The Chilean government announced today the reopening of the land border with Peru as of May 1 through a statement from the National Directorate of Borders and Limits of the State of the Foreign Ministry of that country.
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The document details that the Chilean Ministry of Health To respond to national and international epidemiological contingencies in a global context of fewer infections, it has developed new measures to control national borders.
Conditions for passenger transit
In this framework, the transit of people may be carried out without additional restriction to: 1) the mandatory traveler declaration (COVID-19 request or self-report), 2) the requirement of vaccination upon entry or the voluntary homologation of the vaccine and 3) eventually be randomly selected for a diagnostic test (PCR or antigen).
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The governor of Arica and Parinacota Jorge Díaz confirmed the announcement of the reopening of all borders, including those with Peru and Bolivia.
Governor of Arica await protocol
“The important thing is that we have the ability to know precisely and clearly, what are the protocols that are going to be applied at our border, the sanitary protocol must be protected, of course, so we are going to be super attentive,” referred through a video recorded for his community.
Jorge Diaz He added that most of the Arican unions agree with this reopening process, but they want to know that the protocols are adequate, that is why they were in contact with the Ministry of the Interior to speed it up and everyone can know about it.
It should be noted that this is the third time that the reactivation of the border between the two countries has been announced. The first time was for him. October 1, 2021 but it was postponed for January 1 before the claim of authorities from Arica who argued that they had not coordinated with them. Then on January 1 it was not opened because there was an increase in COVID-19 cases due to the arrival of the variant Omicrona situation that has now subsided.
