Portugal with curfew restrictions in 191 municipalities amid pandemic crisis

The list of municipalities in Portugal deemed by the government to be at high risk of transmission of the coronavirus that causes Covid-19, and which are therefore to be subject to more restrictive measures such as a curfew, is from Monday to increase to 191, the government announced on Thursday.

The list, which for now has 121 municipalities, is to lose seven municipalities where the curfew and other restrictions are no longer to be in force, starting from Friday, and includes 77 new municipalities starting at midnight on Sunday, the prime minister, António Costa, announced after a cabinet meeting at the National Palace of Ajuda, in Lisbon.

This specific list is compiled according to the general criterion used by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) of “more than 240 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days,” as well as taking into account the proximity of the municipality in question to another one in that situation.

In these municipalities, with the highest level of risk, are in force measures such as a night-time curfew between 11 pm and 5 am and mandatory teleworking. In addition, there will be a greater restriction on the curfew in these municipalities on the next two Saturdays and Sundays, circulation in these municipalities will be prohibited from 1 pm to 5 am.

These are the 7 municipalities that leave the list:

• Mesão Frio
• Moimenta da Beira
• Tabuaço
• São João da Pesqueira
• Pinhel
• Tondela
• Batalha

These are the new municipalities that enter the list:

• Abrantes
• Águeda
• Albergaria-a-Velha
• Albufeira
• Alcanena
• Aljustrel
• Almeida
• Almeirim
• Alvaiázere
• Anadia
• Ansião
• Arcos de Valdevez
• Arganil
• Arronches
• Boticas
• Campo Maior
• Cantanhede
• Carrazeda de Ansiães
• Castro Daire
• Celorico da Beira
• Coimbra
• Condeixa-a-Nova
• Coruche
• Crato
• Cuba
• Elvas
• Estarreja
• Évora
• Faro
• Ferreira do Alentejo
• Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo
• Freixo de Espada à Cinta
• Grândola
• Ílhavo
• Lagos
• Lamego
• Mangualde
• Manteigas
• Mealhada
• Mêda
• Mira
• Miranda do Corvo
• Miranda do Douro
• Mirandela
• Monforte
• Montalegre
• Montemor-o-Velho
• Mora
• Murtosa
• Nelas
• Oliveira do Bairro
• Ourém
• Pampilhosa da Serra
• Penalva do Castelo
• Penamacor
• Penela
• Ponte de Sor
• Portalegre
• Portimão
• Proença-a-Nova
• Reguengos de Monsaraz
• Resende
• Salvaterra de Magos
• São Pedro do Sul
• Sátão
• Seia
• Sousel
• Tábua
• Tavira
• Torre de Moncorvo
• Vagos
• Vieira do Minho
• Vila do Bispo
• Vila Nova de Foz Côa
• Vila Nova de Paiva
• Vila Real de Santo António
• Viseu

These are the municipalities that remain on the list:

• Alcácer do Sal
• Alcochete
• Alenquer
• Alfândega da Fé
• Alijó
• Almada
• Amadora
• Amarante
• Amares
• Arouca
• Arruda dos Vinhos
• Aveiro
• Azambuja
• Baião
• Barcelos
• Barreiro
• Beja
• Belmonte
• Benavente
• Borba
• Braga
• Bragança
• Cabeceiras de Basto
• Cadaval
• Caminha
• Cartaxo
• Cascais
• Castelo Branco
• Castelo de Paiva
• Celorico de Basto
• Chamusca
• Chaves
• Cinfães
• Constância
• Covilhã
• Espinho
• Esposende
• Estremoz
• Fafe
• Figueira da Foz
• Fornos de Algodres
• Fundão
• Gondomar
• Guarda
• Guimarães
• Idanha-a-Nova
• Lisboa
• Loures
• Macedo de Cavaleiros
• Mafra
• Maia
• Marco de Canaveses
• Matosinhos
• Mogadouro
• Moita
• Mondim de Basto
• Montijo
• Murça
• Odivelas
• Oeiras
• Oliveira de Azeméis
• Oliveira de Frades
• Ovar
• Palmela
• Paredes de Coura
• Paredes
• Penacova
• Penafiel
• Peso da Régua
• Ponte de Lima
• Porto
• Póvoa de Varzim
• Póvoa do Lanhoso
• Redondo
• Ribeira da Pena
• Rio Maior
• Sabrosa
• Santa Comba Dão
• Santa Maria da Feira
• Santa Marta de Penaguião
• Santarém
• Santo Tirso
• São Brás de Alportel
• São João da Madeira
• Sardoal
• Seixal
• Sesimbra
• Setúbal
• Sever do Vouga
• Sines
• Sintra
• Sobral de Monte Agraço
• Tondela
• Trancoso
• Trofa
• Vale da Cambra
• Valença
• Valongo
• Viana do Alentejo
• Viana do Castelo
• Vila do Conde
• Vila Flor
• Vila Franca de Xira
• Vila Nova de Cerveira
• Vila Nova de Famalicão
• Vila Nova de Gaia
• Vila Pouca de Aguiar
• Vila Real
• Vila Velha de Ródão
• Vila Verde
• Vila Viçosa
• Vizela