Chile will not request mandatory quarantine for vaccinated travelers entering the country with a negative PCR

The government of Chile has announced that it will abolish the mandatory quarantine for all travelers who enter the country and are vaccinated, a measure which will come into force on November 1 and which will also require the filing of a negative diagnostic test.

The measure will affect national citizens, foreigners, residents or tourists. “Considering the current figures for the low incidence of positive cases of COVID-19 while traveling and the epidemiological context, Mandatory quarantine will no longer be required for people entering the country with a full vaccination schedule and negative PCR test carried out on the national territory ”, indicated this Wednesday the Under-Secretary for Public Health, Paula Daza.

From November 23 of last year to September 30 of this year, the number of travelers who entered the country and tested positive was 0.7%, picked up The third.

In this context, This change to the “Border Protection Plan” provides that travelers must undergo a five-day quarantine or until they receive a negative result of a coronavirus test. It has also been planned that children under 6 can leave the country without a “mobility pass”.

The measures aim to give greater mobility to foreign tourists entering the country, thereby promoting the reactivation of one of the sectors hardest hit by the pandemic.

In addition, travelers entering the country must be available during the first 10 days in Chilean territory for health authorities, so that they can follow up.

The above is in addition to the admission measures already published by the Ministry of Health in mid-SeptemberThese include the validation of the complete vaccination schedule, an affidavit, a negative PCR test of up to 72 hours before shipping and obtaining medical insurance for $ 30,000.

The arrival of the coronavirus has left a trace of multi-million dollar losses for the Chilean tourism industry: Airports empty for months, hotels for sale and borders closed for more than a year have caused the sector that contributed 3.3% of Chilean GDP in 2018 to close 2020 without even reaching a third of that 9,000. millions of dollars.

The coup d’etat had its correlation in the loss of thousands of jobs, a situation that mainly affected the extreme regions of the country with great natural attractions. In view of this, the tourism union considered the changes presented in September as “Insufficient”, claiming that the “death of part of the industry” was chosen.

At the date, In Chile, 1.6 million people have been infected with the coronavirus and the number of deaths stands at more than 45,000 people, given the confirmed and suspected cases, according to the Department of Statistics and Information of the Ministry of Health.

After weeks of recording a gradual decrease in cases, andThe executive has decided not to renew the state of disaster declared in March 2020 and since October 1, Chile has come out of the curfew.

(With information from EuropaPress and EFE)

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