Nicaragua eliminates vaccination card against COVID-19 and PCR test for travelers entering

The government of Nicaraguathrough the Ministry of Health, reported this Saturday that it has eliminated the requirements to present the vaccination card against covid-19 and the negative PCR test for travelers entering the country.

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“The Ministry of Health, in the context of monitoring the covid-19 At the global and national level, it has decided to annul the requirements that correspond to presenting the vaccination card against covid-19 or a negative PCR-RT result to travelers entering the country ”, according to a resolution of the Health portfolio.

The resolution, signed by the Nicaraguan Minister of Health, Martha Verónica Reyes, and in force as of this Saturday, explains that they have taken into consideration the statement provided by the WHO, in relation to the covid-19“given that it no longer constitutes an emergency situation at the international level”, to eliminate those requirements.

In addition, they were suppressed “with a view to strengthening national epidemiological control,” he added.

ONLY THE YELLOW FEVER ONE

By mid-June 2022, Nicaragua had already eliminated the negative covid-19 test carried out in the last 72 hours to enter the country, and only requested the complete vaccination scheme against this disease from 3 years of age.

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The only travelers who were required to present the RT-PCR test covid-19 are those who did not have a full vaccination schedule.

“Anyone who enters the country does not need to present any requirement related to covid-19, but it is also important to make it known that the yellow fever requirements are maintained,” said Minister Reyes, when reading the resolution.

“If we travel to endemic countries we have to be vaccinated against the yellow fever and if you enter the country, you must also bring your yellow fever vaccine card where the application is not less than 10 days, “he said.

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Likewise, the official said that “the temperature will continue to be taken at all points of entry, because this is a requirement of our surveillance at the national and international level, established for the timely detection of any risk situation.”

Until last Tuesday, Nicaragua accumulated 245 deaths and more than 20,000 cases confirmed by the covid-19since March 2020, when the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2which causes the disease, was located in the country, according to the Ministry of Health.

Source: Elcomercio

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