Tue Sep 01, 2020 9:02 pm
Tue Sep 01, 2020 9:08 pm
Tue Sep 01, 2020 9:21 pm
Tue Sep 01, 2020 11:29 pm
Forever Blue wrote:PORTUGAL to be 14 day quarantined by UK on Thursday
GREECE Midnight Wednesday SCOTLAND 14 day quarantine, UK by weekend
Wed Sep 02, 2020 6:32 am
bluesince62 wrote:Forever Blue wrote:PORTUGAL to be 14 day quarantined by UK on Thursday
GREECE Midnight Wednesday SCOTLAND 14 day quarantine, UK by weekend
Annis,is this Deffo Thursday for portugal? I've got three relatives who only flew Sunday, after re assurance from travel company,that it was one of the ones that were safe (they changed after last one to spain was cancelled,and both are working,my niece as a teaching assistant,and her husband whose a builder,they will be fuming,as neither can afford another two weeks of,upon returning! The goverment are still messing with people's lives ffs! They went,as portugal was just put on the "good list".now they face 14 days quarantine,because the government say so.why not just blanket ban us all from going abroad,and have done with it?? The problem seems to be zante,where the younger generation ignore any ripples in place,both here and abroad.![]()
Wed Sep 02, 2020 7:03 am
Wed Sep 02, 2020 7:16 am
Wed Sep 02, 2020 8:06 am
stevee66 wrote:The Greece decision is ridiculous. At 14 cases per 100,000, their infection rate figures are way below the government trigger point of 20, and in the last 7 days infections have actually gone down.
It is solely the island of Zante that is causing concern yet the talk from Vaughn Gething is to follow Scotland and put quarantine in place for all of Greece. Totally over the top, kneejerk reaction, and certainly not 'following the science' as thay always claim to do.
Wed Sep 02, 2020 9:02 am
Bluebina wrote:stevee66 wrote:The Greece decision is ridiculous. At 14 cases per 100,000, their infection rate figures are way below the government trigger point of 20, and in the last 7 days infections have actually gone down.
It is solely the island of Zante that is causing concern yet the talk from Vaughn Gething is to follow Scotland and put quarantine in place for all of Greece. Totally over the top, kneejerk reaction, and certainly not 'following the science' as thay always claim to do.
In fairness, Spain was in exactly the same position before it was quarantined, the islands were completely free of the virus, but Spain was quarantined as a whole because there was a cluster in and around Barcelona.
Wed Sep 02, 2020 11:08 am
Wed Sep 02, 2020 12:48 pm
bluesince62 wrote:Forever Blue wrote:PORTUGAL to be 14 day quarantined by UK on Thursday
GREECE Midnight Wednesday SCOTLAND 14 day quarantine, UK by weekend
Annis,is this Deffo Thursday for portugal? I've got three relatives who only flew Sunday, after re assurance from travel company,that it was one of the ones that were safe (they changed after last one to spain was cancelled,and both are working,my niece as a teaching assistant,and her husband whose a builder,they will be fuming,as neither can afford another two weeks of,upon returning! The goverment are still messing with people's lives ffs! They went,as portugal was just put on the "good list".now they face 14 days quarantine,because the government say so.why not just blanket ban us all from going abroad,and have done with it?? The problem seems to be zante,where the younger generation ignore any ripples in place,both here and abroad.![]()
Wed Sep 02, 2020 10:51 pm
Blue Diver wrote:bluesince62 wrote:Forever Blue wrote:PORTUGAL to be 14 day quarantined by UK on Thursday
GREECE Midnight Wednesday SCOTLAND 14 day quarantine, UK by weekend
Annis,is this Deffo Thursday for portugal? I've got three relatives who only flew Sunday, after re assurance from travel company,that it was one of the ones that were safe (they changed after last one to spain was cancelled,and both are working,my niece as a teaching assistant,and her husband whose a builder,they will be fuming,as neither can afford another two weeks of,upon returning! The goverment are still messing with people's lives ffs! They went,as portugal was just put on the "good list".now they face 14 days quarantine,because the government say so.why not just blanket ban us all from going abroad,and have done with it?? The problem seems to be zante,where the younger generation ignore any ripples in place,both here and abroad.![]()
I’m in Portugal at the moment, having a great time.
All the restaurants are open, serving beautiful fresh food cheaply. Beaches are stunning and life goes on well here although of course the local economy has suffered from the lack of tourists.
The Algarve is as safe as anywhere in the world and I have no issues coming here and enjoying life away from the hype and scaremongering.
Thu Sep 03, 2020 6:45 am
Thu Sep 03, 2020 8:15 am
Jock wrote:Well that’s the October golf trip bolloxed.
Thu Sep 03, 2020 6:19 pm
Thu Sep 03, 2020 10:48 pm
stevee66 wrote:Bluebina wrote:stevee66 wrote:The Greece decision is ridiculous. At 14 cases per 100,000, their infection rate figures are way below the government trigger point of 20, and in the last 7 days infections have actually gone down.
It is solely the island of Zante that is causing concern yet the talk from Vaughn Gething is to follow Scotland and put quarantine in place for all of Greece. Totally over the top, kneejerk reaction, and certainly not 'following the science' as thay always claim to do.
In fairness, Spain was in exactly the same position before it was quarantined, the islands were completely free of the virus, but Spain was quarantined as a whole because there was a cluster in and around Barcelona.
Just because it's been done before, ie, for Spain, doesn't mean it is the correct decision.
If the current outbreak was on the Greek mainland i could understand the thinking, but it's all down to a rise in infections on 1 island.
The irony of it all is that it's probably the Brits that took the virus there in the first place.
Greece has had consistently low infectiin rates since March, and have only seen an increase since allowing tourists in, but their rates are still much lower than the UK so in theory you're in a much safer environment whilst staying there.
Thu Sep 03, 2020 11:11 pm