Brazil will require international travelers who have not been vaccinated against the coronavirus to serve a five-day quarantine in their destination city after arriving by air.
The decision issued by the Ministries of Health, Justice and Infrastructure and the government’s chief of staff was published in the country’s official gazette on Thursday.
The government of President Jair Bolsonaro, who has not been vaccinated against the coronavirus, will begin to implement the measure on Saturday. It is unknown how effectively Brazil can track those forced to comply with quarantine or if it will.
The director of the National Health Surveillance Agency, Antonio Barra Torres, told The Associated Press that the policy aims to “discourage anti-vaccine tourism in Brazil ”.
The quarantine requirement “it is a dissuasive and educational measure“Torres said by telephone.
Travelers arriving in Brazil must still present a negative PCR test result before boarding in their home country and submit a statement to the country’s health regulator.
Unvaccinated travelers will have to undergo a new COVID-19 test after the five-day quarantine and will have to report to a health agency center that will have their addresses.
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