Portugal: new lockdown decreed and remote work imposed

Following a meeting of Portugal’s Council of Ministers on 13 January, a new lockdown came into force on 15 January. The measure is to remain in place for a period of one month, but the duration may be revised at the halfway point. Authorities in the country have opted to impose remote working and to govern this with stricter controls. The new lockdown aims to slow down the spread of the second wave of Covid-19, which has taken an alarming new turn (10,000 new cases per day).