RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Paraguayan Ministry of Health announced this Friday, December 4th, new restrictions to combat the coronavirus pandemic, including the restriction of the sale of alcohol at night and the limitation of social gatherings.
Alcoholic beverages may not be sold in the country between 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m., except by restaurants, while social and corporate events may not last more than four hours, according to local media outlet ABC.
In addition, the government has announced a more precise regulation of children’s events.
The restrictions will be in force for only the next fifteen days, so they will not be applicable on the most important days of the Christmas season, Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, the director of Health Surveillance, Guillermo Sequera, has assured ABC.
Paraguay has experienced a recent rise in infections with 1,022 cases in the last 24 hours and 17 deaths from the disease. Also, 742 people have been admitted to hospital, 144 of them in intensive care units.
According to the count carried out by Johns Hopkins University, Paraguay has registered 86,499 cases so far of Covid-19 and 1,813 deaths.