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I subscribe to the government updates on travel to France, Spain, and Portugal. Received an e mail update on Portugal this morning. I wonder did the foreign office really mean this.........

Public spaces and services​

Mainland Portugal​

Mainland Portugal is in a state of calamity. There is a ban on drinking alcohol outside in public and a requirement to show vaccination and negative COVID-19 test certificates to access services and facilities, as follows:

  • On entry to hotels and other tourist accommodation, restaurants, casinos, gyms and events and shows with reserved seating, you will be asked to show a COVID-19 vaccination or recovery certificate, or
  • a negative COVID-19 test result

Hopefully it is just an error, Mind you I would suppose some on here would regard the loss of out door drinking as a calamity.

Davy
 
Yes, but it’s the first time I have seen this use of words. I suspect it it autocorrect or poor proof reading. Here is the link to the government page on Portugal.

www.gov.uk

Portugal travel advice

FCDO travel advice for Portugal. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
www.gov.uk www.gov.uk

Davy
 
TeamRienza said:
I subscribe to the government updates on travel to France, Spain, and Portugal. Received an e mail update on Portugal this morning. I wonder did the foreign office really mean this.........

Public spaces and services​

Mainland Portugal​

Mainland Portugal is in a state of calamity. There is a ban on drinking alcohol outside in public and a requirement to show vaccination and negative COVID-19 test certificates to access services and facilities, as follows:

  • On entry to hotels and other tourist accommodation, restaurants, casinos, gyms and events and shows with reserved seating, you will be asked to show a COVID-19 vaccination or recovery certificate, or
  • a negative COVID-19 test result

Hopefully it is just an error, Mind you I would suppose some on here would regard the loss of out door drinking as a calamity.

Davy
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Sorry but I see nothing wrong with it Looks like common sense to me.
 
TeamRienza said:
Yes, but it’s the first time I have seen this use of words. I suspect it it autocorrect or poor proof reading. Here is the link to the government page on Portugal.

www.gov.uk

Portugal travel advice

FCDO travel advice for Portugal. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
www.gov.uk www.gov.uk

Davy
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You will find that gov.uk is simply using terminology employed by the Portuguese. The final FAQ at https://imigrante.sef.pt/en/covid-19/faqs/#1585843422558-9d58fbe7-d389 asks: "WHICH ARE THE RULES FORESEEN BY THE STATE OF CALAMITY?"
 
TeamRienza said:
Yes, but it’s the first time I have seen this use of words. I suspect it it autocorrect or poor proof reading. Here is the link to the government page on Portugal.

www.gov.uk

Portugal travel advice

FCDO travel advice for Portugal. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
www.gov.uk www.gov.uk

Davy
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:ROFLMAO:

Looks like an autocorrect and/or hasty/non-existent(?) spellchecking.

Some modern technology has a great deal to answer for! :)
 
I've been forced to drink my morning coffee and brandy outside the village coffee shop.
Other tables had beer and other alcohol on view
We were chatting to our Mayor, who was accompanied by two Cops .
Not a word was spoken about it.
We were asked to show vaccination certificates, just once, about 5 weeks ago.
.
The R number has fallen below 1 , but masks are generally worn on the streets and insisted on when going indoors .
We're all being careful.
Might be different in Albufeira, though.
 
Portugal have always used the phrase " a state of calamity" . Last year it was a frequent state

Communique of the Council of Ministers 29th July 2021 | Safe Communities Portugal

Communiqué from the Council of Ministers of July 29, 2021 1. The Council of Ministers approved a resolution extending the situation of calamity throughout the continental national territory until 23:59 h on August 31, 2021 and amending the applicable measures. The diploma, which enters into...
www.safecommunitiesportugal.com www.safecommunitiesportugal.com

Drinking in public spaces, I think, seems to exclude sitting outside a bar or restaurant. We show our covid vaccination to eat indoors but can sit outside without showing it. If it rains, I suppose the unvaccinated will just get wet?
 
Been in Portugal since December and as time has passed, we have been asked less & less to show covid certs. A couple of restaurants asked if we were vaxed, but not for proof. Bigger campsites will want it.
We took beers up to lookout points to watch the sunset a couple of times and no-one seemed to notice.
 
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