Portugal: could be taken off the UK’s coronavirus travel green list for having the same infection trajectory as the UK

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“UK government Ministers and their medical advisers will meet on Thursday to decide whether Portugal should be dropped from the green list and instead rated amber, requiring holidaymakers to quarantine for 10 days on their return and pay for two PCR tests.  Scientists from the Joint Biosecurity Centre (JBC) are concerned about rising infection rates and the emergence of variants in Portugal, which was the first of 12 countries and territories to be rated green just three weeks ago.”

The Telegraph.co.uk report

 

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** This post was originally published on June 3, 2021 **