On Wednesday December 1st Portugal will introduce new health regulations which will oblige anyone who enters Portugal via land, air or sea to have a negative Covid test either in PCR or Antigen. The test can be no longer than 48 hours old.

It is not yet clear if cross border workers will be required to present the same test results but what is clear is that simply having a European Covid Certificate is no longer enough. The police can impose a fine from €300 to €800 for anyone failing to comply with the new measures.

The news has seen a surge of people going to Portugal to buy some goods that they want to have over the Christmas period and many Portuguese people came across the border today to do full shops and fill up in the petrol stations.