The new restrictions include the obligation to have a covid passport in catering establishments in the regions most affected by the pandemic.
As the government spokesman Marian Vieira da Silva informed during a press conference in Lisbon, possession of a document confirming the completion of vaccination, a negative test result or passing COVID-19 will be required in restaurants during weekends. She specified that this obligation would apply to the interiors of catering establishments. She added that in the regions most affected by the pandemic, restaurants will have to close after 10.30 pm.
Vieira da Silva indicated that in these areas, too, entering the hotel will require presenting a covid passport or a certificate confirming the absence of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Most cases since February
Since Wednesday, Portugal has recorded the highest level of daily coronavirus infections since February, exceeding 3,000. infection.
So far, medical services in Portugal have confirmed more than 899,000. cases of coronavirus infections. As a result of SARS-CoV-2 infection, 17.1 thousand people died. people, of which nine during the last 24 hours.
Russia: Restrictions return in St. Petersburg
In St. Petersburg, where the European football championship recently took place, from July 13, mass events will only be able to gather up to 75 participants. Such restrictions due to the coronavirus epidemic were announced on Thursday by governor Aleksandr Biegłow.
Spectators will not be admitted to sports events. Competitors, coaches and judges must show a certificate of vaccination against COVID-19 or a negative PCR test result. In theaters and concert halls, the number of viewers may not exceed 1.5 thousand. In a circus, audience capacity is reduced from 75 percent to 50 percent.
The restrictions, which will apply until August 16, were introduced shortly after the football games in St. Petersburg, to which – despite the closed borders – foreign fans came. Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikowa recently admitted that after these sports and entertainment events in the city on the Neva, the epidemic situation worsened. The Finnish authorities assessed that the increase in the number of cases in their country was largely related to the return to Finland of the fans who had attended the matches in St. Petersburg.
In addition, at the end of June, the annual festival of high school graduates was held in St. Petersburg, which includes a concert and a firework display. Thousands of viewers appeared without protective masks, many people did not respect the required distance. Governor Biegłow responded to the criticism that participants who received tickets were warned that the final decision on participation in the assembly was theirs.
The pandemic team reported on Thursday that 1,937 new coronavirus infections have been reported in St.Petersburg in the last 24 hours. 101 COVID-19 patients have died.
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