Operation of the School Year 2020/21

Announcements available here.

 

Announcement (19/11/2020)

2nd round of COVID-19 tests

The Announcement of 15 October 2020 made public the possibility of self-proposing for the diagnostic test for infection by SARS-CoV-2, in the scope of the 2nd phase of diagnostic tests promoted by the University of Lisbon, through the expression of interest by filling in a form available for this purpose.

Considering that only about 1/6 of the Faculty members have volunteered for the diagnostic test, the remaining members of Ciências are informed that the form for the diagnostic test for SARS-CoV-2 infection has been reopened until 26 November.

The coordination of testing remains the responsibility of the ULisboa Medical Centre, which requests the following information:

• The testing universe that includes this 2nd phase is not compatible with appointments taking into account personal availability. It is not possible to meet requests for changes in times and dates, as well as requests for appointments at specific dates and times. Consequently, the greatest personal flexibility is requested in accepting the scheduled date and time;
• The call to the tests will consider 3 states after submission:
  • Accepted, when the specific action of acceptance exists;
  • Rejected, when there is a specific action of non acceptance. If presence at the scheduled date and time is impossible to accept, the rejection option must be activated. In these cases, the person who has rejected will be considered in a future process;
  • Not Confirmed, by default and when no specific action exists. The person who does not accept or rejects a call will be considered in new calls.

The Faculty Board

 

Announcement (18/11/2020)

Dear members of Ciências ULisboa,

An information page on confirmed cases, high risk contacts and number of diagnostic tests for SARS-CoV-2 infection proposed by Ciências is available on the Faculty's webpage, as part of ULisboa's urgent case testing programme.

This page, called Situation report (only available to registered users) is updated weekly and on Fridays.

The community is encouraged to stay up-to-date with the latest developments through the Faculty's COVID-19 webpage. Remember how to act in the COVID-19 cases linked to members of Ciências and comply with the authorities' recommendations.

The Faculty Board

 

Announcement (10/11/2020)

Dear colleagues,

Decree No. 8/2020 of 8 November was published, regulating the implementation of the state of emergency decreed by the President of the Republic (Decree of the President of the Republic No. 51-U/2020 of 6 November).

According to the Decree, there are no restrictions on teaching activities, including classes and assessment tests.

With regard to freedom of movement, the Decree provides for the prohibition of movement - in certain councils with high risk - in public spaces and streets daily between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m., as well as on Saturdays and Sundays between 1 p.m. and 5 a.m., except for the purposes of urgent and unavoidable journeys under the terms laid down in this document.

Workers who need to go to the Faculty during those periods should contact their centre to obtain the necessary declaration from their employer.

Best regards,
Guida Carvalheiro

 

Announcements (03/11/2020)

Dear students,

Yesterday MCTES communication, available at https://ciencias.ulisboa.pt/pt/legislacao-covid-19, reinforced the need to maintain classes as defined at the beginning of the school year. Namely, the document states that privilege must be given to classroom experimental / laboratory classes. The rest will be taught in person whenever the conditions allow, or in a alternative regime, when it is not possible to ensure the security conditions imposed by DGS.

Naturally, we will not change the mandatory attendance regime in theoretical classes and in theoretical-practical classes, which was imposed at the beginning of the academic year and which match with the operating regime of these classes at Ciências, in previous years.

The document also calls for the diversification of teaching methods, reinforcing the autonomous study and alternative mechanisms for knowledge assessments, which are not necessarily focused on the realization of written tests, but, if they happen, they will necessarily be in person. Once again, these recommendations match with the guidelines defined since the beginning of the school year.

Best regards,
Luís Carriço

 

Dear colleagues

Yesterday MCTES communication, available at https://ciencias.ulisboa.pt/pt/legislacao-covid-19, reinforced the need to maintain classes as defined at the beginning of the school year. Namely, the document states that privilege must be given to classroom experimental / laboratory classes. The rest will be taught in person whenever the conditions allow, or in a alternative regime, when it is not possible to ensure the security conditions imposed by DGS.

Naturally, as has been happening more often since the beginning of the year, students do not have, and never had in previous years, mandatory presence in theoretical classes and in some theoretical-practical classes. If they choose not to be present and attend the non-face-to-face counterpart, there are no valid reasons, nor anything expressed in the MCTES recommendation, for the regime of mandatory presence, in these types of classes, to be changed.

The document also calls for the diversification of teaching methods, reinforcing the autonomous study and alternative mechanisms for knowledge assessments, which are not necessarily focused on the realization of written tests, but, if they happen, they will necessarily be in person.

Finally, as announced yesterday at the Presidents’ Department Council meeting, the Course Coordinators and responsible teachers should, as far as possible, have a plan prepared so that they can move to a remote regime, should the pandemic situation so impose it, and the MCTES recognizes it. The evolution of the situation seems to recommend that this plan might become very real, remaining for now as such, a plan.

Best regards,
Luís Carriço

 

Dear colleagues

Yesterday MCTES communication, available at https://ciencias.ulisboa.pt/pt/legislacao-covid-19, reinforced the need to maintain in person ativities. Namely, the document states that:

"... remote work is mandatory whenever it is compatible with the functions performed by the employee",

And that:

“…the presence of non-teaching [...] employees from higher education institutions in their jobs is required, whenever:

- the tasks has to be performed in person, for example, in public attendance and essential services;

- the employee’s presence is superiorly required by the top manager of the service, considering the need to provide technical or administrative support to those performing their duties in person;

- the nature of its functions is necessary to ensure the normal operation of the services and to guarantee the fulfillment of essential duties and obligations, such as, namely, processing workers' remunerations, fulfillment of financial obligations, assistance and maintenance of computer equipment, support to laboratories or other duties essential for employees in remote work;

- the nature of its functions requires the assess of databases or other applications considered sensitive by the manager of the institution and which should not, or cannot be accessed from the outside;

- the nature of its functions requires assess, analysis or treatment of confidential information, whenever this is considered to be a breach of security rules by the institution's manager.”

Accordingly, the Diretors prepared, together with the Service Unit managers, a plan that ensures that:

1) the mentioned services, that are not in remote work, are fully operational, mitigating, whenever possible, the risk of infection, through the turnover of employees;

2) it will be in remote work those who are able to perform their duties under this regime.

Best regards,
Luís Carriço

 

Announcement (23/10/2020)

Portuguese society is going through a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, to which it is crucial to respond quickly, rigorously and with confidence. With this objective, the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon and SGS Portugal, institutional partners since 2015, have combined efforts and technical skills in a project - FIGHT COVID - aimed at fighting the new coronavirus.

