The Alentejo and Algarve are joining, even though they are a not in a critical situation, the other 19 parishes from the Metropolitan Area of Lisbon that are in state of calamity, which demands the residents to make a covid-19 test and stay in mandatory quarantine when arriving Belgium.

In the orange zone, “more vigilance” is required, but the website does not specify what kind of measures are going to be applied to the travelers that arrive Belgium from countries, regions and areas that are included in this orange zone, like Aragon and Catalonia, in Spain.

On Friday, Portugal had moved to the green category in the traffic light model created by the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, except the councils of Amadora and Odivelas, as well some parishes of Loures, which are placed in the red category.

On Saturday, a contact track form was given to the passengers at Lisbon Airport with destination to Brussels, whoever signed the form was obligated to “consent staying in quarantine the next 14 days after their arrival to Belgium”. The form should be filled by those who were in one of the 19 parishes most affected by the outbreak.

Covid-19 pandemic has already caused more than 566 thousand deaths and infected more than 12,79 million people in 196 countries, according to a French news agency report.