Portugal’s battle to contain the surging COVID-19 delta variant has led it to put the United Kingdom on its red list for travel and cancel school classes in the southern Algarve region, its main tourist attraction.
Portugal has in recent days been reporting the highest number of daily new coronavirus cases since February. Though hospitals are comfortably coping with new virus admissions, officials say the increase of about 30% over the past week was a worrying trend.
British travelers who aren’t vaccinated must quarantine for two weeks after arriving in Portugal, the Portuguese government announced Monday. The delta variant is believed to account for almost all of the United Kingdom’s new COVID-19 cases.
British arrivals can quarantine at their home or in a place stipulated by Portuguese health authorities. Arrivals from Brazil India and South Africa come under the same rule.
All those entering Portugal must show either the European Union’s COVID Digital Certificate or a negative PCR test
Health authorities in southern Portugal’s Algarve region, known for its numerous…
