By 12 noon this Sunday, the second day of inoculation of teachers, non-teachers and professionals in the social sector, 31 thousand people had been vaccinated. Since Saturday, 151,000 have been vaccinated.
The capital of India, New Delhi, has registered 25,500 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, with about one in three people tested showing positive results, said the chief minister, asking the federal government to provide more hospital beds to face with the health crisis.
“The biggest concern is that in the past 24 hours, the positivity rate has increased from 24 percent to about 30 percent. Cases are increasing very quickly. Hospital beds are getting crowded quickly,” said Arvind Kejriwal at a conference. press.
12h40 – GNR of Setúbal ends with illegal party
The Territorial Command of the GNR of Setúbal ended yesterday an “illegal party that gathered 12 people in the locality of Brejos de Azeitão”.
“Following several reports of noise, the military of the Guard went to the scene and came across an illegal party. In the course of the police investigations, it was possible to identify 12 people who had rented a house for the purpose of socializing”, read in a GNR communiqué.
“The individuals, who did not belong to the same household, were identified, resulting in the elaboration of 12 administrative offense records for failure to comply with the general duty of home collection”.
The National Republican Guard reiterates that “compliance with the measures imposed by the state of emergency”, in the context of combating the pandemic, “is fundamental to stop the spread of the virus”.
12:32 pm – Germany honors pandemic victims
Germany pays homage this Sunday to the nearly 80,000 people who died victims of Covid-19 in the country.
Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier were together this morning at an ecumenical ceremony held in Berlin.
12h26 – Tests at the University of Évora
The University of Évora is preparing to carry out, from Monday, a new stage of testing Covid-19 at the academy, with the aim of testing all students by the beginning of May.
The institution explains in a statement that, since the end of March, it has tested “practically 60 percent of teaching and non-teaching staff and 80 percent of students housed in homes, without any positive case being reported to Covid-19”.
“We have been implementing this screening strategy since the end of March and the participation of the academic community has been very positive”, with an adherence of around 70 percent, said the dean Ana Costa Freitas, cited in the same note.
The objective “is to test the entire academy, so the next stage starts on Monday”, the day on which the face-to-face activities are resumed.
12h08 – “Import” is “the big risk”
The Scottish Prime Minister maintained, on Sky News, that a possible easing of restrictions on international travel could lead to a further upsurge in infections by SARS-CoV-2, to warn that these measures are likely to continue over time.
“The big risk we face, not just in Scotland but across the UK at the moment, is the import of new variants of the virus. We have to be very careful about that, which is why I think one of the restrictions with which we will have to live together for longer is the restriction on international travel “, said Nicola Sturgeon.
11:35 am – 70 more infections in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste’s health authorities have reported an additional 70 SARS-CoV-2 infections in the past 24 hours, bringing the number of cases to 1306 since the pandemic began.
According to the Integrated Crisis Management Center, new infections were detected in Dili (65), Aileu (two), Ainaro (one), Covalima (one) and Manatuto (one).
There were also 21 recovered and there are a total of 641 active cases.
Timor-Leste has a cumulative total of 1306 cases and two deaths.
11:28 am – “You can come back”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the Hebrew state “is now leading the way when it comes to getting out of the coronavirus”.
“It’s not over yet. You can come back,” he said.
11h13 – Reinforcement of remittances to Japan
Pfizer and BioNTech, whose vaccine against Covid-19 is the only one so far approved in Japan, reached an agreement with the Japanese authorities with a view to sending additional doses to that Asian country.
However, some details of this agreement still need to be refined, according to the Japanese minister with the area of vaccination, Taro Kono.
The official maintains the expectation that it will be possible to inoculate all people over 16 years of age by the end of September.
10h36 – “Very positive balance” of vaccination in Chaves
The RTP report was at the vaccination center in Chaves where, this weekend, teachers and non-teaching professionals and social support institutions are being inoculated against Covid-19.
The doctor Simão Pedro reported some anxiety situations among those vaccinated. But the balance of the process is “very positive”, in his words.
10:30 am – India fears health system collapse
India records a new daily maximum of infections and deaths this Sunday, with 261,500 new cases and 1501 deaths associated with Covid-19. The hardest hit states warn of pressure on the health system.
The country is experiencing a second wave and has had 14.7 million infections since the beginning of the pandemic.
India is even the second country most affected by the virus, in absolute terms, behind the United States of America (with 32 million). For the first time this week, it has surpassed the barrier of 200 thousand daily contagions.
The cumulative total of deaths in Indian territory is 177,150.
9:38 am – Russia over 8630 daily cases
Russia reports an additional 8,632 infections in 24 hours, of which 2,252 in Moscow. The total number of cases reported since the beginning of the pandemic on Russian territory is now 4,702,101.
389 more people died, for an accumulated total of 105,582.
9h20 – Vaccination continues at a good pace in Aveiro
The RTP report was following the start of the second day of vaccination of teachers and non-teachers at the Aveiro Fair and Exhibition Center.
