1,The Council of Ministers today approved the resolution extending the declaration of the situation of calamity, throughout the national continental territory, until 23h59 on 23 November.

With regard to municipalities at high risk, the decree states that

• from 00h00 on 13 November, the following municipalities are no longer on the list of those at high risk: Batalha, Mesão Frio, Moimenta da Beira, Pinhel, São João da Pesqueira, Tabuaço and Tondela;
• from 00h00 on 16 November, the following municipalities will be added to the list: Abrantes, Águeda, Albergaria-a-Velha, Albufeira, Alcanena, Aljustrel, Almeida, Almeirim, Alvaiázere, Anadia, Ansião, Arcos de Valdevez, Arganil, Arronches, Boticas, Campo Maior, Cantanhede, Carrazeda de Ansiães, Castro Daire, Celorico da Beira, Coimbra, Condeixa-a-Nova, Coruche, Crato, Cuba, Elvas, Estarreja, Évora, Faro, Ferreira do Alentejo, Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo, Freixo de Espada à Cinta, Grândola, Ílhavo, Lagos, Lamego, Mangualde, Manteigas, Mealhada, Mêda, Mira, Miranda do Corvo, Miranda do Douro, Mirandela, Monforte, Montalegre, Montemor-o-Velho, Mora, Murtosa, Nelas, Oliveira do Bairro, Ourém, Pampilhosa da Serra, Penalva do Castelo, Penamacor, Penela, Ponte de Sor, Portalegre, Portimão, Proença-a-Nova, Reguengos de Monsaraz, Resende, Salvaterra de Magos, São Pedro do Sul, Sátão, Seia, Sousel, Tábua, Tavira, Torre de Moncorvo, Vagos, Vieira do Minho, Vila do Bispo, Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Vila Nova de Paiva, Vila Real de Santo António and Viseu;
• it is determined that, during the weekend, the opening of trade will be from 8h00 and the closing at 13h00, except in certain restricted cases such as pharmacies, clinics and offices, establishments selling food up to 200 m2 with a door to the street and petrol stations;
• it is stipulated that, during the weekend, from 13h00, restaurants may only operate for home delivery.

2. A diploma has also been approved establishing an extraordinary support measure for the catering sector within the framework of the operating restrictions approved under the state of emergency decreed on 6 November.

3. The decree-law extending the social tariff for electricity and the social tariff for natural gas to more situations of social and economic insufficiency has been approved.

This law promotes the extension of the conditions of access to the social tariff for electricity and natural gas to situations of unemployment, thus adding to the list of economically vulnerable end-customers the beneficiaries of unemployment benefits. It also extends to more situations of vulnerability: the beneficiaries of the disability social pension of the special regime of protection in disability or of the supplement to the social benefit for inclusion.