Portugal stays on quarantine list in a blow for holidaymakers
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mirror.co.ukHopes that Portugal would be added to the 'safe list' of countries that Brits can travel too quarantine-free were dashed yesterday.
Malaysia and Brunei were added to the list on Tuesday following a review by the Government - but the popular holiday destination was once again not added.
Sources have said that the number of cases have not reduced swiftly enough for officials to add it to the list. An industry source told the Telegraph: "While cases have been dropping overall, the case incidence remains high.
Removing Portugal would be a gamble." Portugal registered 120 new cases yesterday, in a drop from 290 last Friday. But in the past two weeks, the number of cases per 100,000 has risen to 24.7, its first increase in weeks.
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