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Support Guide to Covid-19 Mitigation Measures

19 April 2021
Guides

Support Guide to Covid-19 Mitigation Measures

19 April 2021

On 11th March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the appearing of a global pandemic of a new coronavirus, technically called SARS-COV-2, also as known as, Covid-19.

The pandemic had a global impact on sectors from health to the economy, due to, on one hand, the high rate of spread of the disease and, on the other, the varying on the effectiveness of the measures that have been adopted worldwide, namely the more or less severe confinement of the entire population, with a direct impact on consumption and thus on virtually the entire economic fabric.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, the National Assembly and the Government have been adopting a wide range of measures, of the most diverse nature, aimed to mitigate the direct and indirect effects of the pandemic on the Portuguese business fabrics.

With legislative production at a level never seen before, the creation of a document compiling the various exceptional and provisional rules is of central importance for companies and citizens.

This Guide is intended to be a supporting and organizational document for companies and families and does not dispense the consultation of the legislation in force, nor legal consultations aimed to concrete situations.

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