The FIGHT COVID project consists in the allocation and provision of mobile laboratory structures for Covid-19 testing to the community under the best possible conditions of epidemiological and clinical safety. In this context, a biological harvesting post will soon be placed outside the campus of Ciências ULisboa, in the area between the C6 Building and the School of Arts and Humanities. This infrastructure fully respects the current recommendations of the DGS and is also registered with the Regional Health Administration of Lisbon and the Tagus Valley and INEM. Its operation will be ensured by a team of qualified nurses with proven professional experience in COVID-19 case management and a medical officer. The structure will operate by prior appointment system, having emergency medical equipment, contingency plan and clinical referral to emerging situations, thus ensuring the best safety conditions. The same infrastructure will also be equipped with a disinfection system, by nebulization, in order to guarantee microbiological control of the infrastructure, surfaces and air.

Diagnostic and screening tests will have the rigour and quality guaranteed by the COVID Testing Centre (CTC) of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, member of the Portuguese Network of Diagnostic Laboratories of COVID-19. The CTC, which has a Level 3 Biological Containment System recommended by the World Health Organization, is certified by the National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge and licensed by the Health Regulatory Authority. Recently, it was also equipped with reference technology in clinical information management (CLINIDATA®), certified by the Shared Services of the Ministry of Health, thus ensuring the communication of laboratory information in real time with the Directorate General of Health - Ministry of Health.

The Faculty Board

 

Announcement (15/10/2020)

Case management and COVID-19 tests in Ciências ULisboa

Rapid and effective contact tracing (identification, risk assessment and implementation of measures) is a key element in the early detection of cases and limitation of the spread of COVID-19. Therefore, it is important that the information provided by the members of the Ciências ULisboa community to the Faculty's services, through the e-mail covid19@ciencias.ulisboa.pt, is adequate so that the procedures adopted, in articulation with the Public Health Unit (USP), are fast and effective. The Faculty's services directly monitor the evolution of the health situation of confirmed cases and high risk contacts from members of the community, so any changes associated with these cases should be communicated as soon as possible to the e-mail covid19@ciencias.ulisboa.pt.

 

Definition of confirmed case, suspect case, high-risk contact, low-risk contact and symptoms of COVID-19

Signs and symptoms associated with COVID-19: signs and symptoms of COVID-19 vary in severity from absence of symptoms (being asymptomatic) to fever (temperature ≥ 38.0ºC), cough, sore throat, muscle fatigue and severe acute respiratory syndrome. It was also verified anosmia (loss of sense of smell) and in some cases the loss of taste, as symptom of COVID-19.

In accordance with Standard 015/2020 of 24/07/2020 of the Directorate General of Health, and considering the type of activities of the Faculty:

Confirmed case: A person with confirmed positive laboratory test for infection by SARS-CoV-2, regardless of the signs and symptoms presented.

Suspect case: A person who develops acute respiratory symptoms with a cough or fever (temperature ≥ 38.0ºC) or dyspnea / difficulty breathing or a person who develops symptoms associated with COVID-19 and has been in contact with a confirmed case.

High-risk contact: A person who has been in contact with a confirmed case of COVID-19 without a mask (including during meals), at a distance of less than 2 meters and simultaneously for 15 minutes or more.

Low-risk contact: A person who has been in contact with a confirmed case of COVID-19 having both worn a mask, albeit indoors and even for more than 15 minutes.

 

Confirmed cases and high-risk contacts

For effective management of information by the Faculty, only confirmed cases and high-risk contacts with confirmed cases should send, as soon as possible, a message to covid19@ciencias.ulisboa.pt with the following information:

1. Full name, category, employee/student number, institutional e-mail, mobile phone number, National Health Service user number and current residence address;
2. Last day you were at the Faculty;
3. Regarding the 48 hours prior to the last day you were at the Faculty, the name and contact details of the people (Ciências ULisboa members) with whom you were without a mask (including meals), at a distance of less than 2 meters and for 15 minutes or more for the services to assess the risk and make the necessary contacts, ensuring the protection of data from the source of potential contagion.

High-risk contacts should contact the SNS24 line (808 24 24 24) and follow the received instructions. Home confinement or immediate prophylactic isolation is determined by health authorities.

The Faculty's services directly send USP the personal data that has been requested from members of the Faculty considered confirmed cases or high-risk contacts.

The whole community and in particular the students are alerted to the fact that all institutional contacts for the purposes foreseen in this document are made through their institutional Ciências ULisboa e-mail addresses, so they should pay special attention to the operability of these mail addresses, in particular by regularly consulting this e-mail and by avoiding that their e-mail boxes are full.

The information collected will be processed solely for the purpose of ensuring the follow-up of confirmed cases and high risk contacts, the information to USP and the processing and dissemination of anonymised statistical data. The data collected are confidential, accessible only to the members of the Security, Health and Sustainability Office and to the management bodies of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon. The data is destroyed as soon as the incident is deemed closed.

 

Suspect cases and low-risk contacts: procedures to follow

Suspect cases should contact the SNS24 line (808 24 24 24) and follow the received instructions. They will only inform the Faculty, via e-mail covid19@ciencias.ulisboa.pt, if they need to regularise their attendance because they have been given prophylactic isolation.

Low-risk contacts, as well as suspect cases, must maintain passive surveillance for 14 days since the date of the last exposure:

1. Monitor daily symptoms compatible with COVID-19;
2. Measure and record body temperature twice a day;
3. Implement strictly the prevention measures available here, including distance, hand hygiene, respiratory tag and the permanent use of a well placed mask, covering the nose and chin;
4. Not to go to places with crowds of people, maintaining the face-to-face activity in Ciências ULisboa and ensuring compliance with the previous paragraph;
5. If symptoms compatible with COVID-19 appear, contact SNS24;
6. If prophylactic isolation is determined, please inform the Faculty's services by e-mail covid19@ciencias.ulisboa.pt.

Both suspect cases and low-risk contacts can self-propose for a diagnostic test for SARS-CoV-2 infection (see information below in ULisboa test programme).

For other types of contacts, which are indirect links between cases, there is no need to adopt additional measures to the general prevention measures available here.

 

Regularisation of attendance

For the purpose of regularisation of attendance, the decision of prophylactic isolation or confinement is always the responsibility of the health authorities who send the respective declaration to the worker/student who, in turn, will forward it to covid19@ciencias.ulisboa.pt.

