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12:30 pm – Measures for Christmas will be known on Saturday. New Year’s Eve with “all restrictions”

In an interview with Observador radio, Prime Minister António Costa said this Tuesday that he will announce on Saturday the measures for Christmas “with the best possible conditions”. But he warns now that “the New Year will have all restrictions”.

“The Government proposed to the President of the Republic, and the President of the Republic accepted that this time, when we announce the renewal of the state of emergency, we can announce not only the measures for the next fortnight but the measures for the next fortnight, that is, until 6, 7 January “, revealed the head of Government.

This communication will be made on Saturday, and this week will be decisive in the definition of restrictions in the Christmas season. As for the New Year, he guarantees, there will be no tolerance.

António Costa added: “We are all going to make the effort to be able to have Christmas in the best possible conditions, but right after that, there is one thing I can anticipate right now, that the New Year will have all the restrictions because there cannot be any kind of tolerance “, he warned.

11:33 am – European agency received authorization requests from Pfizer and Moderna

The European Medicines Agency announced on Tuesday that it had received two applications for conditional marketing authorization for vaccines developed by BioNTech and Pfizer and Moderna for Covid-19, hoping to issue a decision “within weeks”.

Ensuring that the evaluation of these potential vaccines “will continue under an accelerated timeline”, the European agency estimates that “an opinion on the marketing authorization may be issued within weeks, depending on whether the data presented is sufficiently robust and complete to show the quality , safety and efficacy of the vaccine “.

11:25 am – Africa with 207 more deaths and 7,559 new cases

Africa recorded 207 deaths due to Covid-19 and another 7,559 new cases of infection in the last 24 hours, now accounting for 51,915 deaths caused by the new coronavirus, according to official data.

According to the African Union’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the African continent now has 2,170,843 cases of people infected among the 55 members of the African Union.

10h48 – OECD warns that two years are not enough to recover Portuguese economy

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has just revealed projections, which point to an 8.4 percent drop in Portuguese GDP this year.

The recession will be followed by a gradual growth in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2021 and 2022. But even in two years, Portugal will not have fully recovered from the economic crisis, predicts the OECD.

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9h09 – Portugal has already received 3 billion euros from the SURE program

Today we received the first tranche of the loan allocated to #Portugal within the scope of #SURE, a European program that supports Member States in their efforts to protect workers and businesses. I very much welcome the transfer of this EUR 3000 million from European funds. pic.twitter.com/CmxVJyzfT6

– António Costa (@antoniocostapm) December 1, 2020

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The announcement about the arrival of the first tranche of European funds was made by António Costa on Twitter.

In another message published on the social network, the Prime Minister mentions which are the priority areas of the Government, namely layoff measures, support for self-employed workers and health professionals.

The Head of Government also mentions that the SURE program “reflects the solidarity” of the European Union and the rapid response to the current crisis.

O #SURE reflects the solidarity of #UE and its prompt response to the crisis, which allows us to continue to protect the jobs and workers most affected. We remain determined to fight the pandemic and to mitigate its social and economic effects.

– António Costa (@antoniocostapm) December 1, 2020

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8h23 – China adds four cases due to local infection and eight from abroad

Local cases were diagnosed in the Inner Mongolia region in the north of the country. The region, which borders Russia and Mongolia, had already detected three cases on Sunday.-

8:00 am – USA exceeds 13.5 million cases

In total, the United States has 13,525,889 infected and 267,888 deaths from covid-19.

Holiday and day restrictions

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This Tuesday is a national holiday with restrictions due to the pandemic. In municipalities with “extremely high” and “very high” risk, there is a mandatory curfew starting at one in the afternoon.

Commerce also has to close at this time, except for establishments up to 200 square meters and door to the street. The restaurant can also operate after 1 pm, but only on a home delivery or take-away basis.

The ban on movement between counties across the country remains in effect throughout the day, and ends only at 5:00 am on Wednesday.

On Monday there were 78 more dead and 3,262 new cases of infection. A new maximum was also exceeded in terms of hospitalizations, with a total of 3,342 people hospitalized, 97 more than on Sunday.

Regarding intensive care units, the bulletin counts 525 people hospitalized in these services, 11 less compared to Sunday (when a new maximum was established since the beginning of the pandemic).-

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