Presidential Decree No. 3/2020 on the Declaration of Public Health State of Emergency.

This Presidential Decree declares the Public Health State of Emergency throughout the national territory due to the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) in view of the need for urgent measures to prevent, control and contain risks, damages and aggravations to public health. This Decree has a duration of 15 days, renewable for an equal period, up to a limit of 90 days. The sanitary measures that may be defined by the Government, aim to protect the community and must guarantee full respect for the integrity and dignity of people, families and the community, and must also be proportionate and to the exact extent necessary to prevent contamination or spread and make the treatment of the coronavirus viable, through motivation, under the terms of articles 19 and 135 of the Constitution of the Republic.