Weekend travel banned in and out of Lisbon as Portugal fights Covid surge

Travel in and out of Lisbon has been banned at weekends because of a surge in coronavirus cases (Chiang Ying-ying/AP)

Travel in and out of the Portuguese capital of Lisbon is to be banned over coming weekends as authorities respond to a spike in new Covid-19 cases in the region, it was announced on Thursday.

The ban in the area, where about 2.8 million people live, comes into effect from 3pm on Friday in an effort to contain the surge.