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Travelban, new rules and unexpected flying restrictions:

Latest country restrictions:

Total doses
given
39.8M
People fully
vaccinated
11.8M
% Fully
vaccinated
67.00%
Movement Restrictions:
A test street has been set up at Schiphol on 13 August 2020. All passengers arriving from orange or red zones (with or without symptoms) are asked to get tested here on a free and voluntary basis. From 29 December 2020; people arriving from orange or red zones are required to show a negative PCR test before flying.
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Pre-travel testing (vaccinated): None
Pre-travel testing (unvaccinated): None
Test on arrival (vaccinated): None
Test on arrival (unvaccinated): None
Total doses
given
39.8M
People fully
vaccinated
11.8M
% Fully
vaccinated
67.00%
Movement Restrictions:
From 15 December 2020; people from so-called third countries needed a negative test declaration for international air; train or bus travel to the Netherlands. From 23 December 2020; this was extended to include all passengers from the United Kingdom and South Africa. As of 29 December 2020; 00:01; all passengers; including Dutch citizens; are subject to the additional requirement that they must have a recent negative PCR test statement in order to board a plane to the Netherlands. The test for boarding does not replace this quarantine.
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Pre-travel testing (vaccinated): None
Pre-travel testing (unvaccinated): None
Test on arrival (vaccinated): None
Test on arrival (unvaccinated): None
Total doses
given
39.8M
People fully
vaccinated
11.8M
% Fully
vaccinated
67.00%
Other:
A trial version of the corona dashboard has been published on 5 June 2020; with a fully functional version available in the second half of June. This dashboard brings together various data about the coronavirus; such as the number of IC admissions; positive test results and an estimate of the number of infectious people. From 2 July 2020; the dashboard has been extended with info regarding: weekly estimate of contagious people; results of the sewage water measurements; signals from GPs of possible infections; number of new nursing homes with corona infection and the number of people tested positive per day...
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Pre-travel testing (vaccinated): None
Pre-travel testing (unvaccinated): None
Test on arrival (vaccinated): None
Test on arrival (unvaccinated): None
Total doses
given
39.8M
People fully
vaccinated
11.8M
% Fully
vaccinated
67.00%
Other:
Response of Grapperhaus; the Minister of Justice and Security; to the riots and violence in various places in the Netherlands
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Pre-travel testing (vaccinated): None
Pre-travel testing (unvaccinated): None
Test on arrival (vaccinated): None
Test on arrival (unvaccinated): None
Total doses
given
5.8M
People fully
vaccinated
2.6M
% Fully
vaccinated
45.68%
Public Place:
Catering establishments can be open no later than 22:00 except for delivery services and delivery through a window. Food and beverages can be only sold packaged for pick-up; by delivery service or exclusively in outdoor areas. Update 11/12/2020: catering establishments can no longer serve food and drinks in outdoor areas. Update 19/12/2020: Public catering establishments can operate; where they can dispense food and beverages packed for collection or through a delivery service. Update 1/1/2021: Customers are prohibited from consuming food and drinks in the interior or exterior areas of the establishments. Update 11/1/2021: all restrictions still in place.
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Pre-travel testing (vaccinated): None
Pre-travel testing (unvaccinated): None
Test on arrival (vaccinated): None
Test on arrival (unvaccinated): None
Total doses
given
28.3M
People fully
vaccinated
8.9M
% Fully
vaccinated
86.75%
Public Place:
The concentrations of people are limited to: 10 in all country (3/05/2020 to 29/05/2020); 20 in the areas where the alert situation is declared; 10 in the areas where the contingency situation is declared (01/06/2020 to 13/06/2020); 20 in all country (13/06/2020 to 26/06/2020); 20 in the areas where the alert situation is declared; 10 in the areas where the contingency situation is declared and five in the areas where the calamity situation is declared (27/06/2020 to 31/07/2020); 20 in the areas where the alert situation is declared; 10 in the areas where the contingency situation is declared (01/08/2020 to...
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Pre-travel testing (vaccinated): None
Pre-travel testing (unvaccinated): None
Test on arrival (vaccinated): None
Test on arrival (unvaccinated): None
Total doses
given
28.3M
People fully
vaccinated
8.9M
% Fully
vaccinated
86.75%
Schools/Univercity closure:
All schools closed at all levels(daycare --> university). 18/05: universities and polytechnics to start this month to resume face-to-face activity - interrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic - to prepare for the next school year. School year 2020/2021 (higher education level) started in-person between 7 September and 6 October 2020 (third URL). Several measures are still in place (physical distancing; mask wearing; increased hygiene); but universities are open.
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Pre-travel testing (vaccinated): None
Pre-travel testing (unvaccinated): None
Test on arrival (vaccinated): None
Test on arrival (unvaccinated): None
Total doses
given
28.3M
People fully
vaccinated
8.9M
% Fully
vaccinated
86.75%
Schools/Univercity closure:
All schools closed at all levels (daycare --> university). Update on 18/05: The Minister of Science; Technology and Higher Education; called on universities and polytechnics to start this month to resume face-to-face activity - interrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic - to prepare for the next school year.