The return to the face-to-face activity must take place on the working day following the last day of the period indicated in the declaration, no discharge document being required.

 

ULisboa test programme

The University of Lisbon, through its Rectory, has implemented a 2nd phase of diagnostic tests for SARS-CoV-2 infection, which covers regular testing of its population. In addition, a testing service for suspect cases is always under way.

The tests are coordinated by ULisboa Medical Centre services. Members of Ciências ULisboa interested in performing diagnostic tests should fill in the form available here by 25 October (new deadline). Subject to test availability and the number of people interested, the Faculty Board will define priority criteria and will send the data on the form to the Medical Centre, which will directly schedule the test with those interested.

For suspected cases or contacts with confirmed cases, a testing service is also under way. These cases can propose themselves for a diagnostic test of infection by SARS-CoV-2, by sending to the e-mail covid19@ciencias.ulisboa.pt the indication of the case and type of connection, as well as full name, category, employee/student number, institutional e-mail, mobile phone number and National Health Service user number. The test schedule is only possible after the sending of all the indicated elements.

The costs of the tests proposed by the Faculty, whether in the case of the testing programme or in the case of suspect cases and high or low risk contacts, are paid by the Faculty.

 

Emergency number in Ciências ULisboa and isolation room

Any member of Ciências ULisboa, who is in the Faculty, in case of an emergency, or if they have symptoms of COVID-19, should contact the Ciências emergency number (internal extension 20000 or direct number 217 500 600). In this case, you will be directed by the emergency teams (or security team members) to the isolation area (room 8.1.02). Access to the isolation room must be made directly from outside the C8 building. When moving, the places with the greatest crowding of people/workers on the premises should be avoided.

 

The Faculty Board

 

Announcement (03/07/2020)

Dear members of the Ciências Community,

In the last few days, we have been informed of confirmed cases of infection by SARS-CoV-2 among members of the Faculty.

In this context, the recommendations of the health authorities have been put into practice and close contacts with these cases have been identified – in such cases, return to the facilities is only permitted after the quarantine period has elapsed or after a negative test.

As the Lisbon and Tagus Valley region is currently the most active epidemiological situation in our country, unfortunately an increase in suspected and/or confirmed cases that directly or indirectly affect our community is expected in the coming days and weeks.

Being this increase in the number of cases related with the increase in the occupancy rate of buildings as a result of the measures of deconfinement, we again stress the importance of each one of us strictly complying with the general prevention measures of COVID-19 in Ciências ULisboa. Once again, we urge the community to pay special attention to the mandatory use of a well-placed mask, covering the nose and chin, inside the Faculty buildings.

We also call on community members, who have symptoms or are identified as close contacts to confirmed cases, to contact the SNS24 Line immediately (808 24 24 24) and inform the Faculty (covid19@ciencias.ulisboa.pt).

Don't neglect your own protection.

By protecting yourselves, you protect us all.

The Faculty Board

 

Order D/25/2020

Considering that:

• in the context of measures to prevent and combat the COVID-19 pandemic, the Order D/14/2020, of 10 March, determined the restriction of missions, namely field trips;
• the Order D/21/2020, of 1 May, determines the gradual resumption of presence activities at the Faculty.

I determine that from the present date onwards, field trips may be authorised within the scope of research projects or thesis and dissertation work for Masters, Postgraduate or Doctorate courses, provided that strict compliance with the measures set out in Annex III of the COVID-19 Contingency Plan of the Faculty (4th update) is ensured.

The restrictions and internal requirements of Orders D/14/2020, of 10 March, D/16/2020, of 27 March, D/19/2020, of 10 April and D/20/2020, of 24 April, and still in force, with the exception of those rules that provide otherwise of what is laid down in this Order.

Faculdade de Ciências, 20 May 2020

Luís Carriço

Dean

 

Announcement (04/05/2020)

Dear Ciências Community,

Some doubts have arisen about our recovery plan and the Order D/21/2020, which I will now clarify.

We are currently in phase 1 of this plan, aimed at preparing the facilities of the Faculty and acquiring the means and materials that will allow us to resume some of our activities as soon as possible. In this phase, regarding the movement of people on campus, nothing changes compared to the situation that we experienced during the state of emergency. As I'm sure you understand, the duration of this first phase depends on several factors that are external to us.

When the minimum conditions are established, and when the Faculty Board has the recovery plans requested from the R&D Units, departments and service units, we will enter phase 2, which will be duly announced through a new communication. These plans will, among other things, identify the people who necessarily have to carry out their research work at the Faculty. In this phase, we will start by testing the people who have already been at the Faculty during the state of emergency, in continuous work or in shifts, providing them with the means and materials, as well as the necessary equipment to continue their work (please read the contingency plan, 3rd update). Therefore, even in the middle of phase 2, which has not yet begun, the people authorized to work on campus are the same people who were working on campus during the state of emergency. Nothing changes, except that these people have been tested, have masks provided by the Faculty, have faster access to disinfection dispensers, have places to put the used masks... Throughout phase 2, probably in the middle/end of May, we will be able to apply this procedure to other Faculty members so that, in those conditions, they can return to their research work/research support.

In short, today nothing changes in terms of access.

With best regards,

Luís Carriço

Dean

 

Order D/21/2020

Considering:

a) The recommendations of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education of 17 April, on the elaboration of plans for the progressive lifting of containment measures motivated by the COVID-19 pandemic;
b) The "Recommendation to scientific and higher education institutions regarding the cessation of the state of emergency motivated by the COVID-19 pandemic" issued by the Office of the Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education on 30 April;
c) The monitoring of the evolution of the situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the perspectives for the near future;

After hearing the Course Coordinators, the R&D Units Coordinators Board and the Safety, Health and Sustainability Office, I approve the 3rd update of the Faculty Contingency Plan - COVID-19, which maintains the various restrictions and constraints and reinforces the protection measures that will allow a gradual resumption of face-to-face activities.

