Portugalʼs Response to COVID-19
The Regulatory Review 2020
7 Pages Posted: 16 Jul 2020 Last revised: 20 Jul 2020
Date Written: July 1, 2020
Abstract
This essay for the Regulatory Review's special series on Comparing Nations’ Responses to COVID-19 examines the early response to the pandemic in Portugal. The essay focuses on measures adopted in connection with the declarations of state of emergency and state of calamity, as well as the treatment of migrant populations throughout the pandemic.
Keywords: COVID-19, coronavirus, Portugal, state of emergency, state of calamity, constitutional law, immigration, migrants, religious holidays
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Santos Rutschman, Ana, Portugalʼs Response to COVID-19 (July 1, 2020). The Regulatory Review 2020, Saint Louis U. Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2020-15, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3640061 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3640061