Passengers arriving in Ecuador may present a certificate of vaccination against COVID | Ecuador | News

This confirms what has already been a fact for weeks since the airlines require a license or PCR or antigen tests.

To boost tourism in Ecuador, from this Wednesday the requirement of the PCR test for national and international passengers, who arrive in the country by air, who have the vaccination certificate, has been eliminated, reported the National Emergency Operations Committee.

Since March 2021, requirements were the vaccination card and PCR or antigen test. But, for 10 days, travelers heading to Ecuador only need to present the certificate if they have received the two doses of the coronavirus vaccine.

Guayaquil airport authorities José Joaquín de Olmedo have warned travelers who do not have a vaccination certificate, that they must present a negative printed PCR or antigen test.

In this afternoon’s meeting, Captain Juan Zapata, representative of the Executive in the COE, reported that the land borders will remain closed.

The first president Guillermo Lasso was present at the first session of the national COE with government authorities, where they established a roadmap “for the reactivation of the country and take care of the health of Ecuadorians,” as explained by the president.

Request to increase capacity in restaurants

What’s more, Niels Olsen, Minister of Tourism, He said that he will talk with the decentralized autonomous governments (GAD) to contemplate a capacity of 50% to 60% of capacity in restaurants. (I)

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