Retreat from the Azores puts Portugal at moderate risk on EU travel maps
All regions of Portugal are now considered to be at moderate risk for covid-19 on the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) maps, for travel decisions in the European Union, after retreating from the Azores.
At issue are the ECDC maps of combined indicators, covering the rates of notifications of covid-19 cases in the last 14 days, the number of tests performed and the total positives, which are weekly, on Thursdays.
In the update carried out this Thursday, the Azores retreat from the most favorable category, green, to a moderate risk, orange, in which all other regions of Portugal were requested and which refers to territories where a new notification rate infections is 50 to 75 per 100,000 population in the last 14 days and the testis positivity rate is 1% or between 75 and 200 new infected per 100,000 population and testis positivity rate of 4% or more.
Last week, the Azores moved into the green category, after having been in the orange.
Madeira has also been in this moderate risk category for a few weeks.
Last February, and due to the high number of infections with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which causes the covid-19 disease, Portugal was even in the dark red category of ECDC maps, used for areas where the virus circulates at very high levels.
These maps from the European agency follow a system of traffic lights on the spread of covid-19 in the EU, starting with green (favorable situation), passing through orange, red and dark red (very dangerous situation).
They serve as an aid to Member States on the restrictions to be applied to space travel.
In June, the EU Council adopts a recommendation for a coordinated approach to travel, proposing that covid-19 vaccinates and recoveries should not be evaluated against restrictive measures such as quarantines or testing.