1. For the gradual resumption of on-site activities, the priorities are:
   i) to continue to privilege the telework regime, whenever possible;
   ii) to resume in-person activities slowly, gradually and with caution, in phases, ensuring health and safety conditions in jobs and community confidence in the measures adopted;
   iii) to provide, in PHASE 1, with the means, materials and products necessary to comply with the health and safety conditions set forth in the aforementioned plan;
   iv) to prioritise, in PHASE 2, the application of procedures that guarantee the above-mentioned conditions to the administrative, technical, and public service activities that have ensured the functioning of the Faculty until now;
   v) to prioritise, in PHASE 2, the resumption of research and innovation activities developed in the scope of the R&D Units that, due to the situation, have suspended, altered or decreased their activities, because they require the use of laboratories and materials based on campus;
   (vi) to extend, in PHASE 3, the resumption of other on-site activities, in particular those of an administrative, technical and public service nature, including the reopening of campus life support facilities;
   (vii) to maintain an ongoing assessment of the effectiveness of the measures, which will be reviewed or adapted in accordance with global and local pandemic developments.
    
2. The academic activities shall maintain the distance learning and assessment system in accordance with Order D/20/2020.
3. The resumption of the above activities is only allowed after the Dean's authorisation, which depends on the necessary conditions being met to enable the Faculty members to comply with all the protection measures defined in the Contingency Plan, namely:
   i) conducting diagnostic tests to COVID-19, within the scope of the testing program defined by ULisboa;
   ii) the mandatory use of a mask inside the buildings, except in dining rooms;
   iii) the mandatory disinfection of hands with alcohol-based solution at the entrance of the buildings;
   iv) the deposition of masks, gloves and wipes, after use, in specific containers;
   (v) the physical distance of 2 meters between people;
   (vi) the hygienisation/disinfection, by users themselves, of shared equipment, objects and surfaces before and after use;
   (vii) the non-use of lifts and sanitary facilities by more than one person at the same time - the use of lifts is not recommended, except in duly justified situations.
    
4. Retired workers and groups subject to special protection duties are strongly discouraged from resuming face-to-face activities at the Faculty.
5. Any member of the Faculty, with symptoms associated to COVID-19 (cough, fever and/or respiratory difficulty) or who has had close contact with confirmed or suspected cases of COVID-19, should not access the Faculty facilities without first confirming that there is no risk to himself or others and should contact the SNS24 Line (808 24 24 24) and have that confirmation.

Faculdade de Ciências, 1 May 2020

Luís Carriço

Dean

 

Order D/20/2020

Following the renewal of the declaration of the State of Emergency motivated by the COVID-19 pandemic until 2 May, the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education issued a statement with recommendation and clarification to the scientific and higher education institutions, in which it advises the development of plans for the progressive lifting of containment measures motivated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Following these recommendations, the Faculty Board, in a meeting on 20 April, decided:

1. to resume all research and innovation developed within the Faculty and the R&D Units which, due to the situation, have suspended, changed or decreased their activities, as they require the use of laboratories and materials based on campus, gradually and with due caution, bringing teachers, researchers and students in thesis/dissertation, to the extent strictly necessary and in accordance with the recovery plan being prepared;
2. gradually and as needed, to resume administrative, technical and public service activities, in particular those related to research support, in accordance with the recovery plan under preparation;
3. to prepare a detailed recovery plan, in order to progressively end the containment measures currently in force, ensuring working conditions within the parameters required in the current situation.

Regarding academic activities, following the declaration of the State of Emergency, the legal regime in force, the decision of 8 April of the University Coordination Council, the Order D/19/2020, which keeps the suspension of classroom activities until the end of the semester and the recommendations of the Education Board, resulting from the meeting of 22 April, regarding the operation of classes and assessments in the 2nd semester, in accordance with the competences conferred to me in paragraph x) of article 50 of the Statutes of the Faculty, published in annex to the Order no. 9251/2017, in the Diário da República, 2nd series, no. 203, of 20 October, amended by the Order no. 220/2019, of 7 January, published in the Diário da República, 2nd series, I hereby rule that:

1. the decision is maintained that all classes and evaluations of the current semester will be non-presential;
2. the teachers must make available in the e-learning platform, information about the different modalities of distance evaluation that will be used in the curricular unit for which they are responsible, according to the Order D/19/2020;
3. all the final tests or exams of the second semester will be carried out in a non-presential way, using for example the Moodle platform - teachers may, regardless of the classification that the student obtains in the written test, perform an individual oral confirmation, by videoconference, of the knowledge demonstrated in the test or exam;
4. the oral tests should be held by videoconference, with the participation, whenever possible, of at least two teachers;
5. for tests that need to be taken by videoconference, the necessary means will be made available to students who do not have access to cameras;
6. the beginning of each of the three exam seasons will be postponed for at least five days, according to the new exam schedule, which will be made available on the Faculty's website;
7. the Special Season exams related to the UC that functioned in the 1st semester, may be face-to-face, provided that there is agreement of teachers and students, and that due social distance is maintained.

The Order D/19/2020, of 10 April, remains in force, with the exception of those rules that provide otherwise of what is laid down in this Order.

Faculdade de Ciências, 24 April 2020

Luís Carriço

Dean

 

Laboratory infrastructure | COVID-19 screening tests (20/04/2020)

Dear Ciências Community,

As we all know, the Faculty has joined, from the outset, the national efforts in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. In this process it has relied on the solidarity of the entire community, which provided equipment, masks and other laboratory material to health institutions, volunteered to support molecular analysis, placed its capacity for innovation at the service of society through the construction of protective visors, and used its technical-scientific skills to support decision-making, either by consulting government agencies or by providing models based on scientific evidence. There are countless examples of these initiatives whose information will soon be made available on an intranet page under construction.

These initiatives have been recognised and received the support of the Faculty Board which, according to previous information, has also taken the decision to invest in the construction of a COVID Testing Centre (CTC @ Ciências), to be installed in the Tec Labs building, and which will start operating in the next few days. This Centre, which implements one of the objectives that guided the current Faculty Board's action program - optimisation of resources - represents an infrastructure for research and provision of services, transversal to the different R&D Units, currently entirely dedicated to the mitigation of COVID-19 (virus screening and immunological testing) but with high potential for future research where similar safety conditions are required. The support of our research units has, once again, been exemplary, either through the provision of equipment or by volunteering to support the most diverse associated activities.

