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Mariana Vieira da Silva: “A walk of a few minutes is not going for a walk in the sun”

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Mariana Vieira da Silva, Minister of State and Presidency, criticizes, in statements in the program of the Renaissance “As Três da Manhã”, the gatherings of people that took place this weekend and reinforces that the seven arrests carried out by the security forces were cases in which people were obliged to be at home.

“It is necessary to use these first hours to explain to people. That is what the security forces did, in a pedagogical way. The arrests were the cases that correspond to people who had to be at home and were not. The definition of a state of emergency does not alleviate individual responsibility to protect ourselves and others. The law provides that people can take a walk around the block, it is part of the medical recommendations to walk for a few minutes, but that is not to go for a walk in the sun ” , he warns.

On government action in homes, after an establishment in Famalicão accused eight infected with Covid-19, the minister believes that the government did not act too late in relation to homes.

“Our action in homes started very early, when visits were prohibited. I cannot accept the idea that no action was taken. As the number of cases increases, we start to have more problems. All institutions were asked to draw a contingency plan. We must continue to monitor, because the elderly are a risk group, but people cannot be sent home, because if they were in a home, it is because they are unable to be monitored at home “, he explains .

Reinforced victim support line

The Minister of State and the Presidency ensures that the victim support line has been strengthened, at a time when confinement at home increases the risk of cases of domestic violence.

“We have been working to expand the victim support network. We know that moments like this, when people are confined to the family space, are moments of risk. We are working, with more responsiveness on the telephone line. The state emergency does not mean that support for victims of domestic violence will not continue, “he says.

Boosting the economy

Mariana Vieira da Silva reinforces the government’s idea that the economy should continue, despite efforts to contain the virus.

“There is a balance between controlling the virus, while life must go on for things to work in supermarkets and homes. People need to work. Today is the first working day after the declaration of the state of emergency. There is a set of cafes and shops that are already closed. It is a significant step, we believe that no other measures were needed, for now, because a functioning economy is important for the health of the country “, he explains.

The government’s objective is to avoid collective redundancies in companies, especially those that are out of business: “We want to create conditions for companies to be able to keep their jobs, especially in the ones we have closed. This is the message we ask companies to realize that it is a context in which we all have to collaborate. We have created measures to stabilize companies”, finish.

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