Brazil eased this Saturday, April 2, the sanitary restrictions for international travelers due to the coronavirus pandemic, to the eEliminate the requirements to present a negative covid-19 test for vaccinated passengers and to fill out an extensive health questionnaire.
Brazil was in 2019 (before the pandemic) the second destination (behind Argentina) for Uruguayan tourists. This year, 346 thousand Uruguayan tourists traveled to the Mercosur partner and spent US$ 157 million, according to data from the Ministry of Tourism.
Travelers will now only need to present proof of vaccination upon arrival in the country, according to new regulations released Friday night in the official gazette, following a recommendation from Anvisa, the federal health sector regulatory agency, last week.
In the case of Brazilians or foreigners residing in Brazil, it will not be necessary to present proof of vaccination.
For its part, unvaccinated travelers must present a negative covid-19 test dated no more than one day prior to departure. But under these new rules they will no longer have to comply with a mandatory 14-day quarantine.
In addition, the Brazilian government removed Anvisa’s pandemic health questionnaire for travelers, required since December 2020.
Brazil has been among the countries hardest hit in the world by the pandemic, which has claimed more than 660,000 lives to date, a figure barely surpassed by the United States.
But the number of infections and deaths has fallen sharply as the South American country ramped up vaccination, with nearly 75% of its 212 million people now fully inoculated.
The daily average of deaths from covid-19 in Brazil has dropped to about 200, from more than 3,000 at the peak of the health crisis a year ago.
Source: AFP
