The inoculation certificate or card is already requested in public service establishments.
The national Emergency Operations Committee (EOC) resolved that those who are going to use the public transport must present the COVID-19 vaccination document.
On December 23, 2021, the Government decided that it be compulsory vaccination and the presentation of the vaccination card or certificate in public service establishments except for activities such as work, health, education.
That has already been applied, for example, in shopping centers or food outlets.
According Juan Zapata, president of the national COE, the measure will take effect from Wednesday 12th of January for people over 12 years old and since monday January 17 for people older than 5 years.
The relaxation of the population in the midst of a contagious omicron is linked to the accelerated increase in COVID-19 cases in Ecuador
Adrian Castro, director of the National Transit Agency (ANT), stated that there is a provision to transport operators intra and interprovincial and tourist, modalities that are the competence of that entity.
“For it to be reviewed, through ticket sales, the vaccination card or the vaccination certificate for passengers but not only for passengers, it is also an obligation for the operator, for the driver, for the assistant of the transport operators ”, said Castro.
He added that there will be random checks by the National Police, the Ecuadorian Traffic Commission and the civil traffic agents.
Castro maintained that the sanction will be 4 unified base salaries ($ 1,700) to the operating company for not complying with the ANT’s resolutions.
The Minister of Education, María Brown, clarified that the vaccination document with respect to children from 5 years to 11 years, 11 months, will correspond to a dose for the moment.
The municipalities have jurisdiction in the areas urban, institutional, school Therefore, the official made a request for them to develop their own protocols or adopt the ANT guidelines.
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