“At this moment, we have practically all services, including the energy supply, restored,” the Minister of the Presidency, António Leitão Amaro, told Lusa.

According to the minister, in terms of electricity, “the country is already connected, with normality”, that is, all 6.4 million customers are supplied, with the exception of 800 who have failures not related to Monday's blackout.

Leitão Amaro also said that the water supply is working in practically the entire country, with only some pressure difficulties in “two or three municipalities” that will be “resolved quickly”.

Regarding transportation, Leitão Amaro said that the “trains are working”, and it is still necessary to stabilize some points of the operation, but due to the effects of the 24-hour strike that occurred on Monday.

Regarding the Metro, the Minister of the Presidency said that “the operation is also starting” and there was a disturbance in Lisbon related to a `data center´ and not directly to the blackout.

Airports

As for the airports, “they are operational”, said Leitão Amaro, acknowledging that, in the case of Lisbon, which was the most affected by the power outage, it should take two days for the flows to stabilise, but the systems are all operational.

The governor also said that, in relation to schools, the guidance issued during the early hours of the morning to all principals was to open and operate normally, with the exception of cases in which some specific security reason may eventually be verified.

“The supply of fuel is back to normal and no relevant security or civil protection incidents were recorded overnight” in the country, Leitão Amaro said, also highlighting that the situation has also stabilised in health services.

“Hospitals and health centers are able to operate normally in terms of supply and availability,” he assured.

“At this moment, what we can say is that the [energy] systems are stabilised, both in transportation and in supply to consumers,” highlighted the Minister of the Presidency.