Undersecretary of Public Health, Christopher Squarereferred to information indicating that the Government will open all its border crossings on May 1.
During this Thursday, an alleged statement was leaked indicating that the National Directorate of Borders and State Limits (Difrol) had decided to fully open the land borders for May 1. In addition, requirements such as an affidavit, vaccination requirement and random PCR test were established.
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This information was replicated by the Argentine Interior Minister, Edward of Peterwho pointed out that he had held a conversation with the Chilean government, who confirmed that “as of May 1, all land crossings linking Argentina and Chile will reopen.”
I communicated with my Chilean counterpart and he confirmed that as of May 1, all the land crossings that connect Argentina and Chile will reopen.
We also agreed to hold a zoom meeting next Monday to continue working on a common agenda. pic.twitter.com/tPGt54fC7s– Wado de Pedro ?? (@wadodecorrido) April 7, 2022
Given this, Cuadrado said that “there has been no official information from the Ministry of Health and other agencies related to the decisions to open borders.”
“This will be informed to the public in a timely manner and, at that time, it will be clarified which border points are going to be opened, at what time and also how the sanitary measures are going to be adapted to the needs of the epidemiological situation,” added the Health authority in a conversation with CNN Chile.
Omicron XE subvariant
The authority also referred you to the arrival of the Ómicron XE subvariant in Brazil, indicating that it does not represent a concern at the moment, so sanitary restrictions at the borders should not be intensified.
For his part, the epidemiologist and director of Student Health at the University of Talca, Daniel Jimenez, expressed that border measures should be made more flexible. Although he maintains that the Mobility Pass and PCR test must be requested.
