Portugal reliant on tourism to quarantine unvaccinated Brits

LISBON, June 28 (Reuters) – Passengers arriving in Portugal from the United Kingdom have been quarantined for 14 days since Monday. If they are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the Portuguese government said

The new rules will be effective until at least July 1

1. This was followed by cases in Portugal that soared to levels seen in February. which is under strict lockdown

Daily positive patients in the UK are also increasing. But vaccinations are faster there. and a much higher proportion of British adults received their first dose.

British nationals arriving by air, land or sea must provide evidence that they have been fully vaccinated or have been separated for 14 days at “home or facility identified by health authorities. ” the government said in a statement late Sunday.

A person will be fully vaccinated in Portugal 14 days after the second of the two or single vaccine doses of Johnson & Johnson, a passenger from the UK who has recovered from COVID-19. and received 1 dose of the drug will be allowed to enter

The UK is one of Portugal’s largest foreign tourist destinations. But it has removed Portugal from this month’s quarantine-free tourism list. Germany declared Portugal a “Viral Variable Zone” last week Measures to prevent further travel Read more

Portugal is on the UK’s amber list. This means that travelers must self-isolate for 10 days when they return home and undergo expensive COVID-19 testing.

Portuguese health officials blame the rising infections in the more prevalent Delta variant. which was first found in India but spread in Portugal and England

It accounts for more than 70 percent of cases in the Lisbon area and is spreading to other parts of the country, where the EU’s second-highest per capita average number of cases is seven days, according to the online report Our World in Data. Read more.

Portugal opens borders to British tourists in mid-May And thousands of English football fans arrived in the Champions League final last month. Read more

(Corrects paragraph 9 to say Portugal has 2nd highest EU cases per capita, not 1st)

Reporting by Catarina Demony; Arranged by Kirsten Donovan

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