(30 Nov 2021) ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lisbon – 30 November 2021
1. Wide of Lisbon airport check-in area
2. Close of departures screen
3. People queueing for COVID-19 tests
4. Close of sign for COVID-19 tests
5. Tilt down of airport entrance
6. People on escalators
7. News conference
8. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Bruno Castro, Directorate-General for Health representative:
“We have opted _ and this has been our strategy _ for a defensive strategy and for containment, and so from midnight of the 1st December all passengers regardless of having a vaccination certificate in all international flights, meaning non-domestic flights, will have to also show a negative test before departure.”
9. News conference
10. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Bruno Castro, Directorate-General for Health representative:
“(It will have to be) A conventional PCR test up to 72 hours before or an antigen test 48 hours before boarding, the vaccination certificate is not valid on its own, but the test certificate issued after a negative test and proof of recovery from COVID-19 within 6 months will be accepted without need for a negative test.”
11. News conference
12. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Pedro Pinho, Portuguese Public Security Police: ++in case of failure to provide a negative test upon arrival++
“It is also important to say that not only the airlines will be fined but also the passenger, except if, because of their origin or in cases such as children under 12 as was mentioned already, they are exempt. Not only the airlines but also the passengers know they have an obligation.”
13. Camera cutaway
14. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Rui Alves, Lisbon Airport:
“From midnight of the 1st of December, passengers coming from non-Schengen origin, passengers outside of the European space will be controlled by a security company hired by ANA (the company that runs national airports) that will verify their documentation before passport control. For Schengen passengers, this control will be done on an arrivals area.”
15. Close of arrivals sign
16. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Maria Jose Ribeiro, Border Control Police: ++on the passengers allowed to do the test upon arrival after being fined++
“There is a number of passengers that can enter the country _ national citizens, national residents or diplomatic corps, etc. otherwise passengers will be prevented from entering the country, the border police will immediately order for the return of those passengers and the airlines will be notified that they need to return them to their point of origin.”
17. Various of arrivals
STORYLINE:
Portugal is tightening control in all airports, sea ports and land borders as part of new rules that come into force from the early hours of December 1st.
All passengers coming by sea and air will have to provide proof of a negative test upon arrival – the only exception being for people with a recovery certificate. Vaccinated passengers will have to provide a negative test, same as non-vaccinated passengers.
Those trying to enter the country through mainland borders, travelling from Spain, will have to comply with a variation of rules depending on how their point of origin is assessed by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control– from low risk to high risk (red areas).
Passengers travelling from EU countries with low or moderate level risk assessments must show proof of vaccination, recovery or a negative test.
Passengers coming from red areas and those from outside of the European Union must provide a negative test – PCR or antigen.
Those who refuse to show a negative test or refuse to do one upon arrival will be fined.

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