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Coronavirus: Portugal in talks with UK over travel quarantine exemption

Portuguese prime minister Antonio Costa says his foreign secretary had a "long conversation" on the issue with Dominic Raab.

Alan McGuinness

Digital politics assistant editor

Wednesday 8 July 2020 10:07, UK

The Portuguese government has condemned the UK's decision to exclude the country from its quarantine-free travel list. Portugal aerial view.
Image: Lisbon branded the quarantine decision 'absurd'
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Portugal is in talks with the British government over its exclusion from a list of countries exempt from the coronavirus travel quarantine.

The country's prime minister, Antonio Costa, said: "The foreign minister had a long conversation with his counterpart.

"It is very important we build a confident relationship."

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Last week, the government unveiled a list of more than 70 countries which holidaymakers can visit without having to self-isolate for 14 days on their return to England.

Portugal was not among them, a decision Lisbon called "absurd".

On Friday, Mr Costa tweeted a graph appearing to show the UK had a much higher number of cases per 100,000 people than the Algarve.

The Portuguese PM added: "Which is the safest place to stay? You are welcome to spend a safe holiday in Algarve! #UK #visitportugal."

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The Department for Transport said the approved destinations pose "a reduced risk to the public health of UK citizens", but the list will be kept "under constant review".

The full list is as follows:

  • Andorra
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Aruba
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Bahamas
  • Barbados
  • Belgium
  • Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
  • Croatia
  • Curaçao
  • Cyprus
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Dominica
  • Faroe Islands
  • Fiji
  • Finland
  • France
  • French Polynesia
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Greenland
  • Grenada
  • Guadeloupe
  • Hong Kong
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • Italy
  • Jamaica
  • Japan
  • Liechtenstein
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Macau
  • Malta
  • Mauritius
  • Monaco
  • Netherlands
  • New Caledonia
  • New Zealand
  • Norway
  • Poland
  • Reunion
  • San Marino
  • Serbia
  • Seychelles
  • South Korea
  • Spain
  • St Barthelemy
  • St Kitts and Nevis
  • St Lucia
  • St Pierre and Miquelon
  • Switzerland
  • Taiwan
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Turkey
  • Vatican City
  • Vietnam

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