Portugal prolongs lockdown for two more weeks | Malay Mail

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LISBON, April 2 — The Portuguese face at least another two weeks in lockdown after the government decided yesterday to extend confinement measures as deaths from the Covid-19 epidemic near 200. The restrictions were first imposed on the 10-million population on March 19 but they have not been as...

A bus stop next to Rua Augusta's Arch during partial lockdown as part of state of emergency to combat the coronavirus outbreak in Lisbon, Portugal March 30, 2020. — Reuters pic

The restrictions were first imposed on the 10-million population on March 19 but they have not been as extensive as in neighbouring Spain where more than 9,000 have died from the virus. Costa praised his compatriots’ “exemplary” response to the crisis saying, “the effort ... is bearing results.”

 

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