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Field Hospital Porto. has already treated 27 patients infected with Covid-19; 9 out of those 27 were discharged. After 25 days in the hospital, patient number one was discharged from the Field Hospital set up at Super Bock Arena - Pavilhão Rosa Mota.

Confinement measures in nursing homes in Porto were key to the good results presented today by Rui Moreira's Municipal Executive, which revealed that out of five thousand tests, only 1.4% showed infection by Covid-19. It is now time to organize controlled visits to the senior citizens, in optimal safety conditions, namely by offering protective equipment to visitors.

Porto Municipal Theatre just launched a research programme for artists in the city of Porto, which envisages that circa 11 artists will be allocated 3 thousand euros, in the fields of dance, theatre, performance, contemporary circus, cross-sectional studies, writing and reflexion in the performing arts. Applications should be submitted till 18th May, at 6pm.

The Townsman Office resumes face-to-face service upon prior appointment, starting on 11th May. This may happen only when the request for that service is duly reasoned and when distance service is not possible (by phone or online), as the Townsman Office is working on a teleworking regime, since 16th March and online customer service is the best means to contact the Townsman Office.

The municipalities of Porto, Matosinhos and Viseu and Unipublic, the organiser of La Vuelta 2020, have announced that the Portuguese stages are cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

While the current pandemic asks for restraining measures and prevents exhibitions from opening, street liveliness of Porto Arts quarter will be brought to everyone's homes, by municipal company Ágora, on a digital format.

Porto Municipal Gallery will reopen on 2nd June with "Masks", curated by João Laia and Valentinas Klimasauskas, and "Apesar de não estar, estou muito" by Diogo Jesus, curated by João Ribas.

The strengthened support by Porto City Hall to all sectors of society, civil and business affected by the current pandemic includes the establishment of a Municipal Support Fund for investment and economic development, budgeted at 315 thousand euros.

The project "Aquisições", which reactivated the Municipal Art Collection in Porto, features the possibility to direct procurement of artwork by artists of Porto, up to the maximum value of 2.000 euros, between 14th and 27th May.

The Municipality of Porto will make access by car to Atlantic boulevards Montevideu, Brasil, Dom Carlos I and Rua do Coronel Raúl Peres conditional. This measure will be implemented starting tomorrow, 9th May, between 2pm and 7pm Saturday, and between 9am and 7pm Sunday.