• No customers to sit in the front alongside driver, they must sit in the back
• Some drivers use gloves and masks but it is optional
• Handling of luggage is up to customer’s discretion
• No disinfectant for customers, just for the driver and the taxi
• After each service, area of the vehicle occupied by the passenger must be disinfected immediately

The following cases can be considered as close contacts:

• Person with exposure associated with healthcare, namely the provision of direct care to a patient with COVID-19 or contact in a laboratory environment with samples of COVID-19;
• Contact in proximity or in a closed environment with a patient with COVID-19 (ex: classroom);
• People traveling with a patient with COVID-19: travel companions; On an airplane: people who are two seats to the patient’s left or right, 2 seats in the two consecutive rows in front of the patient and two seats in the two consecutive rows behind the patient and crew members who served the patient’s section; and on a ship, people who shared the same cabin and crew members who served the patient’s cabin.

The Health Authority may consider other individuals not defined in the previous points as close contact (the assessment is made on a case-by-case basis).

In the affected areas, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends hygiene measures and respiratory etiquette to reduce exposure and transmission of the disease:

• Respiratory etiquette measures: cover your nose and mouth when sneezing or coughing, with a tissue or with the forearm, never with the hands, and always throw the tissue in the trash;
• Wash your hands frequently. You should wash them whenever you blow, sneeze, cough or after direct contact with sick people. You should wash them for 20 seconds (the time it takes to sing “Congratulations”) with soap and water or with a 70% alcohol-based solution;
• Avoid close contact with people with respiratory infection;
• Avoid touching the face with your hands;
• Avoid sharing personal objects or food that you have touched.

According to the current situation in Portugal, the use of a mask for individual protection is not indicated, except in the following situations:

• Suspected of COVID-19 infection;
• People who care for suspected COVID-19 infections.

The Directorate-General for Health does not, so far, recommend the use of a protective mask for people who do not show symptoms (asymptomatic). The use of a mask incorrectly can increase the risk of infection, due to being misplaced or due to the contact of the hands with the face. The mask also contributes to a false sense of security.

Both words are used for different situations so you need to be observant of your own situation. To make it more easy to understand the difference you can have this in mind:

Quarantine are demanded strict isolation by law with no possibility to go outside from home.

Isolation for everyone living in Portugal, demands staying at home but with some freedom to go outside.

If you have the COVID-19 virus or suspect you have it or know yourself to be suffering from the disease the virus gives you, known as SARS-COV2, which is pneumonia like illness affecting the lungs.

If you have been put under active surveillance by the health authority or another health professional or the health authority

During this period of the State of Emergency it is a crime to leave isolation if you have COV-19. This is because you may very likely infect other people, who may be more vulnerable than you and for your own protection.

Yes. You should not go out of your home at all UNLESS you need to get goods of services such as food or fuel or medicines. You can travel for health reasons eg to the doctor or hospital and you may also travel to post offices, banks and insurance agencies. You can go for short walks for health or pet walking in very small groups and if there is a major emergency of any sort which would justify you leaving your home. If you are someone with a pre existing medical condition, you may also go out to do your professional activity, unless you have been medically discharged from it.

The restrictions to your movements do not apply in these professions or offices. This is in order to keep essential services running during the State of Emergency.

If you suffer from hypertension, diabetes, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory disease or cancer or any if you are immune-compromised or suffer from a chronic condition then you need to stay at home as much as possible.

You should only go out onto roads or public spaces to access good or services, eg food, fuel or medicines; to go to your work or profession or responding to a job offer or looking for a job; or for reasons to do with health, such as obtaining health care or helping others to do so.

Yes. You can also travel to assist vulnerable people, children, parents, and people with disabilities or the elderly. If you work in social care, you can travel to support victims of domestic violence or children and young people at risk.

Yes. You may travel to drop the children at the other parent’s house.

Yes, you may leave the house for short trips outdoors and for physical activity. There should be no physical activity in groups. You can also make short trips for the purpose of walking and feeding animals.

Yes, you can travel to help the community via social volunteering actions.

The choice of food for each of these groups must take into account the storage capacity (refrigeration and freezing), as well as personal preferences. Of the foods in the group of cereals and derivatives, the purchase of bread may be an option if there is storage capacity at home to freeze bread. You can choose to buy flour and make your own bread.

