The death of another child places swimming pool safety at the center of criticism – No

The law does not require safety systems for most pools, with the exception of water parks.

There is only one directive which requires, with regard to the suction systems, that the grids prevent the passage of a But the Portuguese legislation is silent on the establishment of mandatory safety mechanisms .

The APSI, which promotes child safety, shows that drowning in the last five years has an average of 10 children per year. And for every child who dies, there are three or four who are hospitalized, an average of 34 per year

In pools, drownings occur more with children up to 10 years of age. In addition to swimming pools, they have succumbed to wells and reservoirs – the places where fatal accidents occur the most.