Portugal likely to stay on UK quarantine list as infection rates stay too high
PORTUGAL is unlikely to be removed from the UK travel ban list as it is still a "gamble" to allow Brits on holiday to the country again.
The country has kept coronavirus cases low in comparison to its neighbour Spain, where travel has been banned since July 26.Portugal remains too much of a 'gamble' to remove from the UK travel ban list according to industry expertsPortugal has 52,945 cases of coronavirus - much lower than Spain, which has 373,692, the highest in Europe.
that it remained "extremely unlikely" Portugal would be open for travel again for Brits by this month, after hopes that the travel ban would end by August."Removing Portugal would be a bit of a gamble at this point."on holidays to the Algarve - only to have to stop them if cases start to rise again.
UK tourists are also still going on holiday to France and Greece, despite some concerns of rising daily coronavirus cases. Chancellor Rishi Sunak warns of travel disruption risk with fears France could be added to coronavirus quarantine list
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