wellinever

Pfizer

bons

Has anyone in Portugal been given the astrazeneca vaccine?

dingg

Yes, lots

wellinever

friend of mine had the Johnson one jab a couple weeks ago

Rambling archer

Quote from the HM Govt UK site - latest has not changed, but Portugal is due to update its status on restrictions today sometime so there may be changes imminently. However in view of the state of the UK with the Delta and its variants it would be prudent for Portugal still to insist on some sort of testing as the vaccinations do not stop you carrying the infection, only stop you yourself getting as ill with it as you would if not vaccinated.
quote - https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-ad...y-requirements

Screening on arrival

With the exception of children up to the age of 12, you must have proof of a negative COVID-19 test to travel to or through Portugal. The test can be:

• a Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (NAAT), including RT-PCR, taken within 72 hours of travel, or
• an Antigen test that meets the performance standards set out in the EU common list of Rapid Antigen Tests, taken within 48 hours of travel.

You must show your test certificate before you board your flight to Portugal. Your airline is likely to deny boarding if you cannot show this at check-in. Check with your airline before you travel.

wellinever

Yes..seen that but just wondered.
i see flights from Stansted with Ryanair for 10 euros all through June and July.
My guess is that Portugal will allow double jabbed and kids in without testing.
Clearly nobody flying even at these prices

santaanita

my wife had the second astra today 10 weeks between jabs

Sunseeker1st

We did Open House at Silves yesterday and got first Pfizer, second booked for 22 July.

chislenko

Did I see somewhere on the news Mr. Costa aligning Portugal with France and Germany about quarantine for Brits?

wellinever

LOL...but its OK for the Germans to go to Portugal/Spain without quarantine I suppose !!!!

Red Eric

Germany now has Portugal on their red list, thanks to the Delta variant we imported from the UK. All arrivees to Germany from here are obliged to do 14 days' quarantine.

Not the same the other way round, no, because Germany's rate is much lower than Portugal's and declining, whereas ours, like the UK's, is high and rocketing upwards.

riv

I have never understood why there has not been more of an effort to get the whole population ( UK as well as Portugal ) vaccinated much much sooner.
If Israel could do it why not UK / Portugal ? Put the military in charge and vaccinate through the night as well as daytime.

Does anyone know if there is a known date by which all Portuguese will have been vaccinated ? Or adults at least. ?

Is Lisbon still off limits for visits ? If so is there a likely date for that to end ?

chislenko

Interesting point. I now wonder if supply is an issue. From the heady heights of 700 to 800 thousand a day in the UK the latest figures show we are achieving roughly a third of that.

Reading the other day that some "mass Vaccination" sites will be closing and favouring "pop up" Vaccination sites, but they only appear to be helpful if they "pop up" in your area.

It does seem peculiar to me that we don't push on and get the remaining population done, hence my suspicions / speculation that supply is the issue.

Obviously I may be totally wrong and the powers that be know what they are doing.



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Hettyb

However in England, all adults over 18 are eligible to book their first vaccine. Yesterday, hundreds of pop-up centres all over the country were accepting walk-ins with or without an NHS number, My 27 year old son has just had his second vaccine. I think we are still doing pretty well.

chislenko

Just out of interest Hetty and I appreciate you may not know but I was wondering about those without an NHS number.

How do they keep a record of these people with regard to timing of / contact for the second jab?

Presumably also, some of these people will be undocumented / illegals?