Aware that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus represents a risk to public health, the objective of this communication is to reassure the community of Ciências that all safety conditions are assured. In this context, it is stressed that:

• Although in the validation/certification process the new Testing Centre appears to be a place where direct biological sampling can be performed, this is not expected to happen, as partnerships have already been closed with collection sites that guarantee the full production capacity. Thus, it is expected that the Faculty will only act as a place to receive samples collected by health professionals in hospitals or clinics, who will send them afterwards, safely, to the Testing Centre;
• In order to ensure that the "traffic" of samples on the campus of Ciências will be kept to a minimum, specific signage is already being produced, which will be placed at various points on campus, preventing the circulation of samples in the remaining buildings;
• The biological samples will enter directly from the outside into a new biological security room, installed in the Tec Labs support building, where the inactivation and extraction of RNA from the virus will be carried out, with the adaptation of the space for this purpose and a biological containment infrastructure has been acquired in accordance with the World Health Organization's biological risk security level 3. The same infrastructure is certified in accordance with EN 1822-1 (HEPA and ULPA classification, performance testing and marking), EN 12296, EN 12297, EN 12298 (Guidelines on testing procedures for cleanliness, sterilizability and watertightness of biotechnology equipment) and EN 12741 (Guidelines for biotechnology hospital operations). The construction project complies with ASHRAE 170 (Standards for Ventilation of Health Care Facilities). This infrastructure is equipped with a class II type B2 biosafety laminar flow chamber for handling, and its processing will be carried out by specially trained investigators equipped with appropriate personal protective equipment;
• Only after inactivation, the RNA samples, already harmless from a biological risk point of view, will proceed to the laboratory on the 1st floor of the Tec Labs Main Building where the molecular tests (RT-PCR) and genomic sequencing, or other methodological protocols that become available in the meantime, will be performed for diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2;
• The analyses to be carried out at the COVID Science Testing Centre will be done primarily on samples whose analysis request is issued by entities associated with the Ministry of Health or other Ministries that establish partnership protocols with Ciências.

By decision of the Faculty Board, the coordination of the whole operation regarding the COVID-19 screening tests is ensured by the researcher Ricardo Dias (Researcher of Ciências associated to BioISI - Institute of Biosystems and Integrative Sciences) and all contacts regarding this matter should be addressed to fightcovid@ciencias.ulisboa.pt.

We thank once again the contribution of everyone in this new and important mission of Ciências, because together we are even stronger.

The Faculty Board

 

Order D/19/2020

Following the declaration of the State of Emergency, the legal regime in force, the decision of 8 April of the Council of University Coordination and the Orders D/16/2020, of 26 March, and D/14/2020, of 10 March, I hereby order the following measures:

• to maintain the suspension of all classroom activities until the end of the semester, and to promote its replacement by distance learning procedures and dissemination of content, enabling students to follow the school activities; therefore, the teachers responsible for each curricular course (whatever its nature, including laboratory and fieldwork), must define by 17 April a full plan of non-presential teaching/learning, to take place until the end of the academic calendar 2019/2020, which should be communicated to students;
• to promote, in all evaluation activities, the evaluation of knowledge by remote means, through the existing platforms or platforms to be made available, to be defined by the teachers responsible for each curricular course by 24 April (whatever its nature, including laboratory and fieldwork); therefore, a full plan of non-presential evaluation, running until the end of the evaluation period, should be communicated to the students;
• to ensure that all evaluation activities for the 2019/2020 school year take place by the end of the evaluation period provided for in the academic calendar, subject to the exceptions corresponding to the completion of final work of master's and doctorate;
• to take the necessary measures to ensure the participation of all students and teachers in the activities of distance learning and evaluation;

The Order D/16/2020, of 26 March, remains in force, with the exception of those rules that provide otherwise of what is laid down in this Order.

With the exception of the above measures which establish later periods, all the measures are in force until 30 April and will be adjusted as necessary and as the situation develops.

Faculdade de Ciências, 10 April 2020

Luís Carriço

Dean

 

Laboratory infrastructure | COVID-19 screening tests (09/04/2020)

Dear Ciências community,

As you know, our Faculty will soon have a new laboratory infrastructure where the screening tests to COVID-19 will be carried out, under the coordination of Researcher Ricardo Dias. This initiative counts with the precious collaboration of several colleagues of the Faculty, which, shortly after disclosing its preparation and with the help of the Order of Biologists, recruited more than 350 volunteers. This extraordinary number is a testimony to the commitment of the entire community to tackling this problem. Of these, only a small group of volunteers should start the process and new groups will be called as soon as necessary. Our deepest thanks to all those who have rolled up their sleeves to set this initiative in motion, and in particular to all the volunteers!

The Faculty Board

 

Message (09/04/2020)

Dear Members of Ciências,
          
Since the beginning of this unique phase of our personal and professional lives, the Faculty has been adopting measures, as early as possible, proportional to the evolution of the COVID-19 situation.
         
The Faculty Board thanks everyone, on behalf of our entire community, for the exemplary way in which, in the various fields, they have managed to keep Ciências united and connected to the world, demonstrating an enormous commitment and team spirit in these difficult times.
 
We encourage everyone to stay up-to-date with the latest developments by reading our COVID-19 webpage and the usual communication channels (news and weekly Newsletter), recalling the need to comply scrupulously with the authorities' recommendations.
 
As we enter the Easter weekend, we hope you will take the opportunity to "hang up". Whether you are teleworking, teaching online or working on essential activities at Ciências, this has been a very intense period for all of us, and usually more demanding, for various reasons, than the work in "regular configuration". We therefore need time to rest and recharge batteries, even if we cannot spend this time in the same way we usually do, for example by visiting our families.
         
Finally, and because we believe that together we are really stronger, we suggest everyone to add the following message to their e-mail signature:
         
A Ciência não para e Ciências também não.
Distantes para nos protegermos a todos, mas ligados para continuar a responder aos desafios do futuro.
#EstamosOn #FiqueEmCasa
         
The Faculty Board wishes you all, and also your families and friends, a Happy Easter, much courage and health.

 

Announcement (02/04/2020)

In this period of crisis, Ciências ULisboa has joined forces and will move towards testing COVID-19.

To do so, a new investment will be made in a modular installation (BOX with level 3 certification (BSL3) - suitable for this type of handling) which will be purchased by the Faculty and placed in the area where the Tec Labs restaurant used to operate.

Testing should start in about 2 weeks, with a first phase of about 100 daily analyses. Epidemiological sequencing and screening will also be carried out.

Until then, volunteers who have already been identified will be trained with the support of the order of Biologists and the process of certification of screening tests will be initiated. Other initiatives, such as the production of visors and visor supports for the protection of health professionals, are also underway in our community.

