The government has decided to extend the official state of emergency due to the coronavirus epidemic, and has conducted a telephone vote on the matter.
The previous period state of emergency voted on was due to expire on September 6. In its explanatory letter, government officials noted that the epidemic is continuing to spread and poses an ongoing danger to public health. Therefore, it was decided to ask ministers to authorize an extension of the state of emergency by another sixty days, beginning from September 7 and ending on November 6, 2020.