The European health certificate officially enters into force this Thursday in the European Union and allows you to travel through the 27 EU countries and four countries associated with the initiative (Iceland, Noruega, Switzerland and Liechtenstein).
Em Portugal, the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa promulgated last Friday the diploma that implements the European regulation on the Covid-19 digital certificate in the country.
According to a note posted on the Presidency of the Republic's website, The head of state recalled that this digital certificate will allow free movement in the EU whose bearer it is, but also on national territory, so much free movement, regardless of the validity of restrictive rules, as access to cultural events, sporty, corporate or family.
In our country, desde 16 June it is possible to request this certificate, through the SNS portal 24, which proves that its carrier has performed a negative Covid-19 screening test, who have completed vaccination or who have recovered from the infection.
To get the digital certificate, the citizen must access the NHS portal 24, follow the instructions and choose the type of certificate you want.
After order validation, the document is available on the portal or can be sent, posteriormente, to a specified email, without any associated costs.
The document, that seeks to revive travel and relaunch tourism, despite Delta variant threats – can be displayed in digital or printed format. – certifies that the carrier is fully immunized with one of the vaccines approved in the EU, had a negative result in a recent test or already has immunity from having beaten the infection.
no time, 20 EU countries have already started to issue and accept these certificates., and the others should join, no máximo, até 12 de Agosto.
The countries of the bloc will be obliged to accept travelers already fully immunized with the vaccines authorized in Europe: as da Pfizer/BioNTech, Modern, AstraZeneca e Johnson & Johnson (the latter in a single dose).
Member States can also, but they are not required, to admit people immunized with vaccines licensed in certain EU countries (like Russian Sputnik, used in Hungary), or with vaccines approved by the World Health Organization (like China's Sinopharm).
Although certificate holders should not be subjected to quarantine or further examination, it is still possible for a Member State to introduce restrictions if the situation in the traveler's country or region of origin deteriorates.
The agreement that allowed the certificate establishes that the document must contain only strictly necessary personal data, but cannot be exchanged between countries..
No entanto, the generalization of the Delta variant, originated in India and now predominant in the UK, could promote a new emergency brake in an attempt to relaunch tourism.
The Delta variant has already led Germany to include Portugal in its list of countries at risk. Por sua vez, Portugal and Spain announced additional restrictions and requirements for UK travelers as a result of the Delta variant.
Entretanto, a European Commission spokesman said Monday that the UK is working with the EU to adjust international travel requirements in the pandemic, in order to obtain mutually valid documents.
