06/18/2021 | News release | Distributed by Public on 06/18/2021 16:16
On June 2, 2021, the Technical - Operational Strategy for the activation of commercial air transportation, elaborated by the President of the Republic in the Council of Secretaries of State, entered into force. This Strategy was designed in four (4) successive stages, with the purpose of gradually opening air borders at a commercial level, which are arranged as follows:
Additionally, Article 2 of the Executive Decree no. PCM- 077- 2020, which establishes the biosecurity requirements for entry into the country, for which it is necessary to present a real-time PCR or antigen test performed no more than seventy-two (72) hours before entry into the country was amended.
With this amendment, the article is expanded with the inclusion of the possibility of presenting a complete vaccination card:
'Travelers who are already vaccinated against COVID-19 and have the complete vaccination schedule shall be exempt from compliance with the previous provision; they shall only have to present their original vaccination card where the complete doses corresponding to each existing vaccine must be stated. The Secretariat of Health may regulate this provision if the technical criteria so suggest. And the general public must be notified promptly through official communication'.
An expedited procedure has been created, consisting of the following steps:
For further information, please contact Arturo Zacapa.