Portugal announces plan to gradually ease COVID-19 lockdown

Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa holds a press conference to announce the plan to gradually ease COVID-19 lockdown at the Ajuda National Palace in Lisbon, Portugal, on March 11, 2021. Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa announced on Thursday the country's schedule of reopening after more than two months of lockdown to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, pledging that it will be a "prudent, cautious and gradual" reopening. (Photo by Pedro Fiuza/Xinhua)