1. The Council of Ministers approved today the resolution declaring the alert situation throughout the continental national territory until 23:59 on October 31, 2021.

Having reached the level of 85% of the vaccinated population and given the gradual strategy of lifting measures to combat the COVID-19 disease pandemic, the Government adopts, through this resolution and a decree-law, the following measures as of 1st October:

• Opening of bars and clubs;
• Restaurants with no maximum limit of people per group;
• End of requirement for digital certificate or negative test for access to restaurants;
• End of time limits;
• End of capacity limits, namely for: 
  • weddings and christenings
  • Business
  • cultural shows
• Certificate or negative test required for:
  • Travel by air or sea
  • Visits to homes and health facilities
  • Major cultural, sporting or corporate events 
  • bars and clubs
• Elimination of the telework recommendation;
• Elimination of testing in workplaces with more than 150 workers;
• End of limitation on the sale and consumption of alcohol;
• No need for a certificate or test in group classes in gyms;
• Mandatory use of masks in public transport, residential structures for the elderly, hospitals, theatres and events and large surfaces;
• The use of masks in the use of public transport for passengers, including air transport, remains mandatory.