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Portugal has updated its rules on wearing face masks, and the UK Foreign Office urges tourists to make sure they are aware of the country’s regulations before travelling.
The popular destination had lifted several of its Covid restrictions earlier this year, meaning travelers no longer needed to get vaccinated, tested or fill out a passenger locator form to enter Portugal, Madeira and the Azores. Many face mask regulations were also discharged in the country in August expired.
While mask regulations in the past required others to wear a mask when traveling by plane, public transportation, taxis, and personal rentals, they were removed a month ago. However, in new guidelines, Portugal’s fitness authority now “recommends” that face masks be worn in those environments, as well as at airports, exercise stations and other shipping hubs, Liverpool Echo reports.
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Although it is not yet mandatory to wear one in those places, tourists would possibly consider it following the advice of the Portuguese government. You deserve to wear a face mask on the front of medical facilities, nursing homes, and nursing homes across the country.
The gov. uk states that the regulations in Madeira and the Azores are different from those on the mainland. In Madere and Porto Santo, in addition to wearing a face mask on the front of medical facilities, adding pharmacies, you are also required to wear one until the tenth day from the onset of Covid symptoms or a positive result of the control.
In the Azores, restrictive measures also come with the need to cover one’s face when entering medical services, nursing homes. However, there is also the additional step that you will need to provide a negative Covid test when you enter healthcare services, either a PCR test performed within the last 72 hours or an immediate antigen test performed within the last 48 hours and qualified by a medical professional.
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