RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Peruvian health authorities believe that the risk of the introduction of new COVID-19 variants from Brazil remains. For this reason, the government of Pedro Castillo has decided to delay arrivals of flights from the neighboring country for at least 15 more days.
Officials say that at least 76 positive cases of COVID-19 of the Delta variant have already been detected in Peru in the past week, despite numerous restrictions on international flights, such as those from Brazil, India, and South Africa.
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Against this backdrop, health officials faced the expiration of the measures on Sunday, August 15, and had to decide whether or not to extend them. They determined that the risk remained high.
The first measure was taken last January to prevent the introduction of the Gamma strain, known as the Manaus variant, but that also failed and was responsible for the second wave of infection.
Of course, the extension also includes South Africa and India, but there were no direct connections before the pandemic, and even today there are no companies willing to serve this route.
The current requirements remain unchanged for all other international markets, i.e., a negative PCR test up to 72 hours before flight or an antigen test up to 24 hours before flight. In addition, the wearing of a double mask is mandatory throughout the trip.
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