In December the number of passengers is higher due to the Christmas and New Year festivities.
Those who arrive in Ecuador during the month of December, must take into account the provisions that apply both for security as well as for prevention to stop the proliferation of covid-19 in the country.
The authorities have implemented several measures this month, when the number of passengers is greater due to the Christmas and New Years holidays.
Sanitary controls at airports
To enter Ecuadorian territory, all persons, nationals and foreigners, must present your complete vaccination certificate, with at least 14 days of validity, as well as a PCR test of at least 72 hours of validity, This was ordered by the President of the Republic, Guillermo Lasso, on February 29.
President Guillermo Lasso announced eight measures in Ecuador against the omicron variant of COVID-19
Within the regulations determined by the national COE, there are specific measures for arriving passengers, such as point of origin or stopover, from eight countries on the African continent. These are: South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Eswatini, Mozambique, and Egypt.
The Ministry of Health determined that Ecuadorian travelers and legal permanent residents in the country, who have been in those eight nations in the last fourteen days, may enter the country with a negative result of a qualitative real-time RT-PCR test performed up to 72 hours before embarking to Ecuador and upon entering the country they must comply with a fourteen-day quarantine regardless of their vaccination status.
They update guidelines for entry to Ecuador; nationals and residents who have been in eight African countries can present negative PCR test and complete isolation of 14 days
As to children and adolescents between the ages of 2 and 16, They must present the negative result of the PCR test carried out up to 72 hours before shipment to Ecuador.
These are the requirements that travelers entering Ecuador by air must meet
Safeguarding travelers
On November 16, the National Police announced that travelers arriving in Ecuador, through the José Joaquín de Olmedo airport in Guayaquil, They can request protection for the transfer from the air terminal to their homes, through the Safe Return Plan.
At the international arrivals departure from the air terminal a point of care was installed for those who require this service, which will be available during November and December.
National Police offers shelter to travelers who arrive at the Guayaquil airport for the end of the year holidays
This option has no cost and it will be offered 24 hours a day for those travelers arriving at the air terminal.
Peak and Plate in Quito
Through social networks, the Metropolitan Transit Agency (AMT) reported that the Peak and Plate restriction measure will remain in force during this month in Quito.
The vehicle restriction applies in two hours, in the morning and in the afternoon: from 05:00 to 10:00 and from 16:00 to 21:00.
- Limits and perimeters of Peak and Plate
North: Calle de los Narcisos (unrestricted road), intersection with Cordova Galarza avenue (round of the Higher Police School Sector), which later merges with av. Simón Bolívar (ring of the Villorita bridge).
On: Restriction to the Catahuango bridge, S63 and S60 streets are unrestricted roads in the Guamaní industrial area (Eternit sector), continue along Av. Pedro Vicente Maldonado until Lucía Albán de Romero street, continue on Albán de Romero until connecting with Av. Mariscal Sucre (routes with restriction).
It is: Simón Bolívar Avenue (unrestricted road).
West: Avenida Mariscal Sucre (with restriction) until it merges with av. Córdova Galarza towards Calle de los Narcisos (roads without vehicular restriction). (I)
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