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The Portuguese government has announced that the country will move from the "state of calamity", its highest response to a national emergency, to the "state of contingency" beginning on August 23.At a press conference, .
2021-07-23 02:05:15 GMT2021-07-23 10:05:15(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
LISBON, July 22 (Xinhua) The Portuguese government announced Thursday that the current calamity situation, its highest response to a national emergency, will be extended until Aug. 8, as the country hit a four-month high of daily new COVID-19 cases and deaths.
Portugal on Thursday reported 3,622 new cases, the highest since early February, and 16 new deaths, raising the country s respective totals to 943,244 and 17,248, health authorities reported.
The highest response to disaster situations was enacted on May 1 under the Portuguese Civil Protection Law and has been renewed repeatedly since then.
The government has increased the number of municipalities at a high or very high contamination risk level from 90 to 116 with tighter restrictive measures.