LISBON (Reuters) – Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa said on Thursday that all flights to and from Britain would be suspended from Saturday onwards as Portugal scrambles to tackle the rapid spread of the new variant of the coronavirus.
Only repatriation flights will be allowed between both countries, Costa told a news conference. He described the measure as a move to reduce the “risk of contagion” due to the new, more contagious variant of the coronavirus discovered in Britain, which is spreading across Portugal.
(Reporting by Catarina Demony; Editing by)
