São Paulo – Brazil’s government reported last weekend that it has defined as essential public services and activities related to zoosanitary, phytosanitary, plant pest and animal disease prevention, control and eradication, as well as international zoosanitary certification.
The decree is from last Friday (6), as reported by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (MAPA). It also provides that measures and cautions should be adopted to reduce Covid-19 transmissibility during the performance of public services and essential activities.
The decree also considered as essential activities such as general cargo transport and delivery, and others. In the same edition, the government published a provisional measure providing that in the event of exceptional temporary restrictions on travel in and out of the country, essential public services and activities should be kept going.
Translated by Guilherme Miranda