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Pre-travel testing (vaccinated): None
Pre-travel testing (unvaccinated): None
Test on arrival (vaccinated): None
Test on arrival (unvaccinated): None
Total doses
given
28.3M
People fully
vaccinated
8.9M
% Fully
vaccinated
86.75%
Schools/Univercity closure:
Kindergartens reopen on 18 May for those that have option of family support); Portuguese deconfinement plan: Stage 3 – June 1st; Reopening of all nurseries; kindergartens; and other daycare institutions.
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Pre-travel testing (vaccinated): None
Pre-travel testing (unvaccinated): None
Test on arrival (vaccinated): None
Test on arrival (unvaccinated): None
Total doses
given
28.3M
People fully
vaccinated
8.9M
% Fully
vaccinated
86.75%
Schools/Univercity closure:
Kindergartens reopen on 18 May for those that have option of family support); Portuguese deconfinement plan: Stage 3 – June 1st; Reopening of all nurseries; kindergartens; and other daycare institutions.
More information
Pre-travel testing (vaccinated): None
Pre-travel testing (unvaccinated): None
Test on arrival (vaccinated): None
Test on arrival (unvaccinated): None
Total doses
given
28.3M
People fully
vaccinated
8.9M
% Fully
vaccinated
86.75%
Movement Restrictions:
21 December: Entry of travellers from the United Kingdom into national territory is only allowed to national citizens or holders of residence permits in Portugal and their families; as well as diplomatic personnel placed in Portugal. Incoming passengers must present a negative RT-PCR test performed within 72 hours before travelling. Citizens who; exceptionally; do not present a negative RT-PCR must carry out a RT-PCR test; upon arrival to national territory - remaining in quarantine waiting for the test result. These measures are in place until 31 December 2020 (as of 21 December 2020); and do not apply to State aircraft...
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Pre-travel testing (vaccinated): None
Pre-travel testing (unvaccinated): None
Test on arrival (vaccinated): None
Test on arrival (unvaccinated): None
Total doses
given
28.3M
People fully
vaccinated
8.9M
% Fully
vaccinated
86.75%
Movement Restrictions:
Incoming passengers must present a negative RT-PCR test performed within 72 hours before travelling. Citizens who; exceptionally; do not present a negative RT-PCR must carry out a RT-PCR test; upon arrival to national territory - remaining in quarantine waiting for the test result. These measures are in place until 31 December 2020 (as of 21 December 2020); and do not apply to State aircraft and the Armed Forces; flights for the exclusive transportation of cargo and mail; medical emergency; and technical stopovers for non-commercial purposes. ### Update 31/12/2020 Only essential travel from the UK is authorised until 15 January 2021...
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Pre-travel testing (vaccinated): None
Pre-travel testing (unvaccinated): None
Test on arrival (vaccinated): None
Test on arrival (unvaccinated): None
Total doses
given
28.3M
People fully
vaccinated
8.9M
% Fully
vaccinated
86.75%
Movement Restrictions:
Flights from Emilia-Romagna; Piemonte; Lombardia e Veneto regions (Italy) suspended; and closure of border with Italy from 11 March until 21 April. Closure of border with Spain as of 15 March; Measures introduced on Portugal's only land border (the one with Spain). Most of the roads that cross between the two countries are to be blocked; with only nine remaining open; one in each of the country's border districts. The transport of goods and cross-border commuters will be allowed and Portuguese citizens and residents will be allowed to enter the country.
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Pre-travel testing (vaccinated): None
Pre-travel testing (unvaccinated): None
Test on arrival (vaccinated): None
Test on arrival (unvaccinated): None
Total doses
given
28.3M
People fully
vaccinated
8.9M
% Fully
vaccinated
86.75%
Movement Restrictions:
Travellers (flight passengers) from countries to be defined by order of the members of the Portuguese government responsible for the areas of foreign affairs; national defence; domestic administration; health and civil aviation must present a proof of having conducted a RT-PCR molecular test for SARS-CoV-2 whose result was negative; in the 72 hours before the flight. Otherwise; their boarding and entry in Portuguese territory might be refused. ###Update 21/11/2020: Art 21 Decree 09/2020 - Passengers on flights originating in countries to be defined by order of the members of the Government must present; upon departure; proof of carrying out a...
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Pre-travel testing (vaccinated): None
Pre-travel testing (unvaccinated): None
Test on arrival (vaccinated): None
Test on arrival (unvaccinated): None
Total doses
given
1.4M
People fully
vaccinated
462.7K
% Fully
vaccinated
71.45%
Public Place:
Distribution of surgical masks to the entire population and to the services of municipalities and similar entities.
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Pre-travel testing (vaccinated): None
Pre-travel testing (unvaccinated): None
Test on arrival (vaccinated): None
Test on arrival (unvaccinated): None