BREAKFAST CEREALS
Long lasting
High nutritional wealth
Do not need to be stored in the refrigerator
BREAD
Long lasting
High nutritional wealth
Do not need to be stored in the refrigerator

VEGETABLES WITH GREATER DURABILITY
Carrot, onion, courgette, pumpkin, broccoli, cauliflower, green beans, frozen vegetables-
(by freezer capacity)
Dried or preserved
In some meals they may be alternatives to meat, fish and eggs

FRUIT WITH GREATER DURABILITY
Apples, pears, oranges, tangerines
EGGS
Good durability
High nutritional wealth
Do not need to be stored in the refrigerator

TINNED FISH
Good option for some meals
FROZEN FISH
Good durability (manage quantities according to storage capacity)
FRESH FISH
Should be used for consumption in 2/3 days after
purchase
FROZEN MEAT
Good durability (manage quantities according to
storage capacity
FRESH MEAT
Should be used for consumption in 2/3 days after
the purchase

MILK
Good durability
Yogurts (evaluate refrigeration capacity)
WATER
Public water is suitable for drinking, avoiding buying it from the supermarket

NUTS SUCH AS ALMONDS AND HAZLENUTS
They can be a good option as a snack
High nutritional density, source of fibre, rich in vitamins such as vitamin E and minerals
High durability products

OTHER FOOD PRODUCTS
Coffee
Peeled tomatoes
Jams

Make an organized shopping list – the shopping list is a tool essential to ensure the purchase of all the food you need, avoiding frequent trips to the supermarket; To organize the shopping list MUST:

• Check the food you still have available at home
• Check the storage capacity at cooling temperature of the freezer
• Plan the different meals you intend to have, ensuring the use of the foods that you still have available at home , so you don’t forget all the specific foods and ingredients necessary for their preparation;
• Consider the importance of including foods that support healthy eating, that is, foods from different groups and respecting the recommended proportions;

Plan to buy only what is necessary, without over buying

At the time of purchase, have a think: Check and comply with the shopping list, whenever the food you need is available. Buy only what you need! Opt for foods that have a longer shelf life. Ensure that your shopping basket has a good balance between food with less and greater durability.

Foods with less durability can be purchased, however they must be present in a smaller quantity and should be the first to consume. Choose foods with high nutritional value over foods with high energy density (ie, reduce the consumption of foods that provide a lot of energy but few nutrients).

Ensure the purchase of fresh products, such as fruit and vegetables, choosing those that have greater durability and / or frozen products for vegetables and through storage capacity. When available, home delivery services can be considered as a possibility.

When shopping, all precautions must be taken to minimize the risk of infection for oneself and others, namely:

• avoid handling food except to put it in the shopping carts
• comply with safety distances (keep at least one metre away)
distance from people);
• avoid touching the eyes, nose and mouth with your hands;
• adequate hand hygiene before and after going shopping;
• adopt general measures of respiratory etiquette (do not use your hands when coughing
or sneezing, use a tissue or your forearm if you don’t have one available

Yes, although some restaurants may provide a takeaway or delivery service to the public.

Yes. National monuments, palaces and museums under the direct management of the Directorate-General for Cultural Heritage and under the Regional Directorates for Culture are all closed.

Yes, all sports facilities are closed, except those intended for the activities of high performance athletes.

No. All shops will be closed to the public, except for those offering essential goods such as food or medicines or other goods considered essential to the present situation, such as animal food providers or hardware stores.

Yes the service is still running but there may be restrictions on opening hours and delayed deliveries.

No, for the time of the State of Emergency, church services and other acts of collective worship are not permitted. Funerals will still be conducted without large clusters of people and under conditions determined by the local authority.

The National Maritime Authority has banned all sports and leisure activities involving crowds of people on the beaches of Mainland Portugal, Madeira and the Azores, in order to minimize the likelihood of COVID-19 spreading.

Motor vehicles and their trailers, light or heavy, which should be presented to the regular inspection during the period from 13 March to 31 may 2020, are extended by two months from the date of registration.

Suspension of all dental medicine, stomatology and dentistry activities, except for situations that are proven to be urgent and urgent, with effect from March 16 for a period of two weeks, at the end of which will be subject to reassessment.