Portugal has become the latest country to ban foreign travel, as it faces the worst rise of Covid-19 cases out of anywhere in the world.
The ban covers all outbound and inbound international travel, except for those travelling for medical emergencies, goods transport, international professional activities, or to reunite families.
Portugal is currently the world’s worst-hit country for Covid-19 cases, relative to its population – reporting 828 cases per 100,000 over a 7-day average. Nearly half of the country’s 12,000 deaths occurred in January during the third wave of the virus.
The Portugal travel ban comes as a growing number of countries impose stricter measures on arrivals. Yesterday, France banned all non-EU arrivals. Any…