“The population in general has a duty to stay home”, announces Costa. In public-facing businesses “the rule is closing”. The security forces will be mostly pedagogical. The economy is a priority: “Let’s not lose in this crisis what we managed to recover from the last”. Salvador Malheiro anounces the first death in Ovar. There’s a new SNS24 call center operating in Algarve. Italy surpassed China’s death toll: 3405, after 427 more deaths over the last 24 hours. Spain registers over 17,000 cases.
(the original includes an image gallery with pictures taken in Portugal in the past few days)
Original text by Inês Chaíça, Liliana Borges and Miguel Dantas published on Público on Mar.19, 19:53