{"id":150197,"date":"2020-06-16T11:36:07","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T11:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/portugals-costa-woos-tourists-plays-down-new-corona-cases\/"},"modified":"2020-06-16T11:36:07","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T11:36:07","slug":"portugals-costa-woos-tourists-plays-down-new-corona-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/portugals-costa-woos-tourists-plays-down-new-corona-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Portugals Costa woos tourists, plays down new corona cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LISBON \u2014 Portuguese Prime Minister Ant\u00f3nio Costa insisted Monday that his country is safe for tourists, saying a steady increase in coronavirus cases around Lisbon was due to the countrys aggressive testing policy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you dont do any tests, I can guarantee that youll find zero cases,\u201d Costa told a group of foreign journalists. \u201cWhat weve been doing recently is proactive testing; we are not waiting for infected people to show up, were actively looking for them. This is very important if youre making international comparisons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hailed as a rare <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/portugal-cant-shake-the-virus-even-at-the-beach-coronavirus-covid19\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Western European success story<\/a> for keeping infection and death rates low as the pandemic swamped neighboring countries, Portugal has registered a steady stream of cases of late \u2014 averaging around 300 a day in recent weeks while numbers have declined sharply in Spain, Italy and France.<\/p>\n<p>The government is concerned the numbers will deter foreign tourists from returning to the country this summer as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/coronavirus-travel-europe-country-by-country-travel-restrictions-explained-summer-2020\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">international borders reopen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Costa pointed out that the new cases are localized in four municipalities around Lisbon and focused on specific sectors including construction workers and cleaning staff.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/h_56106421-714x476.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>People enjoy a sunny day at the beach in Costa da Caparica, Portugal | Antonio Cotrim\/EPA<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the main tourist regions, the Algarve, Alentejo, Madeira and Azores, Portugal has almost no cases,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Costa said talks with the British government were going well on a deal to allow travelers returning from Portugal to circumvent the two-week quarantine that London has imposed on anyone entering the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the health situation in the two countries, I think we can say the British can come here in safety, there is no reason for them to be worried,\u201d Costa said. \u201cI think the British that we receive can feel safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Costa also discussed this weeks summit of EU leaders at which they will talk about a European Commission proposal for a \u20ac750 billion fund to help economies recover from the pandemic. The prime minister said he was confident progress made this week can lay the groundwork for an agreement next month, soon after Germany takes over the Council of the EUs rotating presidency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIm satisfied with the Commission proposal and Im hopeful all member states on the 19th will make constructive contributions<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/portugal-antonio-costa-woos-tourists-plays-down-new-corona-cases\/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More \u2013 Source<\/a><br \/>\n[contf]<br \/>\n[contfnew]<br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/snap.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/politico-logo.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">politico<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>[contfnewc]<br \/>\n[contfnewc]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LISBON \u2014 Portuguese Prime Minister Ant\u00f3nio ..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":150198,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-150197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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