophylactic isolation &period; The measure applies&comma; for example&comma; in situations where&comma; by confirming a positive case in a class or school&comma; students must complete their prophylactic isolation at home&comma; this allows parents or guardians to take time off work for their follow-up&comma; without any reduction in salary&period;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Covid &lsquo&semi; Stayaway application finally available</h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The&rsquo&semi;application " <a href="https://vivreauportugalconsulting.com/le-portugal-lance-stayaway/">Stayaway Covid</a> "&comma; which enables infected contacts to be tracked &comma; has been available since Sunday&comma; also said the Minister of the Presidency and Administrative Modernization&period;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<hr class="wp-block-separator"/>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>As you can imagine, the back-to-school period is likely to be complicated from both an economic and a social point of view&period; Of course, we'll keep you up to date with the rules put in place by the state of emergency as soon as possible&period; </p>&NewLine;
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