EU Travel During Covid

The European Centre for Disease Control’s (ECDC) “traffic light” system recommends which countries can enter the EU space and, currently, travellers from Australia, Canada, Georgia, Japan, New Zealand, Rwanda, South Korea, Thailand, Tunisia, Uruguay and China are the ones allowed to do it. Nevertheless, this is just a recommendation and decisions are made at national level. 

Portugal has decided that flights to and from other countries are possible only if they are deemed essential and are subject to certain conditions. 

According to the ECDC, areas are marked in the following colours:

• Green if the 14-day notification rate is lower than 25 cases per 100 000 inhabitants and the test positivity rate below 4%;
• Orange if the 14-day notification rate is lower than 50 cases per 100 000 but the test positivity rate is 4% or higher or, if the 14-day notification rate is between 25 and 150 cases per 100 000 and the test positivity rate is below 4%;
• Red if the 14-day notification rate is 50 cases per 100 000 or higher and the test positivity rate is 4% or higher or if the 14-day notification rate is higher than 150 cases per 100 000;
• Grey if there is insufficient information or if the testing rate is lower than 300 cases per 100 000.