⁍ The Portuguese government announced on Thursday that bars and nightclubs can reopen if they wish.
⁍ They will have to shut by 8 p.m. in Lisbon and 1 a.m. elsewhere in the country.
⁍ Nightclubs were forced to close doors in March when a lockdown to fight the coronavirus was imposed.
– Portugal has declared an end to its outbreak of coronavirus, a respiratory illness related to the common cold that has killed at least 18 people in the country over the last two months. But not everyone is happy about the decision to allow nightclubs to reopen Saturday, Reuters reports. “This cannot be true,” says Hugo Cardoso, the president of an association representing nightclubs and bars nationwide. “A nightclub that closes at 8pm? A nightclub that closes before people arrive? It doesn’t make any sense.” The move follows similar rules that apply to coffee shops and bakeries. The president of a similar association in Porto says the move is “ridiculous.” “It doesn’t make any sense,” he says.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-portugal/portugals-nightclubs-and-bars-allowed-to-reopen-but-without-dancefloors-idUSKCN24V2PN