New Travel Measures for Covid -19 Situation

9 July, 21

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In order to flight to Mainland Portugal, Portuguese government has expanded the list of allowed countries for essential and non-essential travel as following:

Countries of the European Union, Schengen Associated countries (Liechtenstein, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland), Albania, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei, Canada, China, South Korea, United States of America, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kosovo, Lebanon, Montenegro, New Zealand, Qatar, Republic of Moldova, Republic of Northern Macedonia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan and special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macao.

Basic requirements for the traveler:

RT-PCR Test (or similar NAAT test) – 72h before boarding, or Rapid Antigen Test – 48h before boarding, or EU Digital COVID Certificate (from 1^st July)
Children under 12 do not need to present test.
All passengers need to fill a Passenger Locator Card (individually) before departure to Portugal or on board at https://portugalcleanandsafe.pt/en/passenger-locator-card

For the rest of Third National countries, the traveler must arrive with proof of essential travel.

Travelers from Brazil, India, Nepal and South Africa, limited to essential travel only, they would additionally need to comply with quarantine of 14 days after arriving in Portugal.

UK travelers, either essential or non-essential travel, they would need to:

Comply with 14 days of prophylactic isolation on arrival in Portugal UK, or
Complete vaccination for 14 days

EU Digital COVID Certificate implemented for EU citizens and 4 associated Schengen countries from 1 Jul 2021.

Special rules regarding Greater Lisbon, Lisbon and certain areas of the Algarve have been implemented which have been experiencing higher than normal rates of new cases.

For more details of Covid-19 measures implemented in Portugal, kindly visit the following link