Society

The municipal company Porto Ambiente developed communication materials to raise citizen's awareness on how to properly dispose of garbage, namely the storing of garbage outside waste skips.

Many associations in Porto are no longer capable of meeting their financial obligations due to the current pandemic and the Emergency State issued by the President of the Republic. Thus, Porto City Hall will consider the proposal by Mayor of Porto, Rui Moreira, to create an Emergency Support Line to the Associations in Porto.

FAUSTO, by Aleksandr Sokurov offers a reflection on the meaning of life. You can watch Fausto til 12pm of 21st April.

The Water Pavilion, managed by the municipal company Águas do Porto, unbloqs its app to raise the public profile on water paths from the springs to the oceans. A virtual tour is available for each exhibition unit.

Staying at home also means that we can spend time in a fun way, for example, watching shorts by IndieJúnior Allianz!

Porto City Hall determined that the containment measures announced by Mayor Rui Moreira on 13th March, to fight the current pandemic, remain in force till 2nd May. These restrictions measures are therefore extended for the same period as the Emergency State announced by the President of the Republic. Municipal public attendance services are available via digital services and phone.

The i3S Health Innovation Prize third edition is aimed at researchers and entrepreneurs that come up with "breakthrough solutions" to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. Applications should be submitted till 27th April.

As expected, the Mission Hospital Porto., set up by Porto City Hall with the support of several entities and companies, is treating Covid-19 patients for two days now. Today, five more patients, with mild symptoms of the new corona virus infection, are due to arrive at this Mission Hospital, sent by the Hospitals of Santo António and São João.

Nostalghia is a 1983 Soviet-Italian film, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. The film depicts a Russian writer (Oleg Yankovsky) who visits Italy to carry out research about an 18th-century Russian composer, but is stricken by homesickness.

3500 people have already been tested in the city's retirement homes, namely the elderly and respective caretakers, and although the testing programme will continue for more days until everyone is tested, Porto City Hall has extended this programme to institutions of citizens with disabilities and the homeless, with the support of Health Centres in Porto.