The Chilean government announced the reopening of ten land borders with Argentina and Peru, closed for almost two years due to the pandemic of the COVID-19, but under strict requirements for visitors.
The land crossings will be rehabilitated in two stages: Wednesday begins with Futaleufú, Huemules and Paso Integración Austral, in the south of Chile and bordering Argentina.
On January 4, meanwhile, the Chacalluta points in the northern border with Peru, the Paso Agua Negra, Los Libertadores, Pino Hachado, Cardenal Samoré and Dorotea with Argentina will open.
“Just as today we have the crossing enabled at the airports of Iquique, Antofagasta, Metropolitan Region, Punta Arenas and cruise ships are arriving, now it is the turn to enable the land border crossings,” explained the undersecretary of Tourism, José Luis Uriarte, during the report on the situation of the pandemic in Chile.
Foreigners entering Chile through these borders will have to homologate their complete vaccination process, access an affidavit, have health insurance and, when they arrive, they will undergo a PCR test, he added.
Chile was going to reopen some land borders at the end of November, but the arrival of the Omicron variant in the country stopped the reopening.
The closure of air, land and sea borders was decided by the government on March 17, 2020, almost two weeks after the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Chile. Since November last year, he announced the gradual entry of tourists, first by air.
Since its arrival in Chile, the pandemic has caused 1.7 million infected and some 38,000 deaths. The country has stood out for a successful vaccine program that has more than 90% of the target population – over 18 years of age – with two doses.
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