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10:04 am – OECD warns of possible consequences of the Education pandemic
The negative consequences of the covid-19 pandemic could be extended to Education, not only in the functioning of schools, but also in the financing and internationalization of education, warned the OECD today.
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) today published the 2020 edition of the report “Education at a Glance”, which this year has a new chapter dedicated to the impact of the covid-19 pandemic.
According to the organization, it is still too early to predict the negative consequences of the pandemic in the sector, but national governments will certainly “face difficult decisions”, right from the beginning of the allocation of resources.
In Portugal, this is a particularly worrying issue, since, the report recalls, in 2017 the country’s expenditure on education was already below the OECD average. (Lusa)
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10:03 am – Africa with 211 dead in 24 hours and 6,768 new cases
09h46 – Public spending is not enough to overcome the crisis – Dombrovskis
European Commission Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis said today that the public sector “is doing what it can to help” overcome the covid-19 crisis, but warned that “large-scale” private investment is needed.
“The national coffers are depleted after dealing with the pandemic, and public debt across Europe has reached record levels. The public sector is doing what it can to help (…) But public money alone it will not be enough. We also need large-scale, forward-looking investments in the private sector, “he said at a conference in Brussels.
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09h29 – Algarve businessman questions in court limitations in meetings
A businessman residing in the Algarve filed an urgent subpoena to protect rights, freedoms and guarantees, considering that the limitations of meetings imposed due to the pandemic violate the Portuguese Constitution and Human Rights.
This urgent action is provided for in Portuguese law, is regulated by articles 109 to 111 of the Code of Procedure in Administrative Courts and aims at “defending the legally protected rights and interests of citizens in the confrontation with Public Administration actions, similar to what happens with precautionary measures “, the businessman Oren Avital told Lusa.
The businessman in the software computing area said he was “disillusioned” with Portuguese democracy – whose “quality” was one of the reasons for choosing Portugal to reside about two years ago – after the Government made decisions, because of the pandemic de covid-19, to limit the number of people participating in meetings, in a “violation of the Rights, Freedoms and Guarantees provided for in the Constitution”.
“It cannot be any politician or minister to make these decisions, which violate the Portuguese Constitution and Human Rights themselves,” said Oren Avital, arguing that these measures are “against the Constitution because fundamental rights can only be limited with a law of the parliament or authorized government decree-law “, which” would necessarily have to be promulgated or vetoed by the President of the Republic “. (Lusa)
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08h39 – Russia with 5099 more cases and 122 fatalities in 24 hours
08h38 – France registers loss of 215 thousand jobs in the second quarter
France registers a loss of 215,200 jobs during the second quarter, in the public and private sectors, announced today the French National Institute of Statistics.
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08h10 – Chinese doctor honored by Xi Jinping proclaims the country’s victory over the outbreak
China’s top respiratory disease specialist said today that this Asian country “defeated the current outbreak” of the new coronavirus, during a ceremony in which it celebrated victory in eradicating covid-19.
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8:05 am – Study on the prevalence of infection starts with the recruitment of 12 thousand volunteers
Portugal is going to recruit 12 thousand volunteers to assess, with a representative sample of the population, the prevalence of covid-19 respiratory infection in the country, a study that starts today involving several partner entities.
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08h00 – Brazil with 310 more deaths and 10273 new cases
Portugal, according to the latest report, had another 249 new cases and three fatalities in the last 24 hours
The three fatalities are from the Lisbon and Tagus Valley region. Most of the new cases (133) are in the North of the country.
According to the latest bulletin from the Directorate-General for Health, there are currently 183 more active cases, for a total of 15684.
A further 63 recovered people are still registered, for a total since the start of the 43016 pandemic.
Also according to the DGS, 27 more people were hospitalized, for a total of 381, and the number of people in intensive care increased by 6, to a total of 49.
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