In addition to the fast identification of the presence of SARS-Cov-2, the Faculty can, in less than 24 hours, trace the epidemiological origin of cases by sequencing the viral genome in real time. This capacity is only possible due to the innovation and development strategy implemented by Ciências ULisboa in the last 5 years, in collaboration with several international entities, for the development of new applications and technology for genome sequencing and real-time data analysis. This capacity will not only make it possible to distinguish "imported" cases from cases of community dissemination, but also to identify possible focus of local dissemination of infection.

The Faculty thanks all colleagues and volunteers for their hard work in this joint fight, and will be available to the community for any collaboration that makes sense in this context. Send your proposal to fightcovid@ciencias.ulisboa.pt.

The Faculty Board

 

Order D/16/2020

Following the declaration, on 18 March, of the "State of Emergency", the legal regime in force and my Order D/14/2020, of 10 March, I hereby determine:

1. The academic Master's and Doctorate examinations, provided that the mutual agreement between the jury and the respective candidate exists and is recorded and the technical conditions for the public performance of the examinations are met, will now be performed by videoconference. The marking of the exams, the conditions of public access to the virtual room where the exams will take place and the respective result must be published on the websites of Ciências ULisboa (https://ciencias.ulisboa.pt/) and ULisboa (www.ulisboa.pt).
2. The examinations for the award of the academic title of Aggregate and the title of Specialist, provided that there is and is recorded the mutual agreement between the jury and the respective candidate and that the technical conditions for the public performance of the test are met, will now be held by videoconference. The marking of the tests, the conditions of public access to the virtual room where the tests will take place and the respective result must be published on the websites of Ciências ULisboa (https://ciencias.ulisboa.pt/) and ULisboa (www.ulisboa.pt).
3. Jury meetings for the recruitment of teaching or research staff will now be held using telematic means, namely video or teleconference. The procedure for signing the minutes is established in paragraph 2 of Order 98/2020 of the Rector of ULisboa, dated 23 March 2020.
4. The jury meetings for the recruitment of non teaching and non researching staff shall now be held using telematic means, namely video or teleconference. The procedure for signing the minutes shall be as established in paragraph 2 of Order 98/2020 of the Rector of ULisboa, dated 23 March 2020.
5. That the school break (Easter holidays) foreseen in the school calendar 2019/2020 is maintained.
6. That the attendance services are maintained without appointment, in the Expediente Center (C5) and in the main entrance of C8 building, for the reception and delivery of packages and other mail.
7. The Order D/14/2020 of 10 March remains in force, with the exception of the rules that have a different meaning from the one established in this Order.
8. These measures are in force until 9 April and will be adjusted according to the need and the evolution of the situation. 

Faculdade de Ciências, 26 March 2020

Luís Carriço

Dean

 

COVID-19 | Information (20/03/2020)

Constraints and changes - Faculdade de Ciências

We warn the community of the Faculdade de Ciências that, until new information is available, Dean's Order D/14/2020 remains in force and that, in addition, they should consider the following relevant information in this phase of exception related to COVID-19:

Emergency Management

Given the measures to promote teleworking and the restrictions on access to the Faculty's facilities, the effectiveness of emergency responses is constrained by the substantial reduction in the number of emergency team members. Thus:

1. In the event of an emergency, you should place yourself in safety, call the emergency number of the Faculdade de Ciências (ext. 20000 or +351 217 500 600), indicate the type of occurrence and exact location and follow the instructions of the emergency teams or, in their absence, the security guards. Where appropriate, and pending the arrival of the emergency teams or security guards, you should call 112 and follow the instructions. Do not forget that if means of rescue are activated, it is essential to ensure correct routing, so you should always report the occurrence to the emergency number.
2. In case of a fire alarm in a building, as soon as the alarm sounds you should leave the building, follow the evacuation instructions and follow the signs posted along the evacuation paths, never using the elevators and never turning back. Follow the instructions of emergency teams or security guards. As soon as you are safely outside the building, report the occurrence via the emergency number of the Faculdade de Ciências (ext. 20000 or +351 217 500 600) and follow the instructions in point 1.

Use of lifts

The lifts are kept in operation to allow the transport of heavy and/or bulky material. However, their use is advised against, except in duly justified situations.

Liquid nitrogen supply

The supply of liquid nitrogen shall take place weekly on Wednesdays at 11 a.m.

Hazardous waste

Deliveries of hazardous waste will take place every fortnight (26 March, 9 April, 23 April, etc.), at the usual times and collection points (information available at http://www.ciencias.ulisboa.pt/residuos).

Faculdade de Ciências, 20 March 2020

Guida Carvalheiro

Administrator

 

Order D/14/2020

Following the latest events related to the spread of the new coronavirus, I determine:

Suspension of activities

1. The suspension, until further notice, of all public events, including national and international congresses and meetings. New exhibitions, visits to and from other schools are also suspended.
2. The suspension of all classroom activities, replacing them whenever possible by other means of teaching, namely through distance learning instruments. For this purpose, information about the procedures to be adopted in order to allow the functioning of classes by videoconference, or other equivalent solution, is being prepared. Such procedures are expected to be in work as of 16 March, or/and as soon as possible. With this the students should preferably participate from their homes.
3. Adaptations/changes of the programmatic contents and the evaluation methods of 1st and 2nd cycle Degrees curricular units will be allowed to the new teaching reality mentioned in 2. Such will be subject to a specific Order.

Restrictions

1. The restriction on public attendance in person. In all services, and until further notice, the public attendance is now being made by non-face-to-face means of communication by using the contacts available in the institutional webpage of Ciências.
2. The face-to-face service is maintained exclusively for the delivery of mandatory and urgent documents and/or delivery of informatics equipment and activation of cards, through scheduled appointment for the responsible service. Exceptionally, face-to-face attendance is maintained at the Mailing Services (C5 Building), at the Administrative Support Centres (C2, C6 and C8 Buildings) and at the C8 Building and Tec Labs, for the reception and delivery of packages and other mailing.
3. That missions/business travelling are restricted to those indispensable and unavoidable, expressly authorized by the Dean, following a duly substantiated request to the Presidents of Departments or Service Officers.
4. That the coming of external visitors to ULisboa, including students, is restricted to participation in acts that cannot be performed by videoconference and to indispensable and unavoidable interactions, expressly authorized by the Dean.
5. All meetings should preferably be held by videoconference.