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One of the teachers summoned in Aveiro, about to be vaccinated, agreed with the idea that this is a civic duty.
9h10 – Training for medium risk sports returns
The training of the training classes of medium-risk sports will be allowed again on Monday, after 13 months of global stoppage, at the beginning of the third phase of the deconfinition plan.
After the return of low risk sports and physical activity outdoors or in gyms and gyms for up to four people, on April 5, the Council of Ministers decided to continue the strategy of reopening this sector.
In the batch of novelties are the main collective modalities: handball, basketball, football, futsal, roller hockey and volleyball, whose professional divisions continued during the second general confinement, in force since January 15th.
Korfball, beach football, hockey and inline hockey, water polo, aquatlon, underwater hockey and underwater rugby will also return to action, as will wheelchair rugby, which will complete the range of sports for people with disabilities.
9h03 – Ten days’ isolation upon arrival in France
France will force anyone traveling from Brazil, Argentina, Chile and South Africa to remain in confinement for ten days.
Connecting flights with Brazil will even be suspended as of Tuesday, to try to stop the contagions.
8:33 am – Israel drops mandatory mask
The use of masks on public roads in Israel is no longer mandatory and all schools in the country have an order to reopen. It is a reflection of the vaccination campaign against Covid-19 in the Hebrew State.
Almost 54 percent of the Israeli population has already received both doses of the vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech.
8:21 am – 189.81 million vaccines administered in China
China’s health officials administered nearly 2.44 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine on Saturday. With this number, the total number of inoculations in Chinese territory amounts to 189.81 million.
7:59 am – Germany with 19,185 more infections
The number of confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Germany has increased, in the last 24 hours, by 19,185, to a total of 3,142,262 reported since the beginning of the pandemic.
In the same period, 67 more people died, for a cumulative total of 79,914.
7:52 am – Protests against restrictions in Argentina
Thousands of Argentines took to the streets of Buenos Aires on Saturday to demand the opening of schools, part of a wave of protests against the tightening of restrictive measures to respond to the pandemic.
The protest started at 5 pm (9 pm Lisbon) in emblematic spots such as Praça de Maio, in front of the Casa Rosada, the Argentine government palace, and in front of the presidential residence of Olivos, near the capital.
7h49 – Fines in Bairro Alto
Seven catering establishments in Bairro Alto, in Lisbon, were detected on Friday violating the rules of the state of emergency. They were sanctioned with fines, the PSP said in a statement.
The fines imposed vary between two thousand and 20 thousand euros, in the case of a legal person, and between 200 and one thousand euros for private individuals.
“Seven catering establishments violated the Covid-19 disease contagion prevention measures by allowing customers to consume inside the establishment, by not closing the terrace service at 10:30 pm, by allowing more than four customers per table in the terrace space and by not safeguarding the social distance between customers at different tables “, said the PSP.
In the course of this operation, which inspected 22 establishments, 19 notices of infraction were raised, including the seven commercial spaces, due to disregard of the rules to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2.
7:21 am – State of play
Portugal set on Saturday a maximum daily dose of vaccines administered: 120 thousand, according to task force responsible for the vaccination plan.
Of these 120 thousand vaccines, about 100 thousand were given to teachers, non-teaching staff from schools and workers in social responses.
Portugal also surpassed 2.5 million inoculations against Covid-19, including first and second doses.
The vaccination plan coordinator says that what is happening this weekend is a great test for the future.
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Vice Admiral Gouveia de Melo also explained the new vaccine distribution strategy.
Vaccination of school personnel
More than 187 thousand teaching professionals were called to be vaccinated this weekend. On the first day there was some apprehension, but above all a sense of responsibility and confidence in the process.
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About 300,000 high school students return to schools on Monday and, for the first time, will be covered by mass tests at Covid-19.
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Moratoriums
The volume of companies’ moratoriums is around 30 billion euros and between 25 and 30 percent of this amount may be in default, warns the president of the Confederação Empresarial de Portugal, in an interview with Antena 1 and the Business Journal.
“Of the 46 billion euros of the total volume that are in arrears (including private individuals), 24 billion are in companies and with an increasing trend and already closer to 30 billion”, affirms António Saraiva.
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The president of CIP maintains that the bank, in conjunction with the Government, must “help those companies that are clearly not going to be able to honor this commitment until September 23rd”.
“This involves giving, company by company, a solution framework that alleviates the problem”, through solutions such as, for example, long-term loans.
In turn, the president of BPI argues that solutions to the moratoriums that end in September are now found.
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For João Pedro Oliveira e Costa, these solutions may involve extending deadlines or restructuring.
Support delays
Companies continue to complain about delays in government support and say that aid is out of step with reality, because they do not take into account the three months of closure after a year with billing losses.
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Many entrepreneurs have given up on investing in new products or new collections.
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