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Prophylactic isolation becomes mandatory for passengers from India arriving in Portugal, as was already the case for passengers from Brazil, South Africa and some European countries, the Prime Minister said today.
“As for quarantines, the rule that exists until now are for people who come from Brazil, South Africa, we decided to extend it to people who come from India and also to people from European countries with a very high level of incidence”, said António Costa at the press conference after the Council of Ministers that decided to move forward with the measures for the next phase of the deconfinition plan in the context of the covid-19 pandemic.
So far, passengers on flights from South Africa, Brazil or countries with an incidence rate of covid-19 equal to or greater than 500 cases per 100,000 inhabitants must, after entering mainland Portugal, undergo a period of prophylactic isolation. 14 days, at home or in a location indicated by health authorities.
According to the latest list released by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, these countries include Bulgaria, Czechia, Cyprus, Croatia, Slovenia, Estonia, France, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland and Sweden.
All citizens who arrive in Portugal by air (except children who have not reached 24 months of age) must present proof of laboratory test (RT-PCR) for screening for SARSCoV-2 infection, with a negative result, carried out within 72 hours prior to departure.
The land borders with Spain will reopen on Saturday, the day when mainland Portugal enters a situation of calamity after successive periods of state of emergency that were in force since 9 November.
In Portugal, 16,974 people died from 836,033 confirmed cases of infection, according to the most recent bulletin from the Directorate-General for Health.
