LISBON — Portugal on Monday reopened museums, cafe terraces and secondary schools nearly two months after tightening Covid-19 curbs following a wave of cases early this year.
There was an explosion of cases following Christmas and New Year festivities which led to overstretched hospitals and the government imposed a general lockdown in the middle of January and closed schools a week later.
There have been nearly 16,900 coronavirus deaths and 823,335 cases so far, according to an official tally on Sunday.
Primary schools reopened on March 15.
Monday’s easing comes with some guidelines. Only four people will be able to sit together at a table in cafe terraces while museum…
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