Academic Examinations

1. That the participation of external elements to Ciências in Master's and PhD academic examinations will now be carried out by videoconference.
2. By means of a Rector's Order that authorizes it, this type of participation may be extended to the other members of the Jury, with the exception of the President who, like the student, must necessarily be present in the room where the examinaton takes place. If the President of the Jury or the candidate are in quarantine, the examination will necessarily be postponed.
3. That the number of members attending the academic examinations referred to in the previous number be limited to a maximum of 10% of the room capacity where the act takes place.
4. That the Aggregations Proofs and the Jury Meetings of Selection Procedures involving members outside Ciências, as they cannot legally involve any participation by videoconference, are suspended.

Access to facilities

1. That access to all the buildings on campus will now be made exclusively through the use of a card, or authorisation, except in the case of the C3 building, which will be closed. All libraries and student spaces are also closed.
2. That the authorisation referred to in the previous number to 2nd and 3rd cycle students will be given by the Dean upon proposal of the Presidents of Departments for the development of Thesis or Dissertation works that manifestly require access to laboratories or other research infrastructures, calculus included. Previously access granted authorisations to buildings are now revoked.

Enabling of telework

1. That the Service Officers, Presidents of Department and Research Unit Coordinators identify the teaching and non-teaching staff, researchers and scholarship holders whose duties may be performed by telework and, after their agreement, propose to the Dean a plan for temporary transition to this regime.
2. The obligation of the working hours registration for all teleworkers will be suspended, without loss of entitlement to the meal allowance.

These measures are in force until 27 March and will be adjusted as necessary and as the situation evolves.

Faculdade de Ciências, 10 March 2020

Luís Carriço

Dean

 

COVID-19 | Suspension of classes and additional measures (09/03/2020)

To the members of Ciências Community,

The Faculty Board is currently analysing the best way to put into practice at our Faculty the measures announced today by the Rectorate of ULisboa (available here). The implementation of these measures will be communicated again, with all classes suspended until then, starting tomorrow 10 March. 

Faculdade de Ciências, 9 March 2020

Luís Carriço

Dean

 

Announcement (09/03/2020)

To the members of Ciências Community:

Following the latest events related to the spread of the new coronavirus, the information already provided by is supplemented by the following:

• Ciências Emergency Number: Any member of the Ciências Community who is in the Faculty and has symptoms and epidemiological link (compatible with the COVID-19 suspect case definition), should contact the Ciências Emergency Number (internal extension 20000 or direct number 217 500 600).
• covid19@ciencias.ulisboa.pt: the preferred contact for all communications and information regarding coronavirus/COVID-19 is covid19@ciencias.ulisboa.pt.
• Updated information: information related to COVID-19 is constantly being updated on the website of the Directorate General of Health, at https://www.dgs.pt/corona-virus and on the Ciências portal, at https://ciencias.ulisboa.pt/saude.
• Suspension of all public events: According to the e-mail of 3 March 2020, all non-essential public events, including congresses and international meetings, are suspended until further notice. New exhibitions, science visits to other schools, as well as visits to science from other schools are also suspended.
• Restrictions to face-to-face service at the Academic Direction: From 10 March until new information, the service at the Academic Direction will be done by phone or e-mail. The face-to-face service will be maintained exclusively for the delivery of mandatory and urgent documents (Dissertations and Thesis), and will be done by appointment, by e-mail or telephone to the respective service:
  • 1st Cycle and 1st Cycle of Integrated Master:
    Email: ua@ciencias.ulisboa.pt
    Telephones: 217500502 / 217500503 / 217500311
    Schedule: working days from 10am to 1pm.
  • 2nd Cycle, 2nd Cycle of Integrated Master's Degree and Non-Conferential Degree Courses:
    Email: gepg@ciencias.ulisboa.pt
    Telephones: 217500549 / 217500240 / 217500791
    Schedule: working days from 10am to 1pm.
  • 3rd Cycle:
    Email: doutoramentos@ciencias.ulisboa.pt
    Telephones: 217500240 / 217500791 / 217500549
    Schedule: working days from 10am to 1pm.
  • Questions related to the Pedagogical Organization Office:
    Email: gop@ciencias.ulisboa.pt
    Telephones: 217500102
    Schedule: working days from 10am to 1pm.
  • Questions regarding payments:
    Email: receita@ciencias.ulisboa.pt
    Telephones: 217 500 000 / ext. 25140 / 217 500 983
    Schedule: working days from 10am to 1pm.
• Restrictions to face-to-face service at the IT Services Unit: From 10 March until new information, the service at the IT Services Unit will be done by phone or e-mail. The face-to-face service will be maintained exclusively for the collection/delivery of material and activation of cards, and will be done by appointment, by e-mail or telephone to:
  Email: suporte@ciencias.ulisboa.pt
  Telephones: 217 500 067 / ext. 21248
  Schedule: working days from 9am to 5pm.
• Academic tests with international juries or coming from Portuguese districts with confirmed cases: Whenever possible, academic tests with international juries or coming from Portuguese districts with confirmed cases should take place by videoconference, for which you can consult https://ciencias.ulisboa.pt/pt/videoconferencia.
• Cancellation of institutional trips abroad or to districts in Portugal with confirmed cases: trips abroad or to districts in Portugal with confirmed cases should be restricted to those that are indispensable and unavoidable. Travel expressly authorised by the Dean on a case-by-case basis, following a duly substantiated request to the Presidents of the Departments, which must include a substitution, recovery or alternative plan for the execution of the activities foreseen for the days of departure and for the 14 days following the return, are considered essential and unavoidable. In the event of the displacement, the workers must respect a quarantine period of 14 days after their return. In addition, travel and accommodation arrangements must be made with the possibility of changing the date or cancellation where possible.
• Restrictions to visitors from abroad or from districts of Portugal with confirmed cases: The arrival of researchers from abroad or from Portuguese districts with confirmed cases should also be avoided and restricted to indispensable and unavoidable interactions that cannot be made by videoconference. Considering that the application of a quarantine period makes, in most cases, the coming of the visitor totally useless, these visits should be cancelled.
• Personal trips: all members of the Ciências community, including students, who go abroad or to districts of Portugal with confirmed cases, on a personal basis, are requested to inform the services of the Faculty by sending an e-mail, indicating the full name, employee/student number and date of return to Portugal, to the address covid19@ciencias.ulisboa.pt. In these cases, travellers are requested to respect the quarantine period of 14 days after their return.
• Quarantine periods: any member of Ciências, including students who, for indispensable and unavoidable reasons, have returned from abroad or from Portuguese districts with confirmed cases must respect a quarantine period of 14 days after their return, guaranteeing the possible activity in telework. If the return trip has taken place within the last 14 days, the previous indication applies to the remaining period since the day of return, requesting an e-mail, indicating the full name, employee/student number and date of return to Portugal, to covid19@ciencias.ulisboa.pt. If the return journey took place within the last 14 days, the previous alert applies to the remaining period from the day of return. During the quarantine period they must also:
  • Pay attention to the appearance of fever, cough or difficulty breathing;
  • Measure the body temperature twice a day and record the values;
  • Check if any of the people you live with develop symptoms (fever, cough or difficulty breathing);
  • If any of the symptoms mentioned appear (in themselves or in their cohabitants), do not immediately go to the health services, stay at home, and contact the SNS24 line (808 24 24 24) and follow their directions;
  • As soon as possible, inform the Faculty by e-mail covid19@ciencias.ulisboa.pt;
  • In the 14 days after returning, promote a responsible and calm social distancing, namely, not remaining without necessity in very frequented and closed places.
• Erasmus+ mobility:
  • Mobilities to be carried out by members of Ciências ULisboa: In the case of mobilities not yet started and not yet contracted, their contracting is suspended, and these should not be carried out. Depending on the evolution of the COVID-19 epidemic, those mobilities may take place at a later date. In the case of mobilities not yet started, but already contracted, students, teachers and employees are advised to, depending on the risk they consider to be subject, to suspend them by their own decision, and these trips may be carried out in a later period.
  • Ongoing mobility of Ciências ULisboa members: in the case of mobility already underway, students, teachers and staff should, depending on the risk they consider to be running in their destination regions, consider their suspension and their early return to Portugal. On their return, Ciências members should respect the quarantine period of 14 days after their return, reporting this information to covid19@ciencias.ulisboa.pt.
  • Mobilities to be executed to Ciências ULisboa: students, teachers and staff who are planning to move to Ciências are recommended to postpone them. If they choose not to suspend these mobilities, students, teachers and staff should respect the quarantine period of 14 days after their arrival, please report this information to covid19@ciencias.ulisboa.pt.
  • Ongoing mobilities at Ciências ULisboa: it will be up to each of the students, teachers and staff who are already in mobility in Ciências to decide, taking into account their risk assessment, if they wish to suspend this mobility.

