Portugal taking controlled risk in receiving British tourists
The high vaccination rate in the United Kingdom and the mandatory negative test for Covid-19 on arrival allow Portugal to take the controlled risk of receiving British citizens, health experts said on 19 May. We have to take a risk. This risk, from the UK side, is minimised by the high rate of vaccination coverage and by carrying out a PCR test upon arrival in Portugal. We also have conditions that are favourable, as the fact that we have the population with higher risk properly vaccinated, said the pulmonologist Filipe Froes.
According to the coordinator of the crisis cabinet Covid-19 of the Portuguese Medical Association, this does not prevent, however, the possible dissemination of the variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus associated with India and that is registering an increasing prevalence in the number of cases of the disease in the United Kingdom.
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Portugal has successfully controlled the third wave after the January crisis
After more than two months of full lockdown, Portugal was able to successfully control its 3
rd wave of this pandemic and is now one of the best countries in Europe with number of new cases per 100,000 habitants below 100, according to Portuguese Authority figures on 5
th April.
The Portuguese government has set a roadmap to gradually lift the lockdown measures leading up to the 3
rd May and the sunny country is preparing to welcome tourists. The plan, that will be reviewed every two weeks, has started on 15