In this Thursday’s edition of Avante, the official organ of the PCP, two pages are published describing in detail the “health security measures imposed by the covid-19 epidemic surely impossible “.
“Only those who do not know the communist party collective and the friends of the Festa do Avante! Can sincerely doubt the success of such an undertaking”, according to the PCP newspaper, whose leader, Jerónimo de Sousa, does not take the party at Quinta da Atalaia, Seixal for granted, but continues to prepare it.
“Yes, it is possible to continue to live (and fight) and safeguard public health”, read in the Avante article.
In total, the available area will be 30 thousand square meters (ten thousand more than in previous years), there will be three stages, there will be a delimitation of areas and corridors to circulate, the doors open earlier to avoid large crowds of people in the doors that will also be more.
There will also be permanent teams for cleaning sanitary facilities and others, a multiplication of points for washing hands, points with disinfectant gel and the space between tables on the terraces will be widened to increase the distance between people.
The communists’ video, in which he explains these measures, lasts 1:19.
The central stage, stage 25 de Abril “will have an additional 6000 m2, the Auditorium 1. de Maio no longer has coverage, becoming an open space, outdoors, with about 5000 m2” and “a third will be created large stage, which will bring together the programming planned for other stages “, is described in the newspaper article.
Jerónimo de Sousa, secretary general of the PCP, has said in recent weeks that the party’s “wish” is to hold the party, but whether it takes place depends on the circumstances, that is, on the evolution of the outbreak of the new coronavirus until September.
“The PCP has always followed, respecting what are health protection measures in all circumstances. This is the guarantee we give”, Jerónimo de Sousa reaffirmed this Thursday, on the sidelines of a meeting with the Portuguese Confederation of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises at the party’s headquarters in Lisbon.
The covid-19 pandemic has already claimed almost 482,000 deaths and infected more than 9.45 million people in 196 countries and territories, according to a report by the French agency AFP.
In Portugal, 1,549 people out of 40,415 confirmed as infected died, according to the most recent bulletin from the Directorate-General for Health.
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