Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa announced on Thursday new social distancing measures that will take effect on Sept. 15. The government’s aim is to ensure a safe return to school and to contain the spread of COVID-19.
Costa spoke after a Council of Ministers’ meeting, acknowledging that there was “an evolution of the pandemic with a steady increase in new cases,” but stressing that this was “predictable, given the return to normal activity and the reopening of the school year.”
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