This morning at Madeira airport, next to the Easyjet check in, there were several English tourists leaving Madeira earlier than expected.
An English couple told the DIÁRIO that they had to interrupt their vacation because the British government decided yesterday to put Portugal on the ‘yellow list’, starting next Tuesday, and this causes great inconvenience for those who work .
They added that “we want to avoid spending ten days in quarantine in the UK. It is a pity that we left Madeira early, but it has to be”.
Esta manhã no aeroporto da Madeira, junto ao check in da Easyjet, havia vários turistas ingleses a deixar a Madeira mais cedo do que o previsto.
Um casal de ingleses disse ao DIÁRIO que tiveram de interromper as férias pelo facto de o governo britânico ter decido, ontem, passar Portugal para a ‘lista amarela’, a partir da próxima terça-feira, e isso causa um grande transtorno para quem trabalha.
Adiantaram que “não queremos ficar dez dias em quarentena no Reino Unido. É com muita pena que deixamos a Madeira mais cedo, mas tem de ser”.
Source: DN
So sorry for Madeira, they have a great track record of Covid restrictions and low numbers of cases and deaths, but they are lumped in with Portugal. Funny how it opened just long enough for the Football to take place.