Portugal is seeking to create an “air bridge” with the UK so tourists can avoid being quarantined on their return home. Foreign minister Augusto Santos Silva told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that “quarantine is an enemy of tourism”.
He went on: “During these weeks our diplomats will work together in order to guarantee that British tourists coming to Portugal would not be subjected on their return to England to any kind of quarantine.” His comments come as Priti Patel has said the government is looking to establish “international travel corridors” with countries deemed safe amid coronavirus.
In the Commons on Wednesday, she confirmed the new quarantine measures - which sees people arriving into the UK from Monday isolating for 14 days in