• General hygiene measures and respiratory label: the Ciências community should reinforce the general hygiene measures and respiratory label:

  • Wash your hands frequently, with soap and water, rubbing them well for at least 20 seconds (if these are not available, use a hand disinfectant containing at least 70% alcohol, covering all surfaces of the hands and rubbing them until they are dry; however, soap and water should be used preferably if the hands are visibly dirty);
  • Reinforce hand washing before and after food preparation, after using the toilet and whenever the hands seem dirty to you;
  • You may also use an alcohol-based solution for hand hygiene as an alternative;
  • Use tissues (single use) for blowing;
  • Throw the used tissues in a dustbin and then wash your hands;
  • Cough or sneeze into the arm with your elbow flexed, not into your hands;
  • ​Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth with hands dirty or contaminated with respiratory secretions.

Guida Carvalheiro

Administrator

 

Order D/12/2020 (04/03/2020)

Following today's meeting of the Coordinating Council of ULisboa, whose agenda was on the importance of strengthening prevention measures in relation to the new Coronavirus (COVID-19), the Faculty Board reinforces the message previously conveyed that only essential and unavoidable trips abroad should be undertaken.

Also, all teaching and non-teaching staff who decide to go abroad under these conditions must respect a quarantine period of 14 days after their return. During this period of quarantine should be maintained the possible activity in telework and, in the case of teaching staff, activated the replacement provided in the request for travel.

Attention is also drawn to the fact that, at any time, more restrictive directives preventing any travel may be issued by the competent authorities.

The Dean

 

Coronavirus - Holding of events (03/03/2020)

Dear Members of Ciências,

Considering the developments of the last few days and the importance of strengthening prevention measures in relation to the new Coronavirus (COVID-19), and in accordance with the guidelines received from the Rectorate of ULisboa, the Faculty Board has decided to suspend, until further notice, all non-essential public events, including congresses and international meetings.

Information about COVID-19 is available at the Ciências webpage, at the G3S page.

With best regards,

Jorge Maia Alves

Subdirector

 

Coronavirus | General recommendations and contingency plan (28/02/2020)

Following the developments in recent days regarding Coronavirus in Italy, the Directorate General for Health has issued guidance for the establishment of a contingency plan by companies. Ciências ULisboa has already developed and implemented the preparation procedures set out in the contingency plan, which can be found here (only available to registered users).

On the page of the Directorate General for Health, you will find all the information about COVID-19, namely the official documents, the areas affected and the evolution of the situation in Portugal.

The community is advised to strengthen general hygiene measures and proper breathing practice:

• Wash your hands frequently, with soap and water, rubbing them well for at least 20 seconds;
• Reinforce hand washing before and after food preparation, after using the toilet and whenever your hands seem dirty;
• You can also use an alcohol-based solution for hand hygiene as an alternative;
• Use tissues (single use) for blowing;
• Throw the used tissues in a dustbin and then wash your hands;
• Cough or sneeze into the arm with your elbow flexed, not into your hands;
• Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth with hands dirty or contaminated with respiratory secretions.

The Erasmus+ National Agency has issued a statement informing that force majeure situations will be invoked for mobility activities to affected areas (officially declared by the national authorities as affected regions), so all participants are being contacted directly by the Faculty's services to check whether they intend to postpone their departure or return in advance and to ask them to adopt the appropriate social distancing measures in view of the risks they may have been subject to.

People who have returned from an affected area are advised to comply with the above-mentioned hygiene measures and respiratory label. If you have a fever, cough or possible respiratory difficulty, do not go to the health services, call 808 24 24, and follow the guidelines given to you. If these symptoms manifest themselves in our campus. you should call the emergency number (ext. 20000; tlf. 217 500 600) to activate the contingency plan and follow the instructions given to you.

The Safety, Health and Sustainability Office accompanies the announcements of the Directorate General for Health, making the relevant information available directly on its webpage, namely Information no. 005/2020 of 27/02/2020, addressed to citizens returning from an area with active community transmission of the new coronavirus, and Information no. 003/2020 of 20/02/2020 - Recommendations for travellers.

For further information, you may contact directly the Safety, Health and Sustainability Office Coordinator (Júlia Alves, ext. 24126, jmaalves@ciencias.ulisboa.pt, tlm. 914957401).

The Faculty Board